Charters getting 7% less funding - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess
Under state law, charter schools and district public schools are supposed to be funded equally. That’s not happening, according to a report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, which found that charter schools receive on average $395 per student or 7 percent less than district schools. And for the half of charter elementary schools that don’t [...]
San Francisco scraps Transitional Kindergarten - by Kathryn Baron
When registration begins today in San Francisco Unified School District for the 2012-13 academic year, it will become the first district in California to forgo plans for Transitional Kindergarten. The decision leaves several hundred families that thought their children would be entering the new educational program with few options. A notice posted late [...]