Archive for March 2011
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March 31, 2011
Teacher evaluation bill moves ahead, roundup of other leg action
Battle lines over teacher evaluations in California were drawn in Sacramento Wednesday, as lawmakers narrowly moved along legislation that would use student test scores as a key component.
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March 31, 2011
Parent Trigger’ working group struggles to find fixes
Stakeholders in the troubled parent trigger" school turnaround program grappled Wednesday with designing regulations that would implement the new authority with fairness to both school administrators and families. "
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March 30, 2011
Budget Watch: Brown assures state that he’s got a Plan B
Expressing both optimism and resolve, Gov. Jerry Brown told Californians late Tuesday that he would find a way to balance the state's budget while protecting schools and other key government services.
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March 30, 2011
Legislative panels take on teacher evaluations, Open Enrollment, charters
Several key education policy bills are set for consideration today in Sacramento including measures to revise teacher evaluations, to calculate the state's lowest performing schools and to impose new accountability on charter schools.
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March 30, 2011
CDE sets new school transit fee, hike doesn’t close shortfalls
State officials have released the new fees that districts can charge families for school transportation services pushing, the maximum rate to $4.25 for the cost per passenger trip or $8.50 for the daily round trip.
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March 29, 2011
Budget bill contains mandate on CDE to help with SARC data
Legislation signed into law last week requires the California Department of Education to renew its long-standing practice of providing districts data and technical support for updating School Accountability Report Cards.
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March 29, 2011
Poll finds Americans rely not on newspapers but family for school news
People rely mostly on family and friends for reliable education news, just a notch above newspapers, according to a survey released Tuesday from the D.C.-based Brookings Institution.
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March 28, 2011
Senator proposes short-term fix to common core implementation
Legislation pending in the state Senate may offer an elegant path around the steep costs and the arduous, time-consuming process for bringing the new common core standards into the classroom.
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March 28, 2011
Report: growing career readiness gap hamstrings business
Business leaders in the United States say they can't find enough educated or qualified workers due in part to the growing numbers of college students leaving school before earning their degrees, according to new research from Civic Enterprises, a D.C. public policy firm.
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March 25, 2011
Budget Watch: Bill signing signals only the beginning of a bumpy ride
Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Thursday legislation that cut the state's $26.6 billion shortfall almost in half. Included among them was SB 70, the education trailer bill that gives schools a relatively flat budget for next year - but with a big caveat looming in June.
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