Archive for October 2011
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October 31, 2011
First 5 steps up to lead Gov. Brown’s Race to the Top plan
California's application for a $100 million early learning grant under the latest federal Race to the Top competition is both unorthodox and risky - exactly the kind of plan one might expect from Gov. Jerry Brown.
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October 31, 2011
California joins movement to rewrite national arts education standards
Making K-12 arts education relevant to both today's and tomorrow's students is the focus of a meeting this week of art educators and related experts tasked with rewriting national arts standards last adopted in 1994.
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October 28, 2011
Denver voters consider sick pay measure that has big implications for schools
Parents without paid sick days are 71 percent more likely to send a sick child to school or child care than parents whose employers provide paid time off, according to a study released this week.
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October 28, 2011
CTA says 85 percent of QEIA schools met API target
Analysis from the California Teachers Association released Thursday shows that about 85 percent of the schools enrolled in the Quality Education Investment Act program met or exceeded required student performance targets.
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October 27, 2011
CDE sets timeline for second cohort of SIG schools
Fallout from last spring's federal and state compliance review of School Improvement Grant mandates resulted in the California Department of Education asking to push back application for a second cohort.
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October 27, 2011
Christmas coming early for districts awaiting construction funding
State Allocation Board members were practically giddy Tuesday at the thought of handing out millions this December in school construction funds, made available by last week's sale of $1.8 billion in general state obligation bonds.
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October 26, 2011
QEIA schools facing deadline for meeting performance goals
Some 500 schools enrolled in the Quality Education Investment Act program face a critical test sometime next month for meeting mandates to improve student test scores, limiting class sizes and upgrading teacher qualifications and experience among other requirements.
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October 26, 2011
CA’s Partnership Academies lead statewide average in high school grads
California Partnership Academies, which link high expectation academic goals with real world career-technical experience, graduated a far higher percentage of seniors in 2009-10 than the overall statewide average.
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October 26, 2011
EdNext poll finds support for merit pay and charters
A wide-ranging, national poll of voter attitudes on education issues found support for basing at least part of a teacher's salary on student academic progress but growing opposition to teacher tenure.
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October 25, 2011
CA’s Partnership Academies lead statewide average in high school grads
California Partnership Academies, which link high expectation academic goals with real world career-technical experience, graduated a far higher percentage of seniors in 2009-10 than the overall statewide average.
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