I'm exploring the brave new world of adult education this morning, something I haven't done before. Got questions? Send them my way! Now for your newsblitz:
- We report that the city of San Diego has signed off on a lease for the schoobrary with San Diego Unified, a step that brings the downtown library one step closer to reality.
- State schools chief Jack O'Connell was wowed by the free breakfast program in San Diego Unified when he came for a visit, the Union-Tribune reports.
- Also in the UT: Poway parents pleaded with their school board to save busing, invoking the death of Escondido teen Amber Dubois as one reason. KPBS focuses on the pleas of the bus drivers.
- Our guest blogger Ashley Hermsmeier says her teen students need a reason to care about standardized tests.
- SDNN reports on new grants available for local schools.
- California Capitol Network looks at one push to up the entrance age for kindergarten. Via KPBS.