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Education News & Comment: "Annie Oliver, Grandparent
Honored by SCUSD Board of Education for Outstanding Service at August 6, 2009 Board Meeting.
Presentation was made by Board Member Area 7, Vice President Patrick Kennedy."

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Education News & Comment: "Volunteering
By lending a hand on campus, parents can transform students and schools
Parent Involvement Primer

The role of the school site council

Online Resources for Parental Involvement

Become a Legislative Advocate for Your Child's School

Ten easy ways to help your child's school

25 Ways to Catch and Keep Volunteers

Bright Ideas From Our Readers: One Hour Volunteer Ideas"

Patrick Kennedy Sacramento’s 5th City Council District Candidate Web Site

Patrick Kennedy Sacramento’s 5th City Council District Candidate Web Site

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Board of Education: "Board of Education Items


Board Meeting Packet, Items and Presentations for the Regular Board Meeting of August 20, 2009:
Agenda
Item 9.1
Item 9.2 part 1, part 2, part 3
Item 9.3
Item 9.4
Item 9.5 part 1, part 2, part 3
Item 9.7
Item 11.1a part 1, part 2, part 3
Item 11.1b
Item 11.1c
Item 11.1d part 1, part 2, part 3
Item 11.1e
Item 11.1f
Item 11.1g
Item 11.1h
Item 11.1i
Item 11.2a
Item 12.1"

Free lunch, breakfast programs could surge in U.S. schools - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

Free lunch, breakfast programs could surge in U.S. schools - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News Sacramento Bee: "Free lunch, breakfast programs could surge in U.S. schools
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Buzz up!By Tony Pugh
tpugh@mcclatchydc.com
Published: Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009 - 12:00 am Page 7A
WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. students who receive free and reduced-cost meals at school could soar to a 41-year high this school year, as record job losses and high unemployment push thousands more children into poverty, many for the"

School districts allowed to delay updating books - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

School districts allowed to delay updating books - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News Sacramento Bee: "Think of it as a word problem in a sixth-grade math book.
If the Elk Grove Unified School District spends $3.5 million annually for instructional materials and the state Legislature gives them a five-year reprieve from replacing those, how much can the district save?
Enough, said Steven Ladd, superintendent of Elk Grove Unified, that his district has wiggle room in one of the tightest budget years that public school administrators can remember."

Muskogee Central High Class of 1967 - Still "Doin' It" after all these years (breathing)

Muskogee Central High Class of 1967 - Still "Doin' It" after all these years (breathing)

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Education News & Comment: "SCUSD Vice President Patrick Kennedy
Announces Bid for Sacramento’s 5th City Council District"

parent involvement - Google News

parent involvement - Google News: "Parental involvement is key to teaching good sportsmanship
Chronicle Times - ‎Aug 14, 2009‎
With more than 30 million children participating in organized sports each year, teaching good sportsmanship to child athletes is an important parental ..."

Back to School 101: Parent involvement

Back to School 101: Parent involvement

Back to School 101: Parent involvement
Examiner.com - ‎Aug 14, 2009‎
Research has consistently reported that a parent's positive involvement with their children's schooling brings positive outcomes.

Michael Simpson - docstoc

Michael Simpson - docstoc

K-12 class sizes a growing concern in Valley

K-12 class sizes a growing concern in Valley

At Mesa's Dobson High School, 49 students crammed into a Spanish class, and the last 10 who arrived had to sit on the floor.
At Hendrix Junior High, also in the Mesa Public Schools district, a reading teacher began the first day of class Wednesday apologizing to her 39 students for the overcrowded conditions.

Lowe to guide education board through hot issues | AP Texas News | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Lowe to guide education board through hot issues AP Texas News Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
AUSTIN, Texas — As Gail Lowe takes the helm of the State Board of Education, the turmoil-laden panel that has long been a battleground in the fight between social conservatives and liberal watchdogs, the incoming chairwoman is decidedly unapologetic about her conservative Christian views.
Lowe was appointed to the spot last month by Gov. Rick Perry to replace former chairman Don McLeroy, whose appointment to a second term as chairman was rejected by the state Senate.
"This country was founded on Judeo Christian principles and to say otherwise is to deny what is very unique about our country," Lowe said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. "The principle of church and state would say the government cannot mandate anyone can or cannot belong to any particular church."
Gov. Rick Perry surprised observers with his selection of Lowe, 52, a mild-mannered, small-town newspaper publisher who acknowledges she's not a "broad visionary" but more of a nuts-and-bolts person. She'll replace McLeroy, an ardent conservative targeted by critics for his outspoken views on creationism and support of teaching students weaknesses of evolutionary theory.

What Hope Is There for Art Education?

What Hope Is There for Art Education?
What Hope Is There for Art Education?
Written By: A Global Leading News Source, Aristos.org (Monthly)
15-8-09
Categorized in: EdNews Reports
What Hope Is There for Art Education?
by Michelle Marder Kamhi
On one point at least, all who care about art education agree: the future of instruction in the visual arts in our nation's schools is at risk. Arts advocates generally target the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) as the chief threat to be reckoned with. A recent Brief issued by Americans for the Arts, for example, declares that although NCLB includes the arts among the core academic subjects, implementation of the bill has resulted in "the erosion of arts education." Testing under NCLB, its critics argue, has had the unfortunate effect of favoring instruction in reading and math at the expense of other subjects. That view is held by many art teachers, who hope to modify the law when it comes up for re-authorization.
I argue here, however, as I have done elsewhere (see Where's the Art in Today's Art Education? and Rescuing Art from "Visual Culture Studies"), that the most serious threat to education in the visual arts is internal, not external. Such instruction is being destroyed from within by questionable premises and

Los Angeles school district will sharply raise taxes on property owners -- latimes.com

Los Angeles school district will sharply raise taxes on property owners -- latimes.com

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