Archive for October 2012 - Page 2
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October 22, 2012
Abuse cases prompt new legislation to strenthen reporting requirements
A spate of high-profile child abuse cases over the past year, from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, prompted passage by the California Legislature of several bills aimed at strengthening existing mandated reporting laws.
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October 22, 2012
Panel questions cost, performance of online programs
A bipartisan, Texas-based education advocacy group cautions that the benefits of online early are hard to evaluate both in terms of student performance and savings to the state.
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October 21, 2012
Successful Fairfield military based school still needs help getting off nation’s worst facility list
It's not so much what you see but rather what you don't see that puts Scandia Elementary School in the top 25 most needy military base schools in the nation: A plumbing system that routinely backs up; an overloaded electrical system with periodic shorts; emergency fire, glass and lighting systems that need to be added or replaced and a lack of adequate classroom and indoor gathering space.
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October 18, 2012
Lights On Afterschool” events spotlight needs for supplemental programs”
With the election less than a month away and Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure barely holding on in the polls, rallies took place Thursday in communities across California spotlighting another critical educational need where funding is falling short - after school programs.
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October 17, 2012
Students engaged in justice system given guaranteed entry to school
Even before Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 1088 into law this fall, the Los Angeles Unified School District had enacted its own policy prohibiting its schools from denying entry to a student solely on the basis that he or she has had involvement with the juvenile justice system.
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October 16, 2012
Devastating budget cuts tear a big hole in state’s child care net
Reeling from $1 billion in cuts the past four years, California's early learning and child care system is able to maintain only the most basic services today as advocates look for hope out of the November election and signs that an economic upswing has taken hold.
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October 16, 2012
State readies release of first supplemental materials tied to common core
State officials are expected to reach a milestone this week in the development of supplemental instructional materials for California classrooms aligned to the new common core standards.
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October 16, 2012
Florida debates new student performance goals based on race
Florida's top education officials are trying to navigate a growing outcry over adoption last week of student achievement goals based on race and ethnicity that critics say sets the bar too low for black and Hispanic students.
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October 15, 2012
New lottery forecast adds badly needed dollars to schools
State lottery sales could reach close to $5 billion during the 2012-13 fiscal year, according to an updated forecast from the California Department of Education.
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October 15, 2012
Support slips for tax measures; September revenues mixed
Thanks to a vigorous rivalry campaign, both tax measures on the November ballot are losing support among voters with the likelihood for passage quickly fading even as some stakeholders try to arbitrate a cease fire.
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