With drones flying overhead, farm animals available to pet, cars on display and interactive demonstrations aplenty, the Kern High School District and Kern Economic Development Foundation hosted the Career & STEM Expo Friday at the Career Technical Education Center.
The top leaders of the largest system of public higher education in the nation will be at Cal State 优蜜传媒 on Tuesday to ask local community members to help define the characteristics and priorities of CSUB鈥檚 next president, who, upon appointment, will be only the sixth to lead the univ…
Just as the morning tides ebb and flow, Hope Flint said times of deluge and drought come and go in California. Anxieties about water, she said, are nothing new; it鈥檚 been a fixture throughout her life, as early as the morning showers before school.
What started as a tale of two colleges with separate English programs grew into an annual conference that celebrated 30 years of uniting local schools in a collaborative effort to advance literary curriculum in the area.
Everyone 鈥 from farmers to teachers, legislators to laymen 鈥 can agree that the Central Valley needs more doctors.
Hector Perez displayed a sign reading 鈥淐SUB Dad鈥 as he stood below a banner of blue and gold metallic balloons that spelled out 鈥#CSUBBound.鈥
California鈥檚 largest teachers union has moved to put the brakes on legislation that mandates instruction, known as the 鈥渟cience of reading,鈥 that spotlights phonics to teach children to read.
Local leaders came together Wednesday to call on young people around Kern County to serve their community by putting in time on priorities like climate action, food insecurity, mentoring and tutoring 鈥 all in exchange for college tuition money.
Following years of planning and discussion, and some public opposition, the Kern High School District approved an ethnic studies course at its board meeting Tuesday.
A 24-hour fundraising marathon kicks off at noon Tuesday as Cal State 优蜜传媒 invites campus and community members to participate in its annual Raising for 'Runners Giving Day.
A decade after California revolutionized the way it funds schools, nearly everyone agrees the initiative has done what it was meant to do: improved math and reading scores and brought more resources to students who struggle the most.
This spring, Cal State 优蜜传媒 will graduate its 50th nursing class, a major milestone that the nursing department will celebrate with a special alumni event.
Two newly appointed leaders within the Kern Community College District laid out their vision for student housing, new degree pathways and workforce development during their local public debut Thursday.
From cocktails to chiropractors, two more small business owners received checks Thursday from the city鈥檚 pot of American Rescue Plan Act federal funding to stimulate small businesses.
The numbers tell an impressive story: About 540 students in fourth grade through high school presented more than 486 projects on Tuesday at Kern County鈥檚 36th annual Regional Science Fair at Mechanics Bank Convention Center.
When Denise Massey鈥檚 daughter was 6 years old, she put the girl, who has Down syndrome, on a van every morning for speech therapy in El Centro: 100 miles round trip, sometimes braving 120-degree heat, monsoons and severe dust storms known in the desert as haboobs.
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.
Discussion opened Monday night on a proposal to offer an elective course on ethnic studies at select Kern High School District campuses as soon as this fall in advance of a state requirement that all students in California take a class on the subject before receiving a diploma.
Some of California's top college officials traveled to a small farmworker community in Kern County on Friday to learn how its high school has become a model for guiding students toward higher education.
Kern Community College District trustee Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg has been appointed to the 18-voting-member Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
A recent report by EdSource shed light on what appears to be a most disturbing trend in preparing high school students for admission to California鈥檚 public universities.
Immigrant students鈥 schoolwork and experience in the classroom often suffer in the presence of immigration enforcement 鈥 with 60% percent of teachers and school staff reporting poorer academic performance, and nearly half noting increased rates of bullying against these students, UCLA-based …
Garces Memorial High School has appointed one of its own to take the helm as president.
At the height of the pandemic, in spring 2020, Maria O. her husband and four children were quarantined in their one-bedroom apartment in South Los Angeles, each vying for privacy, quiet and adequate technology to work and attend school remotely.
Voters likely facing a November election ballot crowded with education-related initiatives will now have one fewer issue to decide.
A long-awaited expansion to financial aid in California, once expected to go into effect this year, is now facing uncertainty.
It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, but Delano Union School District went even further and was one of the few school districts of its type highlighted this week for its academic achievement in math 鈥 and it caught the eye of The New York Times.
Reconsider your morning commute, residents of Kern County: the Regional Occupational Center has reopened its Caf茅 & Bakery to the public.
Many California government jobs don鈥檛 require a college degree. That list may grow longer as agencies face a rise in job vacancies.
More than 400 driven teens from throughout Kern County put their legal, argumentative, critical thinking and presentation skills to the test for months, culminating Saturday with the Mock Trial regional finals 鈥 and awards for their efforts.
In his first appearance at a 优蜜传媒 City Council meeting in nearly a year, retired Rep. Bill Thomas spoke on the expected completion of 优蜜传媒鈥檚 multiphase Centennial Corridor project.
For many librarians, the job starts at story time.
After more than half a year of failed negotiations to increase their pay by 12% and expand other benefits, the faculty of the California State University Monday began a historic strike at all 23 campuses.
Students arriving for the first day of the new semester at Cal State 优蜜传媒聽encountered picket lines Monday morning聽as striking faculty members continued to press for raises after Friday's announcement their coworkers with the Teamsters union had tentatively reached a separate agreement…
This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom presented the first pass on the 2024-25 state budget.
The 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, was delayed by months this year due to changes that created a new, simplified form. Typically the FAFSA is available to high school seniors and college students every Oct. 1, but this year the form was delayed to Jan. 1.
By Oct. 13, a day ahead of the state deadline, Gov. Gavin Newsom finished reviewing his final batch of potential laws stacked on his desk. In total, he signed 890 new bills into law and vetoed 156.
The next president of 优蜜传媒 College has been found.
The Bell Tower building downtown is entering a new chapter of its history now that the Kern County Superintendent of Schools has bought the property to increase its available meeting and training space.
Cal State 优蜜传媒 and Antelope Valley College announced Thursday the signing of an important memorandum of understanding expected to significantly broaden the availability of STEM bachelor鈥檚 degrees and collaboration between the two institutions.
In the first glimpse of California鈥檚 K-12 schools鈥 year-over-year progress since the pandemic, graduation rates hit some of their highest levels ever, absenteeism dropped significantly, and hundreds of districts showed academic improvements.
Cal State 优蜜传媒 brought together its community, friends and family for a heartfelt commencement ceremony Friday night, honoring students who earned degrees this summer and fall.
The first charter school to operate within the boundaries of the 优蜜传媒 City School District will start enrolling students in January for the academic year that begins in the fall.
优蜜传媒-based oil producer Aera Energy LLC announced a major gift to Cal State 优蜜传媒 Tuesday in the form of a聽$2.5 million endowment funding a leadership position at the university's California Energy Research Center.
The board of trustees of the Kern Community College District selected as its new chancellor a man who launched his decades-long career in higher education at one of its three colleges.
The Kern Community College District board of trustees announced that Steven Bloomberg has been appointed as the district's seventh chancellor.
Cal State 优蜜传媒 will host two fall commencement ceremonies this week, honoring students who have finished their degree requirements now so they don't have to wait until spring for formal recognition.
It was a day of giving, no doubt, as students from 优蜜传媒 Christian High School fanned out across the city Wednesday to commit acts of service for local organizations.
Looking out for the needs of disadvantaged and underrepresented community members, 优蜜传媒's Open Door Network on Monday聽hosted its first-ever graduation for people who have gone through the organization's workforce development program.
Expect the Kern Community College District to soon, real soon, name its new chancellor. A selection committee has been going through candidates and is expected to make a finalist list and then hand it to the KCCD board of trustees, which will make the final choice.
