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By Jim Sanders
Want kids to score well on statewide tests? Reward them. Before they ask, "What's in it for me?" offer a prize for performance. That's the thrust of a proposed state law passed this month by the Legislature and sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

There've been lots of complaints that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has neither much interest in education policy, nor the capacity to deal with it. But his precipitous plunge into the algebra wars last week and the state Board of Education's sudden decision to bow to his demand makes you wish that that he had less interest or a lot more capacity.

Computer science is one of the fastest-growing job sectors in Sacramento, it pays well, often doesn't require a four-year degree – but local community college students are still shunning it

Thursday morning, Johnnie Powell, a longtime National Weather Service forecaster, heard the news that all of California's eighth-grade students would have to take Algebra 1 within three years.

The Sacramento Bee is reporting today that Gov. Schwarzenegger has finally given State Board of Education President Ted Mitchell clear direction on what position to take in the great debate over the future of eighth grade math. The governor has come down on the side of EdVoice, Education Trust-West and those who argue that all eighth grade students are capable of taking Algebra I.

Woodland Joint Unified School District will get more than $875,000 in grant funding over the next three years for an English-language learner program that eventually could be a model for districts statewide

A profound change takes hold today and tomorrow in public schools in northern Sacramento County. Four school districts that have been around for decades will cease to exist after tonight.

Every Saturday morning for the past month, behind closed doors and without fanfare, nine college students go about making their world a better place – one new word, one flipped flash card, one pat on the back at a time

Maybe you've seen the billboards, or the ads on the side of a bus. For years, the public Sacramento Charter High School has recruited students the same way private schools do: paid advertising

Call it a 21st century field trip. Fifth-graders at Kingswood Elementary School peered into tide pools, listened to crashing waves and peppered a park ranger with questions – all without leaving their classroom in Citrus Heights.

Elk Grove teachers won't have the guidance of experienced teaching coaches next fall. A gleaming new school in Natomas will sit empty. And in Sacramento, middle schools will have fewer music classes and high school teachers will have less time to run special programs like athletics and honors academics

After their son Brandon was diagnosed with autism, Kelvin Mark and Cheryl Lieu worried he would never lead a normal life....(

Brandan Guzman rolls across the lawn in a plastic barrel, glides along the playground on a scooter board and swats balls with a giant tennis

Wanted: A good manager, effective communicator and academic visionary to take over a school district reeling from millions of dollars in budget cuts, declining enrollment and the ongoing pressure of raising student achievement

College acceptance letters aren't going out to only new high school graduates. More than ever, it's their parents waiting for that letter