Education

Incoming UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi was involved in an e-mail exchange that may have helped the daughter of a prominent Greek family gain acceptance to the University of Illinois, according to published reports.

Because of state budget cuts, the Cal State system is trying to trim its annual spending by $584 million. University officials say they could save $275 million by furloughing all employees two days a month for one year.

"Vsyo boodet harasho." It doesn't translate into a solution for California's economic woes, but teaching Russian is helping one Citrus Heights resident survive the recession.

As public colleges and universities respond to an economic downturn with tuition hikes and caps on admissions, private colleges and universities are trying a different approach.

Elk Grove Unified officials have rescinded a request for parents to return DVDs that included "inappropriate images" they say were inadvertently sent home with students at Isabelle Jackson Elementary.

Nine school districts in El Dorado, Placer and Sacramento counties have been placed on a fiscal early-warning list, meaning they are in danger of not meeting financial obligations.

The Sacramento City Unified School District has whittled a pool of 50 applicants for superintendent down to three candidates.

Budget cuts at the University of California have already hit students where it hurts. Enrollment caps have made it harder to get in – and those who have been admitted are paying more for their education.

Exchange programs for international high school students are finding American families reluctant to open their homes because of the weak economy.

Natomas Unified School trustees are defending district officials and blaming a lawyer and a real estate broker for the inflated price paid for a 41-acre school site.

Members of Mira Loma High School's speech and debate team didn't come home from the national competition with a title, but it hasn't done much to their spirit.

David Sternbergh is part of a wave of scientific research rolling out across the nation, as money from the federal stimulus package trickles into universities.

Main Avenue Elementary School in North Sacramento is in the running for a $10,000 award from a Big Lots video contest. Kids and teachers at the school collaborated on a short video detailing why their school needs financial help.

They think of themselves as street-theater activists who are willing to get in the face of the powers-that-be to bring equity to the state's school funding system.

A meeting to discuss locating a school for at-risk youth at the corner of Florin Road and 24th Street took an uncomfortable turn Thursday afternoon when Sacramento Vice Mayor Lauren Hammond refused to allow Gretchen Bender, president of the county Board of Education, to take a seat at the table.

Sacramento State has received another $332,000 in federal stimulus funds, which will be used for research and planning.

As employers continue to hit the brakes on hiring, many displaced workers are shifting gears and heading back to school.

In the last five years, two of Sacramento's largest school districts have shuttered 16 campuses. With budget cuts, more are likely.

Sacramento County's Board of Education seeks a new trustee.

The budget-tightening under way at the University of California has not trickled up to salary and benefits packages for the system's top executives.

In a sign that the recession is increasing child poverty, the rate of Sacramento County K-12 students taking subsidized lunch grew faster this school year than any of the prior 15 years.

The Sacramento City Unified School District will receive $1.175 million over two years to redesign high school learning by creating career-themed courses with college prep standards.

Sacramento City Unified School District will receive $1.175 million over two years to redesign high school learning by creating career-themed courses with college prep standards.

The number of Sacramento County students taking free or reduced lunch increased sharply this year, faster even than any other year this decade, according to new state figures. This map shows poverty trends and figures for every Sacramento school.