Discover how Expanded Learning Programs are helping students stay engaged, explore future careers, and prevent summer learning loss in this episode of Education Matters. We visit Sanger Unified School District's innovative summer programs, where middle school students are gaining hands-on experience with drones, robotics, renewable energy, agriculture, engineering, and Career Technical Education (CTE) pathways.

Discover how the Fresno Police Activities League (PAL) Boxing Program is changing lives by providing young people with a safe place to grow, learn, and succeed. In this episode of Education Matters, we visit the PAL Boxing Gym at Romain Playground in southwest Fresno, where volunteer coaches are mentoring students through the sport of boxing while teaching discipline, accountability, respect, and perseverance.

Helping every child read at grade level by third grade is the goal of educators across Fresno County. In this episode of Education Matters, we take an inside look at the Early Matters Fresno Literacy Network Improvement Community (NIC), an innovative partnership led by the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools and the Fresno Cradle to Career initiative that is transforming early literacy instruction through collaboration, coaching, and continuous improvement.