The Education Report Barbara Lee tours Claremont Middle School

The Education Report

Barbara Lee tours Claremont Middle School

By Katy Murphy
Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 6:06 pm in budget, middle schools, politics
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I wasn’t there for Rep. Barbara Lee’s visit to Claremont Middle School in Rockridge, but it sounded from the CTA press release like a chance to promote the benefits of Quality Education Investment Act funding for struggling schools. (And, maybe, a plug for the author of the bill, state Assemblymember Tom Torlakson, who’s running for state superintendent for public instruction with the CTA’s endorsement.)

QEIA (pronounced QUEE-a) money comes from the 2006 settlement of a school funding lawsuit the CTA filed against Gov. Schwarzenegger. Read the rest of this entry »

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Science in OUSD: No longer optional

By Katy Murphy
Friday, June 4th, 2010 at 5:07 pm in elementary schools, science, students,teachers
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Finally, something the school district administration and teachers union can agree on!

Last week, the Oakland school board unanimously approved a proposal to require 60 minutes of science instruction each week in kindergarten through third grade, and 90 minutes in fourth and fifth grade, beginning in the fall of 2011. (If you follow me on Twitter, you might already know this. If you don’t, you should! Just go here to find my profile.)

I wrote a story about this development. It will be in tomorrow’s paper, but it’s up online, here.

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