Archive for 2010- Page 2
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December 14, 2010
Brown promises equity in budget cuts, says day of reckoning’ arrived
LOS ANGELES - Despite painting a bleak outlook for school funding next year, Governor-elect Jerry Brown pledged Tuesday to take an even-handed look at what areas can best afford to be cut in the upcoming budget debate.
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December 13, 2010
Annual report on teaching profession shows strains of recession
California's teacher development system is eroding" at a time when expectations for the state's 6.2 million students are rising and demands for a well-trained workforce are accelerating, according to a report released Monday from the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning. "
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December 13, 2010
Funds for school construction drying up fast
As the new Brown administration prepares today for a statewide briefing on the status of the education budget, managers of school construction programs are looking anxiously at their depleted resources.
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December 12, 2010
Air board considers delaying emission deadline on school buses
The California Air Resources Board will consider next week extending deadlines for districts to meet new emission regulations that require school buses to be retrofitted or taken off the road.
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December 12, 2010
Linked learning high school offers new path to academic success
To the many skeptics who believe public schools cannot be incubators of innovation, Matt Perry can offer a tour of a high school he helped found five years ago.
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December 09, 2010
Complaints of teacher misconduct at five-year high
Reports of misconduct filed with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing hit a five-year high in 2009-10 with the vast majority of the cases involving violations related to alcohol.
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December 09, 2010
School funding suits face critical court date
A key hearing is scheduled for today in Alameda County Superior Court over the merits of a pair of lawsuits challenging the adequacy of the state's funding of the California public school system.
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December 08, 2010
Brown’s budget assessment could mean $2 billion more cuts to schools
Although there were no proposals announced at a Wednesday budget forum hosted by Governor-elect Jerry Brown, representatives from his new administration said that the latest projections place Proposition 98 at $47.8 billion in 2011-12.
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December 08, 2010
CTC to take unprecedented’ step to remove COC member
In an unprecedented action before the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the board is poised today to remove a member of its Committee of Credentials for allegedly refusing to follow adopted procedures and disrupting the panel's work.
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December 08, 2010
Ed pundits debate meaning of PISA scores
Results from the most watched international assessment released earlier this week showed U.S. students performing far behind global leaders - especially China - sparking a nationwide dialogue about the meaning of the results.
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