Yolo County Education Digest

Failed legislative bills have attempted to create safe parking programs for students to sleep in their cars on California campuses while awaiting housing. Meanwhile, Long Beach City College allows homeless students to park overnight.

California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in national tests of mathematics ability.

Lawmakers approved two bills to allow some community colleges to provide bachelor’s degrees in nursing. That’s setting up another conflict with the California State University, which already offers these bachelor’s degrees.

The California School Dashboard makes it hard for the public to see how schools and districts are performing over multiple years, concludes the report's lead author.

Information about how the state’s K-12 students are performing is located on several sites and is difficult to understand, a new report finds.

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Construction began on a new transitional kindergarten and kindergarten classroom building project at five Davis Unified School District schools.

A look at the training program for beginner farmers offered by the Center for Land-Based Learning in Woodland.

The Woodland Joint Unified School District marked completion of the first round of Measure Y bond school safety upgrades at Cache Creek High School, and Beamer, Dingle and Gibson elementary schools.

In the final week of session, legislators are debating whether to give more leeway to public school teachers when to report students to law enforcement. Supporters say disabled and students of color are unfairly disciplined, but opponents say school safety is at risk.

California officials have warned students for years that for-profit schools may make misleading career claims — leaving them with “a mountain of debt” but no job. Still, many for-profit schools remain on the state’s list of recommended job training programs.

Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown.

Some California agencies are offering incentives and hosting workshops for school districts that want to build affordable housing for teachers.

On July 23, the Woodland Rotary Noon Club announced donations totaling $40,000 to the Woodland Community College Foster & Kindship Education Foundation, Make it Happen for Yolo County and the Yolo County Fair Heritage Foundation.

The University of California Board of Regents approved $100 million for a new residence hall for UC Davis.

A program for low-income, first-generation STEM students at community colleges is receiving millions of dollars to expand across the state.

Small and low-income school officials say the bond measure deal is unfair. The money is allocated through matching grants, so wealthier districts that can raise more local funds will get more money from the state.

Measure Y funded construction projects are underway in the Woodland Joint Unified School District.

Students and other protestors are dismantling their pro-Palestinian camp in the UC Davis quad after failing to reach agreement with UC Regents and the UC Davis administration over their demands.

Funding has been secured to continue the Sacramento Regional Transit RydeFreeRT program for local K-12 students.

The two-day CalMatters Ideas Festival wrapped on June 6 with more than a dozen events examining critical policy issues impacting the lives of millions of Californians.

A panel of labor experts at the CalMatters Ideas Festival say California workers should have more access to more apprenticeships that pay more. Barriers still exist, especially for women and low-income Californians.

EdSource reports that police are dispatched thousands of times per school day across California.

The state is directly investing money for low-income students and all newborns to attend college. After two years, the program is still not widely known by the students who need the most financial assistance.

After University of California students were arrested or suspended for protests, student workers are striking at three campuses. The Office of President says the strike violates the union contract.

On May 28, UC Davis academic workers joined the strike protesting the University of California response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Two major forces are at play: Gov. Gavin Newsom scaled back his promise of increased financial support for Cal State, while university officials agreed to 5% salary increases earlier this year.

Woodland Community College announced an upcoming agreement with Chico State University to streamline the transition from the 2-year to the 4-year institution.

Sacramento State will be home to the central office for the $10 million Black student advancement drive on all 23 California State University campuses.

The job action starting today at UC Santa Cruz isn’t about pay, but instead is in response to how UC deployed police to clear pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses.

Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the community school initiative with $4.1 billion in grants to connect students and their families to medical care, counseling and other services.

The Aggie is providing daily updates on the pro-Palestinian encampment in the UC Davis Memorial Union Quad.