Facing a growing budget deficit, Fresno Unified School District, California’s third-largest, finalized hundreds of layoff notices, eliminating positions tied to mental health, foster youth services and chronic absenteeism interventions.

Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cal State campuses have mixed records in returning Native remains and artifacts to tribes. Campus officials say they are working diligently to follow legal mandates but the process can be arduous, especially for non-federally recognized tribes.

It’s the first university in the San Joaquin Valley to offer degrees in the field.

The academy brought about 50 participants from across the globe to learn from forensic anthropologists who specialize in the work.

The forum was open to school district employees and had three of the four candidates participate.

Thousands of California educators with work authorization and deportation protection under the DACA program are facing delayed renewals.

With costs sometimes exceeding $100,000 per student, small districts are often under pressure to close schools.

The farm was established as an agricultural experimentation station by UC Merced in 2022 and was meant to be a home for research primarily on climate efficiency, engineering and technology.

Hear candidates make their case to voters on KVPR's broadcast of the Maddy Institute's Fresno County Superintendent of Schools Candidate Forum on Thursday, April 16 at 7 p.m.