Youth Reporter Randy Villegas discusses writer Jonathan Kozol visit to CSU Bakersfield last quarter where he spoke on the many children across the country that are not getting the education that they need.

Youth Reporter Olivia Rodriguez reports on efforts to bring more equitable LGBTQ services to students in the Coachella Valley.

Beat Reporter Marcus Castro reports on how Arvin residents are advocating for Kern Community College District to open a facility in their community.

Bakersfield is number one in the nation … but it’s not for anything to be proud of. The city leads in rates of illiteracy among cities with similar populations. On June 7, voters will have the chance to do something about this.

Equality does not mean equity. It’s a distinction administrators with the Kern High School District (KHSD) need to understand.

Creating a Bakersfield College satellite campus in Arvin will help promote the idea that higher education is within reach, physically and financially.

A new program in South Kern is helping improve student health and fitness. A group of parent organizers who came up with the idea for the "recess before lunch" program are now trying to expand it to other schools in the area.

While elementary school districts and middle schools in Kern County have school nurses, the high schools have been left out. That could change if some in the community have their way.

Nearly 200 residents turned up at at a forum on increasing the number of courses available through Bakersfield College at Arvin High School. Instead, the conversation quickly turned to establishing what many here say is a critical and long overdue college campus.

There have been 153 school shootings in America since 2013, amounting to more than one campus shooting per week. On Dec. 17, the Long Beach Unified School District received its own threat of violence prompting an investigation. Below, VoiceWaves reporter Jessica Salgado recalls her own experience of a shooting scare at an East Long Beach element...