Yolo County Local News: Education


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

Image caption:
Nurturing Yolo County Families

Yolo County families have many places to find help, including early childhood development services, after-school activities, and recreational opportunities.

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.

West Sacramento News Ledger logo From West Sacramento News Ledger...

01/07/2025
Image for display with article titled Yolo Community Foundation Announces 2025 Scholarship Opportunities

The Yolo Community Foundation applications are now open for the 2025 scholarship season. Yolo County students are invited to apply for a range of scholarships designed to support those pursuing higher education, vocational training or community service projects.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

01/02/2025
California legislators want to limit deportation actions at schools, but they can’t ban immigration officials.

The Dirt logo From The Dirt...

12/22/2024
Image for display with article titled 2025 Scholarships for Yolo County Students

The Yolo Community Foundation is thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 scholarship season. We invite students in Yolo County to apply for a range of scholarships designed to support those pursuing higher education, vocational training, or community service projects.

California Local Pin Marker From Davis Enterprise...

12/20/2024
Meet the newly appointed officers and learn more about the committee assignments as the board prepares for 2025.

California Local Pin Marker From Winters Express...

12/19/2024
An introduction to the Short Term Emergency Aid Committee (STEAC) and their work assembling and distributing food packs to Winters Joint Unified School District after-school program students. Read on to learn more about STEAC and how you can volunteer.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

12/18/2024
All high school students are required to take civics, but a lack of money can limit opportunities. And in some communities, parent objections pressure teachers to avoid certain topics.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

12/17/2024
Child care centers throughout California struggled to find people with the right credentials to look after their babies, toddlers and preschoolers. At the same time, many people who wanted to become early childhood educators faced difficulties in earning the credentials.

West Sacramento Sun logo From West Sacramento Sun...

12/16/2024
Image for display with article titled Yolo County Initiates Public Sector Apprenticeship Program

Yolo County announced the launch of a pilot implementation of the Institute for Local Government's Bridge Initiative of apprenticeships in non-traditional fields. Read on for more information about the program.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

12/16/2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “Master Plan for Career Education” seeks to help the nearly 7 million adults in California who lack college degrees by giving them college credit for their work experience and by changing the requirements on some state jobs.

California Local Pin Marker From Daily Democrat...

12/14/2024
Learn how to apply for a Yolo Community Foundation scholarship. Deadline is March 14, 2025.

California Local Pin Marker From Daily Democrat...

12/14/2024
Learn how to apply for a Yolo Community Foundation scholarship. Deadline is March 14, 2025.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

12/08/2024
It has been eight years since California voters repealed a 1998 law directing public school districts to essentially eliminate their bilingual programs. But the fallout from the state’s vacillating history of bilingual education has led to California falling short of providing a quality education not only to non-English speakers but also to students who want to be bilingual.

The Dirt logo From The Dirt...

12/02/2024
Image for display with article titled Local Author Publishes Birding Guide to the Wetlands

A lifetime of exploration and education culminates in local author Aaron N. K. Haiman’s debut publication Birds of the California Delta.

West Sacramento Sun logo From West Sacramento Sun...

11/26/2024
Image for display with article titled Computers4Kids to Host Donation Drive

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Computer4Kids will host a computer donation drive event at the Arthur F. Turner Community Library. The event is scheduled from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

California Local Pin Marker From The California Aggie...

11/21/2024
Learn why union service workers at UC Davis and other campuses went on strike on November 20.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

11/21/2024
Cal State has a goal to graduate 40% of its freshmen within four years. It now graduates 36% — it’s highest rate ever. On other goals, the system is further behind.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

11/21/2024
Chronic absenteeism dropped to 20% last school year, but that is still higher than the pre-pandemic rate of 12%.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

11/20/2024
As California public universities try to balance campus safety with students’ right to protest, community colleges are squaring off in court with students and staff who argue that the schools are violating their freedom of speech, explains CalMatters community college reporter Adam Echelman.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

11/14/2024
Declining enrollment, the end of pandemic relief funding and uncertain state funding are forcing school districts to make some difficult decisions.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

11/13/2024
More than 115,000 children in California were undocumented in the most recent census count, and it’s estimated almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent.