Archive for November 2010
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November 30, 2010
CA’s top flyers don’t measure well against world’s average students
A prevailing assumption is that California's diverse, non-homogeneous student population poses a major obstacle to improving test scores.
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November 30, 2010
Legislature joins legal challenge to Gov’s mandate suspension
Legislative leaders filed papers Monday in the state appellate court supporting a challenge to the governor's October veto of money for special education services.
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November 29, 2010
Brown’s plan to streamline categoricals faces challenges
Governor-elect Brown has called the current system of funding scores of separate categorical programs bureaucratic," "report driven" and "expensive." "
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November 28, 2010
SBE approves waivers allowing class size to go to 35
Among the many requests granted by the California State Board of Education last month on class size restrictions was one giving a Delta-area district permission to have an average of 35 students in any classroom for grades four through eight.
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November 22, 2010
Hoover Commission calls for new charter appeal process
California could relieve its dysfunctional charter school appeal process by moving authority away from the California State Board of Education and give it to a new appointed panel, the Little Hoover Commission said in a report Monday.
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November 22, 2010
LEAs have new SARC demand thanks to cuts at CDE
Federal and state obligations that districts provide School Accountability Report Cards will become a lot harder in the coming months because the state will not be providing pre-populated templates.
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November 18, 2010
National test scores show some improvement
High school seniors continued a short-term pattern of progress on national assessments in reading and math, although the reading scores fell short of high-points reached in 1992.
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November 18, 2010
CDE posts new common core resources
Although most of the key questions around implementing common core remain unanswered, the California Department of Education has posted several new resources related to the new standards.
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November 18, 2010
Brown ed adviser questions CA’s national assessment choice
A key adviser to incoming governor Jerry Brown said Wednesday that state officials should reconsider a decision made last spring to join one of two national groups developing assessments based on the common core.
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November 18, 2010
Torlakson’s first step will be QEIA expansion
In one of his first major actions as schools chief, Superintendent-elect Tom Torlakson plans to drastically expand the Quality Investment Education Act program, said members of Torlakson's new cabinet Wednesday.
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