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Education Headlines
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Local students boost test results
Statewide, just over half of students -- 51 percent -- scored proficient or advanced in math. In English, 57 percent scored proficient or above. That's up by a percentage point in math and three in English over last year.Chino Valley USD reveals 4 teachers had sex with students
Three of the four teachers allegedly involved in sexual relationships with students were arrested, and two of them pleaded guilty to criminal charges.School busing cuts negatively affect some students
In May, the Corona-Norco Unified School District board cut 17 bus routes for 779 middle, intermediate and high school students to save $645,685, a district report showed. An additional savings of nearly $300,000 was expected from a school boundary change.Charter school conversion brings big changes to Oakland school
Last fall, the Oakland school board voted to close Lazear Elementary School. In a sense, it did. The charter school that opened last week on the same campus, by the same name, hardly resembles the institution that came before it.SF test scores rise after funding boost
With new standardized test scores in hand Friday, San Francisco school officials answered a question long debated in the world of education: Does more money make a difference? The answer was yes.Bill revises school rating system
California schools would be judged less by student test scores under a bill lawmakers are sending to Gov. Jerry Brown. Senate Bill 1458 by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg de-emphasizes standardized tests in evaluating schools, and requires other factors – such as graduation rates, college-going rates, and other measures – to be used in calculating a school's Academic Performance Index.California teacher evaluation bill abandoned by lawmakers
Legislative time runs out on the bill that education advocates said would have weakened initiatives in Los Angeles and elsewhere to improve the quality of public school instructors.Principals who let students quickly make up class are reassigned
After failing a class at one L.A. Unified school, three seniors earned the credit at another in days, then returned to graduate. The consequences for the principals trigger backlash at both schools.Willie Brown Jr. Academy razed
What had been one of the lowest-performing, under-enrolled schools in San Francisco was little more than a pile of rubble as workers demolished Willie Brown Jr. Academy in the city's Bayview neighborhood.SIA Cabinet Report: Failure of teacher evaluation bill clouds CA's NCLB waiver
Withdrawal of the teacher evaluation bill in the final days of the legislative session last week likely removes an easy path for California schools to relief from federal sanctions under the No Child Left Behind Act, state officials said last week.SIA Cabinet Report: Dustup over expensive bonds provokes calls for new regulation
Controversy at a San Diego school district over the cost to taxpayers for new borrowing could lead to legislative controls on school bonds, a spokesman for the state treasurer’s office said last week.L.A. schools moving away from zero tolerance policies
A new partnership among Los Angeles city, police and school officials aims to support — rather than punish — students, offering counseling instead of citations.Teachers unions' alliance with Democratic Party frays
Public efforts toward school reform have some Democrats questioning the party's support of guarantees that school districts have made to teachers for decades.Friday, August 31, 2012