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Valley university announces layoffs amid sharp decline in enrollment
One Valley university experienced a massive, 14-point decline in enrollment.
We now know how COVID learning loss affected Valley kids. Here’s a look at the numbers.
California released its first breakdown into the impact of COVID on learning loss among K-12 students. The results? About as bad you'd expect.
Resnicks rock UC Davis, commit $50mil for Ag innovation center
Lynda and Stewart Resnick's giving spree to California universities isn't quite over.
In two day span, pair of Valley school districts haul multi-million-dollar donations
Fresno County’s two largest school districts were surprised with millions of dollars in donations this week to their charitable foundations.
Fresno area high school wants to ban cell phones from campus. It’s delaying its plan, again.
Bullard High School’s new policy banning student access to their cellphones and other smart devices during the school day is being postponed again.
Calif. reverses course after trying to hide bad K-12 test scores until after 2022 election
California's K-12 test scores likely show pandemic-related declines. They were almost hidden from public view while State Superintendent Tony Thurmond campaigned for re-election.
CSU Probe: Castro’s defense of handling Fresno St. exec’s sex harassment was “not always credible.”
An investigator found that then-Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro had a "blind spot" when it came to a top aide, Frank Lamas, who received a golden handshake amid a litany of Title IX sex harassment complaints.
DA charges Kern Co. school board member with voter fraud, misappropriation of funds
A Bakersfield area school board member is facing a bevy of criminal charges ranging from voter fraud to the misappropriation of public funds.
COS eyes its own moonshot: incubating a four-year university experience in Tulare Co.
With no four-year university within Tulare County, the area's top junior college wants to close the gap with a fresh bond measure.
Ex-Fresno Unified principal Vollhardt pleads not guilty in child abuse case
The former principal of Wolters Elementary did not appear in court to enter his plea on charges of child abuse and child endangerment over shoving an autistic child.
