Archive for December 2012 - Page 2
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December 11, 2012
Ed Trust-West criticizes state for snail’s pace on common core
The state's much-delayed implementation of common core curriculum standards puts thousands of minority and English learner students at risk of falling further behind, a new report released Monday concludes.
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December 10, 2012
November success prompts bill for 2014 state bond for school facilities
Buoyed by voter support last month for two measures benefitting public education, a key lawmaker introduced legislation late last week that would place a statewide school facilities bond measure on the ballot in 2014.
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December 10, 2012
Plans take shape to simplify state funding for school construction
Legislative leaders and the Brown administration are considering plans to ease bureaucratic restrictions on districts seeking state school construction dollars. But the new flexibility could come with a price - a smaller share of state dollars.
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December 10, 2012
Accreditation fees on teacher prep programs moving forward
Despite some misgivings tied to robbing Peter to pay Paul, the state's Commission on Teacher Credentialing gave its consent late last week to moving ahead on imposing a fee for accrediting university preparation programs.
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December 06, 2012
LAO says adult education needs comprehensive restructuring
The Legislature's effort in 2009 to give cash-strapped schools flexibility in the use of billions of dollars in categorical money has helped diminish the status of adult education programs operated by K-12 districts, the non-partisan Legislative Analyst reported Wednesday.
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December 06, 2012
Support for changing school administrator credential dissipates
Facing near unanimous opposition from the field, the state's Commission on Teacher Credentialing moved quickly Thursday to scuttle plans for creating a new, less expansive administrative services credential.
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December 05, 2012
Resistance gathers to parsing school administrative credential
Members of a statewide organization representing school administrators are lobbying the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to drop plans for creating separate, qualified certification authorizations for school leadership positions.
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December 04, 2012
Swift Prop. 39 spending plan supports school energy improvements
In an effort to boost employment in the construction trades and to improve energy efficiency at thousands of California schools, plans were unveiled in Sacramento Tuesday aimed at quickly enacting a voter-approved measure that closed a $1 billion corporate tax loophole.
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December 03, 2012
Student achievement part of the payoff with big facilities investment
An investment over the past decade of nearly $20 billion by Los Angeles Unified School District in new schools and facilities has had a direct result in higher student achievement - especially for those migrating to new elementary campuses, according to a new study.
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December 03, 2012
Youth employment, middle school math - both highlight need to stay on track
Two studies out today -- one on youth employment, the other on middle school math, highlight the lasting impacts missteps in education can have on the lives of young students as well as on society as a whole.
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