Local school news is thin today, but you can read up on what's happening in schools across California and the rest of the country in your newsblitz:
- Federal judges who evaluated California's bid for Race to the Top, a competition for more stimulus money for schools, said it had a bad relationship with its teachers unionsand weak data systems for tracking student performance, the Sacramento Bee writes. California may not even apply for the second round of the competition.
- Educated Guess blogs about a think tank's report on how Race to the Top scoring should be changed.
- Neighborhood activists in Los Angeles who are blocking the construction of a new schoolhave cost the Los Angeles Unified School District $20 million, the Los Angeles Times reports.
- The superintendent of Santa Clara County schools gets mixed marks, the Mercury News writes. The county schools leader has become a flashpoint for controversy in the county around San Jose.
