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Education Headlines
Thursday, October 4, 2012
San Diego administrator contests demotion
Brenda Campbell, a longtime San Diego Unified School District administrator placed on paid leave the first week of the school year, is now suing her employer in an attempt to be reinstated.Pajaro Valley errs in superintendent salary
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District owes Superintendent Dorma Baker more than $30,000 because of a payroll error.Sacramento Mayor Johnson highlights his role in public education
Mayor Kevin Johnson's job description doesn't call for a lot of involvement in city schools. But in another sign that Johnson considers the state of public education in Sacramento a key concern, the mayor presided Wednesday over a launch ceremony for City Year. The national education nonprofit has placed 50 young tutors and mentors in city schools to focus on improving attendance records and course work for students who are falling behind.Teachers union, county office in mediation
The Riverside County Office of Education and Riverside County Office Teachers Association are in the mediation process for the contract for the 2010-11 school year.Fontana school board members, others fire back at county treasurer
School board members on Wednesday night defended their decision to issue a controversial class of bonds to stave off a likely state takeover.Chico school board votes to have Inspire share campus with Chico High
Inspire School of Arts and Sciences, the only charter school in the area directly tied to the Chico school district, has finally got a home.State schools chief Tom Torlakson appoints Inglewood High alumnus as state administrator for Inglewood Unified School District
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today appointed Kent Taylor—himself a graduate of Inglewood High School—as State Administrator over the financially troubled Inglewood Unified School District.Inglewood High grad takes over city's troubled school district
Kent Taylor, superintendent of education in southern Kern County, was selected Wednesday to lead the Inglewood school district — the first major move by the state after its takeover of the financially troubled district.Affeldt: A missed opportunity to reform teacher evaluations
The Chicago teachers’ strike is the most recent example of how bloody the ideological debate over teacher evaluation has become in this country. Though not the only issue in Chicago, how to evaluate teachers and the role of standardized tests in that process has been at the core of the contentiousness in the Windy City. In California, we recently saw our own version of the teacher evaluation debate turn toxic with the demise of AB 5.Baron: 2011-12 education bills come due
It was a season of upsets, near hits and student successes for education in the just ended Legislative session.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012