Archive By Section - Education
California is struggling to find teachers, and the statewide shortage has local school districts pining for prospective instructors as the occupation's oldest begin to retire, while younger students are looking past the career altogether.
February 06, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
While high schoolers around the country may be familiar with lessons on economics, students at Turlock Christian High School are now experts in financial literacy following the first year of a new course – Foundations in Personal Finance.
February 02, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
Local nonprofits are giving a $1.9 million boost to help solve the healthcare provider shortage in Stanislaus and Merced counties.
January 30, 2018
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Kristina
Hacker
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Education
In his final budget proposal before leaving office at the end of the year, Governor Jerry Brown is providing a burst of spending for education in 2018-2019, benefitting students throughout the state and schools within the Turlock Unified School District.
January 30, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
The 2018-2019 state budget proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this month includes an unimpressive amount of funding allotted for the California State University system has Stanislaus State scrambling to make budget adjustments.
January 26, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
When Ellen Junn was officially inaugurated as the 11th president of Stanislaus State last March, she asked the university community to imagine with her the future of the school. That future is well on its way to being realized, as made evident by the president's annual spring address delivered to a crowd of over 200 on Tuesday morning.
January 23, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
A lifetime dedication to saving by a Hilmar couple has resulted in the single largest gift from an individual ever made to California State University, Stanislaus - a $2.37 million bequest from the estate of Helen Yecny earmarked for undergraduate scholarships within the University Honors Program.
January 16, 2018
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STAFF REPORTS
Turlock Journal
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Education
In an emotional Denair Unified School District Board meeting Thursday night, Aaron Rosander announced that after over four years of service he will not be returning as superintendent after his contract expires this June.
January 12, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
The 2018 midterm election this November will mark the end of an era for Stanislaus County's current Superintendent of Schools, and the race for who will replace him is heating up.
January 12, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
A Turlock mother has pulled her son out of his Medeiros Elementary preschool classroom for fear of his safety after a teacher dragged him across the classroom by his leg, resulting in abrasions to his abdomen.
January 12, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
The Turlock Unified School District and the City of Turlock joined forces Wednesday to host the Third Annual Farm to Family Feast – a luncheon at multiple sites comprised of local, fresh food. At Cunningham Elementary School, students and their families enjoyed a delicious tri-tip meal, a petting zoo and face painting, while those at Julien Elementary School enjoyed hot apple crisps topped with whipped cream as part of their meal. Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy feasted as well.
January 05, 2018
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
The Modesto Junior College Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Division's horse auction held Dec. 9 raised approximately $12,000 in support of the Equine Science program at the college.
January 02, 2018
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STAFF REPORTS
Turlock Journal
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Education
Twenty-two voices are better than one, and the Pitman High School Madrigals now know this first hand. Thanks to the choir's extraordinary talent, The United Samaritans Foundation on Tuesday received a late Christmas present: over 3,000 pounds of Foster Farms chicken to help feed the community's less fortunate.
December 26, 2017
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
The process to become a soldier in the U.S. Army is a long and oftentimes difficult journey, but young men and women who make the decision to serve their country are able to transition into the Army lifestyle with ease thanks to a program which helps them adjust before even stepping foot onto a training location.
December 26, 2017
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Angelina
Martin
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Education
The keynote speaker for the 24th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration AT Modesto Junior College is Dolores Huerta, an influential labor activist and leader of the Chicano civil rights movement who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers.
December 26, 2017
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Education
