San Joaquin County Local News: Education


All Local Education News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: California's sprawling public education system encompasses approximately 10,500 schools.
California’s Education System: How the Bureaucracy Works

How California's extensive public school system is organized and managed, explained.

Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

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05/02/2024
There are questions over the arrest of Stockton Unified trustee AngelAnn Flores.

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04/30/2024
An exploration of the evolving mission of school libraries in the Manteca Unified School District.

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04/26/2024
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Stockton Unified School District teachers demonstrated outside the school district headquarters this week and voiced their frustrations with labor negotiations during the district’s board meeting.

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04/25/2024
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A bill from a member of the Legislature’s happiness committee would require schools to come up with homework policies that consider the strain on students.

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04/25/2024
Teachers from the Stockton Unified School District demonstrated and spoke out over ongoing labor negotiations at the April 23 board meeting.

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04/25/2024
Nine counties located more than an hour away from universities with teacher preparation programs face particular difficulties.

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04/19/2024
While expecting cuts to its budget due to reduced state funds, the Manteca Unified School District is in a resilient position because of policies resulting from the aftermath of the 2008 recession.

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04/18/2024
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The University of the Pacific in Stockton has announced that their School of Health Sciences was awarded nearly a million dollars in state grants to continue helping students fill the need for health care workers. 

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04/17/2024
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The director of child welfare and attendance for Stockton Unified School District was escorted off the district premises last week and placed on administrative leave after coming forward about enrollment drops and alleging he was pressured to approve unethical expulsions.

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04/17/2024
Heiress Paris Hilton is on a mission to shine a light on the "troubled teen industry," a largely unregulated multibillion-dollar industry that is gaining public scrutiny for alleged abuse of vulnerable youths.

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04/17/2024
Energy costs increased by $1.4M during the last school year at Manteca Unified School District.

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04/15/2024
The Manteca Unified School District purchase of nearly 9 acres of land is slated for the expansion of the Nile Garden School campus.

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04/13/2024
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The California Department of Justice has ended its monitoring of the Stockton Unified School District and its Department of Public Safety after five years, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced.

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04/12/2024
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A bill to mandate use of the method will not advance in the Legislature this year in the face of teachers union opposition.

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04/11/2024
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, underwent updates aimed at broadening its accessibility to students from low-income and undocumented backgrounds. But the National College Attainment Network reported a 36% decrease in FAFSA applications following several technical difficulties with the online portal.

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04/10/2024
Ripon High student Aaron ‘Luke’ Ruba has completed the Apprenticeship Reaching Career Horizons program.

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04/04/2024
The move puts the fate of AB 2222 in question, but supporters insist that there is room to negotiate changes that can help tackle the state's literacy crisis.

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04/04/2024
Lodi High is considering a schedule change from 6 to 7 periods with students attending six classes on Wednesdays and four on the other days.

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04/04/2024
First time candidate and Lodi native Jordan Giannoni will put her Doctorate in Education from John Hopkins University to use representing her area on the school board.

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03/27/2024
After bringing his story all the way to the University of California Board of Regents, a disabled UC Berkeley student has prompted the UC to ensure emergency evacuation chairs are in every multi-storied building in the 10-university system.
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