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Education Headlines
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Six Aspire charter schools in California could close
Six Aspire schools in California have one year to gain approval from local school districts or be forced to close.New Twin Rivers trustees face old wounds, tough tasks
A superintendent search and grand jury response are among the top tasks being tackled by the newly elected Twin Rivers Unified School District trustees, but old wounds continued to show during Tuesday's first meeting of the new board.School closure plan dropped
Plans to close eight campuses in San Diego were halted by the city school board Tuesday, leaving the district with the task of finding another way to offset $4 million of a deficit projected to hit $92 million in the 2013-14 academic year.DA is reviewing Sweetwater food thefts
The District Attorney’s Office is reviewing a report from the Sweetwater Union High School District of theft from district cafeterias. The school district launched an investigation a year ago, paying outside investigator ESI $64,000 to look into theft and nepotism allegations spurred by employee complaints.LAUSD sued in teacher molestation case
A former Los Angeles elementary school teacher molested 14 students and officials did nothing to protect them, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday against the nation's second-largest school district.Imazeki: Move over, Sacramento, and give districts space to innovate
At this point, one of the best things Sacramento can do is simply get out of the way. Although most teacher policy is determined at the district level, one of the key findings of Getting Down to Facts was that state policies could do much more to give districts flexibility at least to try new approaches.Fensterwald: Brown’s Veto Throws Wrench In AVID College Prep Program
The national executive director of AVID, a successful college preparatory program for students in the middle, vowed Tuesday to continue a strong operation in California, in spite of Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto last month of $8.1 million in state funding for it.Tuesday, July 10, 2012