Archive for July 2011 - Page 2
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July 25, 2011
More funding for free meal program, more demand, too
An annual inflation adjustment has added five cents per meal beginning this fall in federal support for the free and reduced-price school food program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week.
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July 21, 2011
CORRECTED: Brown signs anti-bully bill, more on his desk when he gets back from holiday
Although lawmakers will remain on summer break through the middle of next month, Gov. Jerry Brown has acted on a number of bills put on his desk before leaving on his own holiday.
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July 21, 2011
NGA urges states to take up reengaging dropouts
Today, the U.S. economy is saddled with more than 1 million teenagers that are not enrolled in school and do not have high school diploma - a city-size population that is growing by about 400,000 each year.
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July 20, 2011
California’s entry into the latest Race to the Top looking unlikely
Gov. Jerry Brown and state schools chief Tom Torlakson have yet to indicate their interest in two upcoming Race to the Top grant competitions - despite the fact that the federal government is expected to release the applications any day now.
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July 20, 2011
SBE waivers provide LEAs relief from class size restrictions
The California State Board of Education agreed last week to allow eight districts to increase class size at schools participating in the Quality Education Investment Act program - but denied a ninth request.
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July 19, 2011
New NAEP scores stay mostly flat and mostly disappointing
Performance by American K-12 students on the most recent National Assessment on Education Progress test - this time on geography - was largely unsatisfactory although there was some improvement among the lowest-performing subgroups.
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July 19, 2011
Rand study finds incentive pay didn’t work in NY schools
A three-year old program providing financial incentives to teachers in New York based on test scores found no positive effects on student achievement at any grade level, the Rand Corp. reported Monday.
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July 18, 2011
Rand study finds incentive pay didn’t work in NY schools
NEW TODAY: A three-year old program providing financial incentives to New York teachers based on test scores found no positive effects on student achievement at any grade level, the Rand Corp. reported Monday.
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July 18, 2011
Brown administration has CalPADS on short leash
Gov. Jerry Brown reluctantly agreed last month to restore the funding needed to keep alive the much maligned California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
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July 18, 2011
New charter rules include disputed automatic renewal provision
A controversial element of new rules governing the renewal petition of charter schools calls on districts to act within 60 days or the request is automatically granted.
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