Archive for October 2012 - Page 3
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October 15, 2012
SoCal school district ordered to comply with Parent Trigger ruling
A judge has ordered a southern California school district to comply with an earlier ruling that it must work with a group of parents to transform one of its elementary schools into a charter.
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October 14, 2012
Disproportionality in special ed poses new federal hazard to districts
More aggressive federal attention to schools potentially mislabeling minority children as disabled has created an operational headache this fall for nearly 50 California districts, with another big cohort targeted for sanctioning next year.
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October 11, 2012
Majority of California schools surpass API target but most also fall short of federal goal
For the first time, more than half the state's schools met or surpassed the target score for achievement on California's Academic Performance Index, a set of scores that serve as an indicator of how well districts and schools are educating students.
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October 10, 2012
Growing crisis of trust and participation among CA electorate
A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California paints a bleak picture of the state's 17 million registered voters, noting a universal distrust of state and federal government as well as a growing knowledge deficit when it comes to a basic understanding of civic affairs.
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October 10, 2012
CDE offers new one-stop tool for accessing school data online
In an effort to improve public access to school performance and accountability information, state schools chief Tom Torlakson unveiled Tuesday a new, free online tool that provides a single access point to a wide variety of state data on school sites.
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October 09, 2012
Data partnership aimed at improving LAUSD student learning
In a novel partnership between schools and the private sector, Los Angeles Unified will provide student data going back a decade to researchers at a think tank looking for keys to improving math performance.
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October 09, 2012
Health care provider offers grants for student-led obesity projects
With obesity rates among California's adolescents climbing, school officials seek new methods to educate kids on the benefits of better nutritional decisions. One program that seems to have gained some traction is sponsored by UnitedHealthcare offering grants of up to $1,000 for youth-led projects.
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October 08, 2012
SBE’s Kirst calls on Munger to ditch ads attacking governor’s tax plan
The increasingly aggressive tenor of ads attacking Gov. Jerry Brown's tax plan on the November ballot by fellow Democratic critics prompted a new call from education leaders and union supporters for an end to the hostility that they believe risks passage both the governor's Proposition 30 and rival Proposition 38.
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October 08, 2012
Ed code waiver application process goes digital
With the number of education code waiver requests escalating the past few years, the California Department of Education has launched a new Web tool allowing school districts to apply online.
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October 08, 2012
Class and school environment often overlooked in confronting behavior problems
It is a scene that plays out in classrooms across the nation every day - a willful student repeatedly disregards a teacher's warning about misconduct and eventually is sent to the principal's office. If the pattern is repeated enough, the student gets suspended and perhaps later expelled.
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