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Bright and Early: The Education Newsblitz

The newsblitz cometh:

• Katherine Nakamura has been a dissenting voice on budget and labor issues on the school board -- and that could make her normally safe seat not-so-safe. We explain why.
• We blogged up a storm on Friday afternoon: A parent group demands to be consulted on cuts that impact federal money for disadvantaged kids. The teachers union and the school district are closer on furlough proposals. 
• A newly proposed law sponsored by the school district could save more than $6 million annually, we blog.
• And we blog that bids for the second project under a controversial labor pact for school construction came in low. The San Diego Daily Transcript also gives a rundown of the bids.
• SDNN looks at how much money San Diego Unified is spending to make sure that any student can take an Advanced Placement test -- and how the tests can change their grades.
• The Union-Tribune writes about the budget threat to small high schools. Interestingly, across the country, Cleveland is looking at dividing up its big high schools into small ones.
• Also in the UT: The Vista school board decided to spare jobs for nurses' aides, but