Archive for June 2013 - Page 2
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June 19, 2013
Budget simplifies special education money
Just as Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders moved last week to make overall school funding more simple and transparent, the 2013-14 budget also includes a number of changes to special education funding with the same objective.
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June 19, 2013
CA officials dispute national teacher quality study’s findings
A study calling more than three-quarters of the nation's teacher colleges mediocre at best' is flawed and fails in its mission to fairly evaluate their quality, according to the chair of California's Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the state's superintendent of public instruction.
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June 18, 2013
Bill to restrict schools’ use of long-term bonds face amendments, opposition
Three of the state's largest public education advocacy groups are leading opposition to legislation that would greatly restrict the use of long-term bond issues by school districts.
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June 18, 2013
CTC backs teacher misconduct bill
California's standards board for educator training and professional conduct added its support to legislation that would rewrite the rules implementing sanctions against school officials who fail to report changes in an employee's work status while an allegation of misconduct is pending.
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June 17, 2013
SBE to Fordham: NGSS highly vetted by CA experts
EDITOR's Note: A report last week on Fordham Institute's review of the Next Generation Science Standards, which gave an overall grade of 'C,' sparked this repsonse from Trish Williams, a member of the California State Board of Education.
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June 16, 2013
Proposed NCLB reauthorization bills would maintain some of the status quo
Even as the Obama administration moves to ameliorate the most punitive aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act, proposals for reauthorizing the nation's primary education law would retain several of the most disliked provisions for testing and intervention.
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June 16, 2013
Budget bill extends use of early English learner assessments
English learners will continue to be evaluated using early literacy assessments for at least two more years, under the budget plan adopted by the California Legislature on Friday.
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June 14, 2013
Advisory panel would narrow teacher training to focus on age groups
California would abandon its long-time practice of issuing credentials that allow teachers to oversee instruction in the widest of grade spans - from pre-kindergarten to adult education - under a proposal pending before the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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June 13, 2013
Study says nationalized K-12 science standards fall far short of CA’s
Plans in California to replace the state's existing science curriculum standards with a new national set recently released for public review would be analogous to trading in a Cadillac for a Chevy, according to new analysis from the Fordham Institute.
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June 12, 2013
Transgender student access bill moves to Senate floor
A bill that would require California public schools to allow transgender students to participate in activities, including athletics, and to use the facilities that align with their gender identity was moved by a key legislative panel Wednesday.
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