Archive for March 2012 - Page 2
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March 26, 2012
Study finds other states struggled with equitable distribution of SIG money
Though the federal School Improvement Grant program aims to improve the nation's lowest-performing schools, states don't always hit the mark when deciding which struggling schools receive funds, according to the findings of a new report from the Center for American Progress.
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March 25, 2012
Despite Brown’s budget, LEAs should prepare for pre-kindergarten
Key lawmakers and legislative advocates say California schools should be prepared to offer transitional kindergarten this fall -- regardless of Gov. Brown's plan to suspend the program.
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March 25, 2012
State education data system, CALPADS, makes critical turn
Targeted for extinction by two governors and widely blamed for the recent loss of big federal grants, CALPADS - the state's much maligned student data system -- seems to be finally working as designed.
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March 25, 2012
Cervantes McGuire leaving Azusa USD after 37 year career
Things are going to look and feel quite a bit different at Azusa Unified School District offices after July 1. That is the day Superintendent Cynthia Cervantes McGuire will retire, ending a career in the district that began 37 years ago when she was hired as a teacher.
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March 23, 2012
LAO calls for revisions of teacher layoff system, process
With only a small portion of the teachers who are pink slipped" in March actually losing their jobs in May - the Legislature should consider revising existing layoff laws - including the inverse seniority rule as well as the required due process hearings, the non-partisan Legislative Analyst recommended Thursday."
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March 23, 2012
Budget news gets worse for CTC
The already-bleak budget picture for California's Commission on Teacher Credentialing took a turn for the worse with news Thursday that a loan of $1.5 million from another state fund still leaves the agency with an $800,000 hole in its current-year budget.
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March 22, 2012
Health and safety bills include campus ban on selling sports drinks
Following up on restrictions approved five years ago on the sale of sodas and junk food on campus, Assemblyman Das Williams, D-Santa Barbara, is taking aim at sugary sports drinks.
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March 22, 2012
Study indicates middle school students underprepared for science
Despite a group of well-trained and well-intentioned teachers, science instruction in California's middle schools is hampered by content standards that overemphasize math and language education.
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March 22, 2012
Leg panel passes out bills on charter funding, test elimination and student fees
The Assembly's Committee on Education Wednesday moved forward bills that would improve borrowing options for charter schools, eliminate several high school testing requirements and require annual school audits to ensure students aren't being charged illegal fees.
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March 21, 2012
First-time survey of online learning in CA produces startling early results
Early results from first-time survey of e-learning in California offers some surprising results including the fact that traditional public schools provide online courses as often as charters.
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