Browse past news stories for Special Education in Fresno, CA.

• Online summer school being considered (The Community Voice)
  posted on November 27, 2009 at 08:38:34 am
  Students won't need a textbook for summer school this year. At least, that's what the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District is...
• Hall of Fame Class of 2009 Interviews (USA Track & Field)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 10:52:12 pm
  INDIANAPOLIS - USA Track & Field announced on Tuesday that Joetta Clark Diggs, Andre Phillips, Randy Williams, Willie Steele and Dr. Ken Foreman have been elected to the National Track & Field Hall of Fame. Below are recent interviews with the living inductees.
• Class Acts: A Q&A With Linda Taylor (Modesto Bee)
  posted on November 16, 2009 at 01:13:38 pm
  Kimberly Ulmer nominated Linda Taylor for Class Acts. Ulmer said Taylor is dedicated and assesses ea
• Former Lobo makes case for NMSU presidential bid (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on November 10, 2009 at 07:09:16 am
  LAS CRUCES - Michael Ortiz knows the New Mexico State University community may be wary of a presidential finalist who is a former Lobo, but he says his University of New Mexico background is nothing
• Chico State students build bridge at Marsh (Chico Enterprise-Record)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 08:19:05 am
  CHICO — A team of five student engineers came to Marsh Junior High School Thursday to demonstrate they can build, test, and disassemble a steel bridge in less than an hour, and to persuade a gathering of eighth graders that math and science
• Three candidates vie for school board position (The Fowler Ensign)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 09:21:53 pm
  Three incumbents on the Fowler Unified School Board are seeking reelection this year, though only one of them is running contested. Fowler Unified School District is split into two areas.
• Fresno County's best educators earn honors (The Fresno Bee)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 06:51:28 am
  Top Fresno County educators were honored Thursday night at the annual Educator of the Year Awards at the Saroyan Theatre.
• Education by the senses (The Hanford Sentinel)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 06:48:47 am
  Nine children sit in wheelchairs -- in a room that at first glance seems more fit for play than education. There is a ball pit in one corner, a bubble tube in another and a disco ball hanging above.
• Regents approve five finalists for NMSU president job (Las Cruces Sun-News)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 06:09:36 am
  LAS CRUCES -- The search for a new president at New Mexico State University should be over by Thanksgiving, after the Board of Regents approved the five finalists presented Tuesday by Presidential Search Committee Chairman Del Archuleta.
• Schwarzenegger Calls Session To Discuss Water Deal (CBS 13 Sacramento)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 12:33:17 pm
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders plan a seventh straight day of water negotiations Monday, as the governor summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems.
• Lawmakers: Need More Time On Water Deal (CBS 13 Sacramento)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 06:46:30 am
  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger late Sunday summoned lawmakers for a special session on the state's water problems, even as legislative negotiators ended nearly 12 hours of talks without reaching an agreement.
• School district candidates talk revenue and communication (San Mateo Daily Journal)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 09:59:39 am
  Bolstering opportunities for students to be engaged in classes outside of the academic basics while increasing revenue and communication with not only constituents but also cities and local groups can be done many different ways.
• Spring admissions open for 150 students (The State Hornet)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 07:02:45 am
  A small group of 150 Sacramento State students will be admitted into the teacher credential programs this spring despite the California State University system's closure of all spring 2010 admissions.
• SUSD API scores soar (The Sanger Herald)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 05:00:10 pm
  The Sanger Unified School District and each Sanger school got a report card this week from the California Department of Education and it was probably at least a grade of A+ for the district and most of the schools.
• Tulare girl helping Ecuador orphans (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:11:08 am
  A Tulare girl is taking part of her college education all the way to South America. Kiley Braithwaite is volunteering at orphanages in Ecuador as part of Orphanage Support Services Organization, a nonprofit charitable organization.
• New teachers join Fowler USD staff (The Fowler Ensign)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 08:15:03 pm
  New Fowler Unified Staff: Left to right: Ashkhen Aristakessian, Janelle McClain, Lisa Ovalle and new district psychologist Debbie Riverhawk-Helmns. Three new teachers have been hired in Fowler Unified School District for the 2009-2010 school year, according to district office personnel.
• Bright and Early (Voice of San Diego)
  posted on August 31, 2009 at 04:05:15 pm
  Shopping for school at the thrift store, algebra for all and letting kids pick the books.
• Hamilton moves from Selma soccer fields to Fresno Pacific (The Selma Enterprise)
  posted on August 20, 2009 at 06:30:01 pm
  Demi Hamilton, a 2009 Selma High graduate and former Bears star soccer player, will play soccer for Fresno Pacific University. "Fresno Pacific was a lot closer to home than my other college choices, so once I got the offer from them it was an easy choice," said Hamilton, who has been playing soccer since she was 7. "I know that being a student athlete is going to be challenging, because I have ...
• Dismissed Selma wrestling coach tells of his 'pain' (The Selma Enterprise)
  posted on August 19, 2009 at 04:28:20 pm
  Naser Husein -- who charges that he was dismissed as Selma High's wrestling coach because of his Arab ancestry -- says Selma Unified officials ruined his life. He believes he is a victim of racism at a time when racial barriers in the nation are dissolving. "If Barack Hussein Obama can be the president of the United States, then why can't Naser Nayef Husein be a teacher and a coach in Selma ...
• Lamar summer master's degree candidate list (Beaumont Enterprise)
  posted on August 16, 2009 at 07:07:18 pm
  This is a list of Lamar University's summer master's degree candidates and their majors, grouped by hometown. The list is not official until final grades are posted.
• Family of autistic boy settles suit with CUSD (The Fresno Bee)
  posted on August 7, 2009 at 05:56:34 am
  A family who claimed their autistic son was molested at Alta Sierra Intermediate School by an older classmate has reached a settlement with Clovis Unified School District.
• Selected recent California newspaper editorials (San Diego Union-Tribune)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 11:25:31 pm
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• Selected recent California newspaper editorials (The San Francisco Examiner)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 11:19:15 pm
  As soon as the images of former President Clinton alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong Il appeared, it seemed certain that freedom was at hand for two American journalists captured in March and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor on charges of hostile acts and entering the country illegally.
• MUSD student services director retires (The Manteca Bulletin)
  posted on July 30, 2009 at 08:59:32 am
  Tuesday’s Manteca Unified School District meeting was the last for John McKillip in the role of senior director of student services and special education. He’s retiring at the end of this week, wrapping up a 40-year career in education that includes school districts in Sacramento, Coalinga and Fresno. “I must have attended well over 400 school board meetings just in Manteca Unified,” McKillip ...
• Details of state budget, Valley impact (The Fresno Bee)
  posted on July 24, 2009 at 06:18:04 am
  State lawmakers were scheduled Thursday to consider a plan to close a budget gap of up to $26 billion.
• KCUSD fights for transportation funding (Orange Cove and Mountain Times)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 07:31:42 pm
  The governor's recent proposal to cut school transportation funding by 65 percent—a $1.6 million hit to Kings Canyon Unified—threw the school transportation community into action as school districts throughout the state acted to save their already hampered budgets.
• Questions/Answers (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 04:20:45 pm
  Questions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. CLAREMONT - The school board has chosen an assistant Duarte Unified superintendent to lead the school district.
• Claremont Unified school board approves new superintendent (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  posted on June 26, 2009 at 06:10:13 am
  CLAREMONT - The school board has chosen an assistant Duarte Unified superintendent to lead the school district.
• School district fights for transportation funding (The Reedley Exponent)
  posted on June 19, 2009 at 11:05:05 pm
  The governor's recent proposal to cut school transportation funding by 65 percent—a $1.6 million hit to Kings Canyon Unified—threw the school transportation community into action as school districts throughout the state acted to save their already hampered budgets.
• Traver man sentenced to death for drive-by (The Fresno Bee)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 11:50:26 pm
  A 22-year-old Traver man was sentenced to death today in connection with a gang-related drive-by mur