On Tuesday, it was announced that Congressman Mike Garcia, R- Santa Clarita, has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers calling on the Department of Education to allow student loan forgiveness in California, hoping to prevent a state doctor shortage. The Department of Education’s exclusion of California and Texas from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) is being challenged by ...
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UPDATE: Hart District 7th-, 8th-Graders Improve Test Scores, 11th Grade Declines
The Hart district announced results of 2016-17 standardized testing Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The California Department of Education today released the student performance results for the 2016/17 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), with the data showing William S. Hart Union High School District students continuing to ...
Read More »ITT Tech Closes All Institutes
ITT Educational Services officials released a statement Sept. 6 declaring a “cease of operations” at all institutes. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. ITT Tech officials blamed the closure on the U.S. Department of Education’s Aug. 26 decision to prohibit ITT Educational Services, the parent company of ITT Tech, from enrolling new ...
Read More »Education Department Offers Site On School District Funding
State officials released a website allowing California residents to find out how the state's dollars are making their way into their classroom
Read More »State Releases 2013 Grad Rate Numbers, Hart District Numbers Remain High
The California Department of Education has released the state's high school graduation and dropout rates for 2013, showing that graduation rates are on the rise for the state.
Read More »Santa Clarita Districts Prepare For Computer-Based Standardized Testing
Santa Clarita Valley's local school districts will test a new type of state assessment this semester. The Smarter Balanced Assessment is a computer based test that allows students to better interact with what they're learning than on a multiple choice test.
Read More »Pico Canyon Elementary To Hold Assembly Celebrating API Success
Pico Canyon Elementary School is holding a special assembly on Nov. 21 to celebrate 10 years of increasing API scores, since the school was founded in 2004. All students and staff are invited to attend.
Read More »Rio Vista In Canyon Country Wins First Title I Achievement Award In District
Rio Vista Elementary in Canyon Country recently received a Title I Academic Achievement Award from the state Department of Education, after demonstrating academic progress across the board for two years.
Read More »College Of The Canyons Honored For Commitment To Community Service
As one of only two California community colleges honored for providing students with access to high quality service-learning educational opportunities, College of the Canyons has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for a seventh consecutive year. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. This year, College of ...
Read More »Next Generation Science Standard Will Affect Santa Clarita Valley Schools
Concerned parents and other citizens have less than a month to offer their opinion on the Next Generation Science Standards, a reevaluation on the way science is taught in school. Now in its second stage of development, NGSS is welcoming everyone to look at their proposed revisions and offer comments and criticism before Jan. 29. “I think you’ll find there’ll ...
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