Cheating allegations invalidate two LA schools' test scores
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School board officials in Los Angeles will determine today whether a deeper look into cheating is needed at one of its top-ranked charter schools, a district official said.
Fred Navarro, superintendent of the Lennox School District, said officials will discuss cheating allegations at Animo Leadership Charter High School at today's district board meeting. Animo is operated by Green Dot Public Schools and is overseen by Lennox.
Navarro said Green Dot chief executive Marco Petruzzi contacted him personally the day the allegations
Bill to count more ethnic groups heads to governor
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Of the more than 57,000 Tongans in the United States, 40 percent – nearly 23,000 – live in California. But you won't find them identified in California data: The state does not require agencies to count them.
Under a bill awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's approval, Tongans would be one of 10 additional Asian and Pacific Islander groups included in demographic data collected by two state agencies. Supporters say the expansion is an important first step in revealing disparities masked by aggregated ethnic data and in better targeting resources and services.
AB 1088, approved 57-22 by the state Assembly last week, would require the Department of Industrial Relations