Education Headlines
Friday, May 25, 2012
Two Fresno Unified trustees want inquiry into board president's residency
Two Fresno Unified school trustees said Thursday they want a state agency to determine whether board president Tony Vang is eligible to serve on the board in light of questions about whether he lives in the district.Parents sue teacher accused of abuse
The parents of four students at Taft Elementary School have filed a lawsuit against teacher Daniel Ryan Lentini, Orange Unified School District and the school's principal following accusations that the teacher physically abused their special-education children.Birmingham High submits plans to fix problems, keep school's charter
Birmingham High officials have promised to rework admissions and disciplinary policies, enhance training and improve communication with LAUSD in an effort to prevent a revocation of the school's charter.West Contra Costa charter schools get mixed reception at board meeting
One West Contra Contra school district charter school received conditional approval for five more years of operation Wednesday evening, while a second was told it was in hot water with a key charter advocacy agency.Cupertino Union hires new superintendent
The Cupertino Union School District has reached across the bay to hire its next superintendent. Wendy Gudalewicz, the chief academic officer in the New Haven School District in Union City, was chosen to replace Phil Quon, who will retire June 30. Gudalewicz begins a three-year contract July 1 leading the 18,650-student district.Finance releases district-by-district funding estimates under weighted plan
The Department of Finance released Thursday a formal, district-by-district estimate of how the governor’s revised funding formula would work through 2018-19.Fensterwald: More dismal science test results
Once again, California students have done stunningly worse than their eighth grade peers in other states on Science 2011 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), a biennial test of knowledge in science.In Oakland schools, chronic absence, suspension derail black boys
High rates of chronic absence, suspension and poor academic performance signal that more than half of African American male students in the Oakland Unified School District are at risk of dropping out, according to new research.Thursday, May 24, 2012