Education

Felicia Alexander has been appointed to the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) Board of Education from a pool of nine local applicants. The vacancy on the board came about when Dr. Gwendolyn Dowdy-Rodgers won her bid to serve on the San Bernardino County School Board. Alexander brings to …

Cal State San Bernardino’s (CSUSB) College of Arts & Letters recently received a U.S. Department of Education Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Division grant, and part of it will be used to assist San Bernardino Valley College and Norco College students. This five-year, $3 million federal grant will give upper-division CSUSB students …

A four-day suicide prevention training event for Cal State San Bernardino students is being offered by the university’s Institute for Child Development and Family Relations, in conjunction with the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools. The Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is free and limited to 30 students. It …

Cal State San Bernardino has received a $2 million grant that will help launch a program that will award a master’s degree in physician assistance. The money, designated for teaching and laboratory equipment, is part of the appropriations package in the 2022-’23 U.S. fiscal year budget signed by President Biden …

The San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) Board of Education celebrated the swearing in of four trustees earlier this month, two of which are new to the Board. Trustees Mikki Cichocki and Mary Ellen Abilez Grande joined returning members Danny Tillman and Abigail Rosales-Medina to take the oath of …

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians made a $100,000 contribution to the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS) and the Workforce SBCSS department to fund the Cultivating Innovation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) schools program for one year. SBCSS says the donation will also provide supplemental …

To welcome San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) students back for the new semester, the District’s Expanded Learning Department is hosting a fun-filled Saturday morning of creativity and collaboration featuring Lego building blocks and more. Expanded Learning, also known as Sunrise/CAPS, has organized its First Annual Brick Blast for Saturday, January …

The Justice Department announced earlier this month it has secured a settlement agreement with the San Bernardino City Unified School District to resolve the department’s investigation into the district’s educational program for English learners. The DOJ investigation, conducted jointly by the Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for …

The Board of Education of the San Bernardino City Unified School District (SBCUSD) decided unanimously at its December 13 meeting to fill a vacancy on the governing body through a temporary appointment, in an effort to avoid a costly special election. Interested applicants who live within the SBCUSD attendance boundaries …

Cal State San Bernardino’s Cybersecurity Center has received a two-year $12 million federal grant, with a potential for an additional third year with $5 million more, to support its efforts in developing a robust cybersecurity workforce in partnership with colleges and universities around the country. Under the two-year grant from the …