Yolo County Local News: Education

03/25/2024
Yolo County student applications for Yolo Community Foundation scholarships of up to $10,000 are due by April 5.

03/24/2024
UC Davids reported a record high of 115,249 undergraduate applications and Woodland Community College noted a 5% increase in enrollment over last year.

03/19/2024
Details from the report state the the library received over 120,000 visits, was open for over 2,500 hours, served roughly 60,000 people and held almost 900 programs with roughly 28,000 attending.

03/14/2024
An interview with Lucinda Lee Katz, the first grade teacher of the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case Lau vs. Nichols.

03/08/2024
Davis robotics team "Citrus Circuits" wins the regional championship, and advances to the international FIRST robotics competition.

03/07/2024
The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources advisors has published a new website with information resources for small acreage landowners raising livestock.

03/07/2024
California’s public schools depend on state aid for the lion’s share of their operational income. Two trends – declining enrollment and high absenteeism – are creating financial headaches.

03/04/2024
California schools got $23.4 billion in federal pandemic relief money. Low-income schools that got the most may be hardest hit when the funds expire this year.

02/28/2024
The Winters Combined PTA announced that the organization was awarded a grant of $10,000 by the Yolo Air Quality Education Grant of the Yolo Community Foundation to increase the number of students walking or biking to school to reduce car traffic and the associated air pollution.

02/26/2024
Leap day means several things to Alexander Boxer, a data scientist and the author of “A Scheme of Heaven: The History of Astrology and the Search for Our Destiny in Data.”

02/26/2024
EdSource asked students at California colleges and universities why they are choosing between online or in-person options.

02/22/2024
The Davis Joint Unified School District received a cease and desist letter from Beth Bourne after hanging banners that thanked the community for parcel taxes.

02/22/2024
The $20 million ASUCD budget can no longer be spent on companies on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions list.

02/21/2024
Lawyers representing organizations in property-poor school districts are pressing Gavin Newsom and legislators over a school bond for the November ballot.

02/21/2024
On one side: Equality California, the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ advocacy group. On the other side: Protect Kids California, a parents rights organization.

02/21/2024
A statement submitted by Woodland Joint Unified School District Area 2 Trustee Emily MacDonald, whose recall is being sought by area voters, was unintentionally not included in the county voter information guide.

02/20/2024
Assemblymember Bill Essayli (R-Riverside) this week introduced a measure in the Legislature here to mandate at least one armed police officer on campus in every California school during regular school hours.

02/15/2024
Immigration enforcement lowers students’ ability to succeed academically and negatively affects their overall learning experience.

02/15/2024
Students shared feedback on the current state of dining and possible improvements for ‘Dining Reimagined’ project.