Santa Cruz County Local Education News Articles and Digest

Education Community Service & Support

02/01/2024
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For more than two years, Aptos residents have had to travel to check out library materials. Not residents will once again have a community hub, or as Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend put it, a “new living room.”

From Good Times...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education Families & Children

No Way Home

01/31/2024
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Every day kids are being left at school and parents have had to take off work to pick them up because of a shortage of bus drivers.

From The Lutrinae...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education

CSU Student Assistants Prepare to Unionize

01/31/2024
About 20,000 student assistants at all 23 California State University campuses are coming together for a vote that would create the largest undergraduate student worker union in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education

CSU Plans to Expand Student Grants to Cover Full Tuition and Living Expenses

01/31/2024
The financial aid expansion is aimed at making good on a pledge last fall when trustees approve a tuition hike.

From CalMatters...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education State of California

Should State Government Jobs Require a College Degree? Why California Is Rethinking Its Rules

01/30/2024
California is removing degree requirements from jobs, but state leaders differ about the right approach.

From EdSource...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education

Advice From Former Superintendents on Retaining Those Still on the Job

01/30/2024
Five former California superintendents shared potential solutions for reducing the increasing turnover rate in their profession.

From EdSource...

Education

Vocational Training Programs for Special Education Students Teach Work, Life Skills

01/29/2024
Districts are trying to create or expand vocational training programs that “integrate” students with disabilities into careers and into society.

From EdSource...

Art, Culture & Media Education

Gov. Newsom’s Budget Proposal Calls for Expanding Arts Ed Pathway

01/28/2024
The proposal aims to help working artists become arts teachers in elementary schools.

From The Pajaronian...

Education Resilience

Pajaro Middle School Restoration work to Begin

01/26/2024
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Nearly one year ago, flood waters from the Pajaro River inundated Pajaro Middle School, closing the school. Now, work will restore the school by August.

From Lookout Local...

Education Resilience

Fate of Ben Lomond’s Alba Schoolhouse Uncertain as District Mulls Sale

01/26/2024
After the historic Alba Schoolhouse in Ben Lomond burned down in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fire, there was hope for rebuilding. But insurance payments complicated those plans.

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Education

Scotts Valley Unified Begins to Update Plan for Improving School Facilities

01/25/2024
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There’s been a lot going on at Scotts Valley Unified School District this year.

From CapPublicRadio...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education

Education Department Says It Will Fix Its $1.8 Billion FAFSA Mistake

01/24/2024
Families have a lot of questions right now about how much help they’ll get paying for college—questions that financial aid offices can’t yet answer.

From CalMatters...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education

Cal State Faculty Strike Ends With Tentative Contract Agreement

01/22/2024
A Cal State systemwide strike secured what more than half a year of negotiations and partial strikes couldn’t: a deal.

From Santa Cruz Sentinel...

Education

UCSC Hackathon ‘CruzHacks’ Celebrates 10 Years

01/20/2024
Nearly 100 teams of young hackers gathered at UC Santa Cruz for the 10th annual "CruzHacks" hackathon event, with teams of coders, designers and entrepreneurial types come together for a weekend-long coding bender.

From Santa Cruz Sentinel...

Education Crime & Justice

Lawsuit Challenging UC Santa Cruz Diversity Statement Dismissed

01/18/2024
Last spring, a former professor at the University of Toronto filed a lawsuit over UCSC’s requirement for a DEI statement. The case was dismissed by a federal judge because the plaintiff never actually applied for a job.

From Los Angeles Times...

Education

Internet Trolls Flooded UC Irvine Chat Groups—Then Students Fought Back

01/17/2024
After UC Irvine-affiliated groups on the platform Discord were targeted by trolls spreading gory images, students banded together to block the attack.

From EdSource...

Education

Little-Known Academic Renewal Policy Offers Students a Second Chance

01/16/2024
Community college students who have taken two years off can apply to have a limited number of units cleared from their GPA.

From EdSource...

Business, Economy & Jobs Education

Deficit Déjà Vu: Structural Problems of California School Finance

01/15/2024
We need to have a serious discussion about supporting our education investments with stable revenue.

From EdSource...

Education

California Needs to Ensure Teachers Can Teach Kids to Read, National Study Says

01/15/2024
The Golden State earned a moderate rating from the National Council on Teacher Quality, showing strength in some areas and weakness in others. Only 12 states earned a strong rating.

From City on a Hill...

Art, Culture & Media Education

UCSC Faculty Hoping for New Online Creative Technologies Major

01/12/2024
UC Santa Cruz will provide a ”first of its kind” bachelor of arts in Creative Technologies beginning in fall 2024.

Santa Cruz County Local News: Education