Bright and Early: The Education Newsblitz

Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:07 am

Rain was so not in the San Diego orientation video. Stay in and stay dry with the newsblitz:

The race to unseat incumbent school board member John de Beck is on. It's the first time that de Beck hasn't had the backing of the teachers union. One of his challengers is questioning whether his sharp tongue has translated in getting things done.
Some Escondido teachers will be spared from layoffs because others retired, the Union-Tribune reports.
SDNN writes about different efforts to stop hate in schools.
Eleven struggling schools are undergoing overhauls in San Bernardino, the Sun reports. They're making the changes because California listed them as persistently low achieving schools earlier this year. This is the sort of thing that San Diego Unified has pledged to avoid unless it makes sense for the schools.
Class sizes have grown in Sacramento-area schools, the Bee reports. This reflects a