Archive for November 2013
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November 26, 2013
Draft spending guidelines on energy funds readied
Even as school districts this week are receiving the first round of state funding to make facilities more energy-efficient, the agency overseeing the program is preparing proposed guidelines for regulating how the money can be used.
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November 25, 2013
Some school districts move now to support disadvantaged
(Calif.) As the Brown administration contemplates further regulation of the new funding system supporting educationally disadvantaged students, some school superintendents say they are already engaged with parents and community leaders over plans to better serve the targeted populations.
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November 22, 2013
CA offers Duncan potential solution to testing issue
Field testing this spring of assessments based on the Common Core in math and English language arts have been expanded to include 95 percent of students in grades three through eight, the California Department of Education announced Thursday.
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November 22, 2013
AASA: 1 in 4 students at LEAs that depend on federal funds
New research showing the growing role federal funds play in local school budgets also puts a spotlight on the pending sequestration cuts and the ongoing partisan gridlock that still rules Congress.
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November 22, 2013
New entity to oversee, support LCFF accountability
Sitting in the shadows of the regulatory work currently underway around the Local Control Funding Formula and its associated accountability plans is the mandate to create the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence – a governmental body envisioned to provide comprehensive technical assistance to districts tasked with meeting new student accountability goals.
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November 21, 2013
Billions in unanticipated funding for CA schools
Applauding the best fiscal outlook for state government in more than a decade, the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst reported Wednesday the minimum funding guarantee for schools next year is likely to be $8 billion higher than current spending.
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November 20, 2013
National association: Use contract as vehicle to measure alternative charters
Accountability measures for “alternative” charter schools need to be carefully worked out as part of their authorization contracts, with additional evaluation measures clearly laid out to go along with traditional performance indicators, according to a new report from the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.
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November 20, 2013
Farm-to-School grants inspire healthy, local connections
Ranging from just over $20,000 to a high of $100,000, winners of the Farm-to-School grants are expected to serve more than 13,000 schools and 2.8 million students – nearly 45 percent of whom live in rural communities.
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November 19, 2013
Bill increasing math, science requirements goes to Wis. gov
(Wis.) Wisconsin high school students would have to complete both an additional math and science unit to graduate under legislation sent late last week to Gov. Scott Walker.
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November 19, 2013
CA’s testing suspension threatens algebra project
(Calif.) A change in law last summer that suspended most statewide testing next year threatens a federally-funded randomized controlled experiment in teaching algebra to at-risk eighth graders.
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