Several Sonoma County districts have begun their 2026-27 school year with significant investments in career technical education…

Career Technical Education Foundation Sonoma County hosted its ninth annual Spark the Future fundraiser April 16 at The Backdrop in Santa Rosa, raising more than $350,000 to support career-connected learning programs for students across Sonoma County…

As students head back to class, Santa Rosa City Schools is reimagining some of its secondary campuses for a new 7-12 model. This shift creates an unprecedented opportunity for younger students to gain earlier exposure and even access to programs, classrooms and industry-standard tools that prepare them for college and careers…

Career Technical Education (CTE) Foundation hosted its annual Spark the Future fundraiser April 24 in Santa Rosa, bringing together community members, educators and students to celebrate career-connected learning across Sonoma County…

In a vibrant classroom at a Sonoma County high school, a group of students is busy assembling and coding fully functioning robots. In another, a culinary class is preparing food and beverages in a student-run café. Nearby, students are practicing CPR and learning about health careers. All of them likely preparing for internships with local employers. These are examples of career technical education — or CTE — students connecting learning to careers and futures they’re passionate about…

Sounds of whirring and beeping filled the Sonoma State University Makerspace on Thursday afternoon. A symphony of 3D printers, robot critters made out of plastic cups, wood burners and vinyl cutters filled the room…

Twenty-four hours after the dawn of Monday’s total solar eclipse, a group of five Rancho Cotate High School students were gathered Tuesday morning in Healdsburg with the eyes turn skyward, but for a different science mission: tracking their atmospheric weather balloon as it soared over Sonoma County…