Beyond report cards, state tests
Madera Unified School District plumbs the depths of student performance Madera Unified will no longer depend solely on report cards and...
Bill Coate
Nov 2, 2019
Valley author to read at local restaurant
Nationally acclaimed San Joaquin Valley author Mark Arax will read from his recently published book “The Dreamt Land” on Wednesday...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 23, 2019


8th graders digging into sheriffs’ pasts
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera Unified School district students hold posters of past Madera County Sheriffs during a...
Bill Coate
Oct 16, 2019


State tests show slow growth
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South High School showed progress in the CAASPP tests. Results of California’s annual school...
Bill Coate
Oct 12, 2019
Board adopts Heritage Language program
Aims to help Hispanic kids hang on to Spanish Madera Unified’s Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program is being expanded and is taking on...
Bill Coate
Oct 2, 2019
Letter: On the costs of educating our children
“There he goes, again,” as Reagan used to say. This time “he” is the vice president of a local home building company. Every few years he...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 2, 2019


Ed Gwartney remembered
For The Madera Tribune Ed Gwartney, 1941-2018. Eventually he will belong to the ages; he has already found his place in the history of...
Bill Coate
Sep 25, 2019


Robotics leader to head Mountain Vista High
For The Madera Tribune Allan Hollman. When Allan Hollman was called to the podium by Superintendent Todd Lile at Madera Unified’s Aug. 27...
Bill Coate
Sep 4, 2019




