Archive for September 2012 - Page 2
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September 25, 2012
CTE should play bigger role in training tomorrow’s U.S. workforce
The U.S. economy currently supports 29 million jobs that provide a middle class salary and require only some postsecondary education- a healthy block of employment that will not fade away even with global market demands for a better trained work force in the coming decade, a new report from Georgetown University concludes.
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September 23, 2012
Non-profit’s STEM strategy catching on across the state
When a small, non-profit group in a remote Southern California town won a prestigious national award for innovations in STEM education, Marcella Klein Williams knew her organization's work was paying off.
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September 23, 2012
Brown vetoes bill aimed at TK teaching standards
Despite the concerns that teachers have not been properly prepared to handle the new transitional kindergarten program, Gov. Jerry Brown late last week rejected a bill that would have taken the first steps in creating new teaching standards in early education.
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September 23, 2012
Hoping taxes will pass, preparing school boards if they don’t
Solidly supporting the two tax measures on the November ballot but bracing for the fallout if both fail - the California School Boards Association has initiated a campaign to prepare local officials for what might be an unprecedented collision with fiscal insolvency.
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September 21, 2012
Brown signs legislation boosting summer school lunch program
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday aimed at reversing a three-year downward trend in the number of meals served to California students during summer school.
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September 20, 2012
SAB votes to change application process over district objections
Last-minute appeals by school district representatives from up and down the state couldn't sway California officials from changing the state's longstanding policy for how construction funding projects will queue-up when new money becomes available.
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September 19, 2012
Voters dislike trigger cuts to schools, but majority still support Brown’s tax plan
An overwhelming majority of California's likely voters said they oppose automatic trigger cuts to K-12 schools if tax measures are not approved in the November election, according to a new survey released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California.
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September 18, 2012
Enrollment in new teacher programs down 33 percent since recession hit
The number of students entering teacher preparation programs has fallen by more than a third since the onset of the recession, according to a new report from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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September 18, 2012
State wants assurance LEAs understand facility money no longer guaranteed
State officials are considering new rules governing school construction funds that would require districts to acknowledge in the application process that the money isn't guaranteed and that eligibility requirements are subject to change.
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September 17, 2012
Texas adopts CA’s strategy on NCLB waiver, prompting new risk
California is no longer the only state trying to get relief from the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act without committing to the conditions set down by the Obama administration - Texas is trying to do the same thing.
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