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Education Headlines
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Five candidates vie for three school board seats
Panama-Buena Vista Union School District board of trustee candidates are campaigning for votes in an election that for the first time will feature "by-trustee-area" seats as opposed to the previous system in which all candidates ran "at-large."Three seek two seats on Sausalito Marin City School District board as change looms
Three candidates are vying for two seats on the Sausalito Marin City School District board as the district looks to make major changes in its structure.Torrance Unified seeks applicants to monitor bond funds
The Torrance Unified School District is seeking qualified applicants to fill 10 vacancies on a citizens committee to monitor the spending of money generated by a voter-approved construction bond initiative.Rocklin High student fights to keep Stephen King book in library
Rocklin High School senior Amanda Wong had never read a Stephen King novel until she joined a committee reviewing whether one of his books should be banned from the school's library. Now, Wong is fighting to ensure "Different Seasons," a collection of King's short stories, remains on the shelves after a parent complained about a graphic rape scene in the short story "Apt Pupil."Riverside school board hears about grant application
Riverside Unified School District’s application for a federal Race to the Top grant centers on personalized learning, said David Haglund, director of educational options for the district. The district applied for $30 million for a four-year program promising innovation in learning at 14 schools, mostly the elementary and two middle schools in the Ramona High School attendance area.Educycle website helps Bay Area teachers buy, sell and give away surplus classroom supplies
For a profession that can be obsessive about reusing, recycling and rescuing random items for the classroom, Mary Loung's brainchild seems like such a natural fit, you'd wonder why no one had thought of it earlier. Educycle, a kind of Craigslist for teachers, helps them sell or pass along usable school materials and shop for ones they need. The 2-month-old site also enables businesses to donate surplus equipment to schools.Plank: Prop 30 challenge - voters back money for schools not Sacramento
California voters understand that their schools are in trouble. Forty-two percent of voters give the state’s schools a grade of D or F, while fewer than 15 percent give them an A or B. Fifty-seven percent of voters believe that California schools have gotten worse in the past few years, and only 7 percent believe that they have gotten better.Baron: Stark education differences in presidential race, say surrogates
Education has not exactly been at the forefront of the presidential campaign. It received far less than even 15 minutes of fame during the first debate, but stand-ins for President Barack Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney explored it in depth last night in a debate that revealed sharp philosophical and policy differences between the two candidates.
Monday, October 15, 2012