Education

State law says elementary school students are supposed to get three hours and 20 minutes of physical education every two weeks. But that can be difficult at a campus without a gymnasium – when it's raining or so cold that kids' fingers go numb.

Eighth-graders and their parents considering C.K. McClatchy High School's Humanities and International Studies Program are invited to visit the campus today and Thursday.

The poor economy is hitting the bellies of 3.1 million California school children.

Two small high schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District will be renamed the George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences.

San Juan High School Principal Ward Andrus doesn't think his students ought to limit their learning to the confines of a traditional campus.

• Don't wait to apply. At least nine CSU campuses will close their application periods for the fall 2009-10 school year on Sunday. At UC's undergraduate campuses, the application deadline is also Sunday.

A succession of bad news over the past two weeks has turned the college plans of California high school seniors upside down.

Area college students will get their feet wet in a project to improve flood control, water quality and the aesthetics of Placerville's Hangtown Creek.

• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting $332.2 million from the budget of California's community colleges.

The Culinary Arts Cafe, a project of the Sacramento County Office of Education, has reopened for the 2008-09 school year with a newly renovated kitchen and dining area.

Twenty-five Elk Grove Unified School District elementary, middle and high school students have been named winners in the Internet Safety Video Contest, a collaboration between the school district and the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Students at Foulks Ranch Elementary School in Elk Grove have been preparing for Thanksgiving since Monday.

The San Juan Unified School District and some of its parent groups are squabbling over fees that cell phone companies pay to keep towers on school campuses.

There is a place you can go to feel better in our dour days devoid of hope.

While under the management of Sacramento Mayor-elect Kevin Johnson, St. HOPE Public Schools fell more than $1 million behind on required payments to the Sacramento City Unified School District.

Tough economic times mean more people are looking to community colleges to help train them for the work force.

The University of California, Davis, announced the appointment of a new dean in the College of Engineering, a program with a student body of more than 4,000.

Cordova High School will be transformed into a disaster zone today as students participate in a fake evacuation for their graduation drill.

Sacramento State University students, faculty and staff rallied Wednesday to protest $66.3 million in proposed cuts to the CSU system budget.

Thousands of high school seniors are racing this month to complete their applications to the University of California in hopes of becoming freshmen next fall.

An increasing number of high school seniors in Sacramento County are failing to secure a diploma, according to a report released by a county advisory board Tuesday.

The California State University system plans to eliminate 10,000 admission spots for the 2009-2010 school year as a result of the state's worsening budget crisis.

Wall Street's worries have come to College Avenue.

William Shakespeare is said to have had a vocabulary of over 29,000 words that helped him write 37 plays and more than 150 sonnets.