Education

The University of California regents voted Wednesday to cut freshman enrollment by 6 percent, slashing 2,300 spots as the UC system grapples with expected cuts in state funding.

Over the past two years, Divya Nag has spent hours in the laboratory analyzing soil samples.

High school seniors hoping to attend the University of California next year could get more grim news by the end of today.

In the Buckeye Union School District, millions of dollars in bond money is being spent to modernize every campus in the district – installing new heating and air conditioning equipment, building computer labs and even constructing a new library.

Placer County's plan to lure a major private university to 1,157 acres west of Roseville has been challenged by another lawsuit that claims the proposal violates California environmental law.

A version of a story appearing in The Bee and online Sunday (Q&A: How does Schwarzenegger's proposal to reduce school days save money?) incorrectly described state schools chief Jack O'Connell's position on the 180-day school year. O'Connell does not support the governor's proposal to shorten the school year.

Open enrollment for the Sacramento City Unified School District begins today.

With the last applications for most private universities trickling in this month, the hard part for high school seniors is over. But for their parents, stuck with the hefty tab of private education, the stress has just begun.

About 20 teenagers filed into a Woodland courtroom last week and, one by one, stood before Yolo Superior Court Referee David Reed to answer charges of truancy.

Francisco Rodriguez, president of Cosumnes River College, will leave the leadership position to take a similar post in San Diego County.

Under the governor's latest proposal to balance California's budget, school districts can shave five days off next school year to save money.

Administrators at Sacramento City Unified School District won't say how likely school closures are, but they admit the unpopular cost-saving measures are a possibility for the cash-strapped district.

University of California, Davis, scientists are redirecting their research after a professor's son discovered that a major agricultural pest prefers pistachios over other nuts.

The California Teachers Association has put together an initiative that would raise the state sales tax by a penny and dedicate all of the resulting revenue to education.

Open enrollment for Sacramento City Unified School District starts Monday.

Some Sacramento schools might be closed in the near future, and Sacramento City Unified School District wants to hear your thoughts.

The ethnic, linguistic, aptitudinal, cultural and economic diversity of California's 6 million public school kids has expanded greatly over the past few decades, but the school system itself has become more centralized, more politicized and more rigid in its pedagogy.

University of California regents will meet next week to consider cutting freshman enrollment next fall, in light of expected cuts in state funding.

Roseville Joint Union High School District trustees are expected tonight to hire an architect to design a sixth high school campus for an area of the district with few homes and few students.

More than 1,700 students walked through the doors of West Sacramento's new River City High School for the first time Monday.

As the winter holiday season wanes, the season for kindergarten registration ramps up.

More students have applied to attend a University of California campus next year than any year in UC's history.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's New Year's Eve budget proposal includes $5.2 billion in cuts to education over the next year and a half.

Philadelphia-based Drexel University will open its graduate studies center on Capitol Mall on Monday.