Education

College of the Desert’s phone systems and website are back up after two week interruption caused by a network disruption. The college’s online services, including email, phone, and internet access were down on July 4. COD officials told News Channel 3’s Jennifer Franco that a federal investigation is underway after administrators contacted the FBI. There was no update on

College of the Desert continues to work to fix a “computer network disruption” that has affected online and phone access for more than a week. Since July 5, the computer outage has affected student and staff access to various College of the Desert online services, including email, phone, and internet access. COD officials told News

Palm Desert City Hall has been shut down for the day after a contractor cut an electrical main line. If you need to reach city staff, you can do so by their direct email or by emailing info@cityofpalmdesert.org. For a staff directory, visit: http://cityofpalmdesert.org/our-city/staff-directory Get the News Channel 3 app here.

The Palm Springs Unified School District board of education named two new principals and an assistant principal at three of its schools on Tuesday. Andrea Guaydacan will be the new Principal of Cabot Yerxa Elementary. She joins Palm Springs Unified with over 20 years of experience as a teacher, instructional coach, grant coordinator and assistant

Veterans of foreign wars who didn’t graduate from high school can apply between now and Oct. 14 for graduation certificates issued through a Riverside County program that awards diplomas to former airmen, soldiers, sailors and Marines who gave up school to serve their country.   The county Office of Education is conducting its 16th “Operation Recognition”

Cal State San Bernardino was awarded a $2.3 million federal grant to help students, who are migrant/seasonal farm workers or the children of migrant/seasonal farm workers, stay in school during their first year of college and continue into their second year of higher education. The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) grant from the U.S. Department

Two standout students were honored with streets named after them in Cathedral City. Sophia Gonzales of Cathedral City High School and Christopher Vega of Mt. San Jacinto High School were recognized for their academic excellence. Gonzales was nominated for the 2022 Golden Lion which is the most prestigious award a Cathedral City high school student can

The Palm Springs Unified School District is now enrolling students for its Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs for the 2022-23 school year. The federally-funded Head Start program provides an extensive school-year preschool program for children three and four years of age. Family income must meet the federal poverty level. Full-day classes are provided from 8

A local 6th-grade student will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week in Maryland! Faith Zapata of Palm View Elementary School in Coachella will be competing against 233 other spellers from across the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Department of Defense Schools in Europe. This year’s competition

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians announced Thursday it was committing more than $9 million to support the California Indian Nations College. The educational effort aims to become the first stand-alone, fully accredited tribal college in California in decades, according to a statement issued by the tribe.  Thursday’s announcement from the tribal chairman, Darrell Mike, said the primary mission is to build