Education

Trustees in the Rocklin Unified School District have named Roger Stock as the new superintendent, replacing veteran Superintendent Kevin Brown, who is retiring after more than a decade in the job.

The San Juan Unified School District tapped two top officials to run the district while Superintendent Glynn Thompson is on paid leave pending an investigation of employee complaints.

Gov. Jerry Brown wants to get Californians through college faster, arguing that a speedier education will open up seats for others so more students can get a degree.

May 15 was less scary for teachers this year.

Six Del Campo High School students are on a mission – that of helping other kids in the Sacramento region.

With Powerball touting a $360 million jackpot today and $170 million in Tuesday night's Mega Millions jackpot, even people who have never tried their luck at the big money have been buying tickets.

Twenty-five years ago, California voters approved – albeit very narrowly – the education community's ballot measure that engraved a complex school finance structure into the state constitution.

San Juan Unified Superintendent Glynn Thompson will be placed on administrative leave while an investigation goes forward about whether he created a hostile work environment for some female administrators, trustees announced Tuesday night.

San Juan Unified Superintendent Glynn Thompson will be placed on administrative leave while an investigation goes forward about whether he created a hostile work environment for some female administrators, trustees announced tonight.

Complaints that San Juan Unified Superintendent Glynn Thompson is a bully who pushes administrators around and treats women unfairly is an orchestrated effort to undermine reform efforts, say some supporters.

The San Juan Unified school board on Tuesday will privately discuss employee complaints that Superintendent Glynn Thompson created a hostile work environment for some female administrators, according to district officials.

Contract negotiations continue between a consulting company hired by the Twin Rivers Unified School District and Steve Martinez, whom the board selected to be the next superintendent, according to district officials.

Trustees of the Los Rios Community College District this week authorized the sale of $80 million in general obligation bonds to raise funds for a variety of projects, including $16 million for a gymnasium at Folsom Lake College.

David Viar, American River College president for nearly eight years, has accepted the post of superintendent-president of the Glendale Community College District, effective July 1.

San Juan Unified's school board said it will investigate nine complaints by former and current district employees lodged with the Fair Employment and Housing Commission.

Eye Level, a New Jersey-based operator of supplemental education learning centers geared to young students, says it plans to open 10 new centers in the Sacramento region over the next few years.

A survey of Sacramento-area school districts shows that most have begun teacher training and started to build curriculum based on the Common Core standards.

California school districts are hurriedly building curriculum, buying computers and training educators to teach to the Common Core standards.

More black students were suspended last school year in Sacramento County than any other ethnic group, even though there are more local white, Asian and Latino students in local schools, according to new state data.

Twin Rivers Unified has selected Steve Martinez, an assistant superintendent at the Fresno Unified School District, as its next superintendent.

Sacramento County supervisors agreed Tuesday to provide $100,000 a year toward an effort that promises to reduce deaths among black children by between 10 percent and 20 percent within five years.

Many students are sent to remedial math classes at community colleges to learn high school math they won’t need in their first-year programs anyway, according to new research on what it takes to be successful in community college.

More black students were suspended last school year in Sacramento County than any other ethnic group, even though there are more local white, Asian and Hispanic students in local schools, according to new state data.

Charges against a dozen UC Davis protesters who were arrested last year after demonstrations blocked an on-campus U.S. Bank branch were settled Monday just weeks before the case was to go to trial.

There's no debating this: Two C.K. McClatchy High School seniors have won a national debate contest against great odds.