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Education Headlines
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Autistic teenager sues Irvine Unified after altercation
An Irvine teenager with autism who broke a police car window after being restrained by staff at Irvine High School is suing Irvine Unified School District in federal court for unspecified damages.District investigating Mission Viejo school's testing practices
A 1-year-old public charter school expected to earn near-perfect state test scores this year is being investigated by district officials who suspect testing misconduct.Preuss school reflects cofounder's passion for teaching
The Preuss School UCSD opened on the university’s campus in 1999 and has collected an array of accolades over the years, including being named the top charter school in the state by researchers at the University of Southern California.SDUSD spares Mission Beach campus from land sale
More than 2 acres of prime coastal real estate will remain in the San Diego Unified School District under scaled-back land sale approved by the board of education Tuesday.Manteca district approves solar project
Turning aside concerns of risk and cost, the Manteca Unified School District board voted Tuesday night to press ahead with a $30 million green energy project financed out of the general fund with ultra-low-interest bonds.Audit of Santa Clara Unified questions payments to administrators
Administrators with the Santa Clara Unified School District improperly received thousands of dollars for performing accounting tasks for two outside agencies -- work done during normal work hours, an independent audit has concluded.Hollywood actors, musicians, students applaud LAUSD's vote to add arts ed to school curriculum
The Los Angeles Unified board voted unanimously Tuesday to make arts education a core part of the curriculum following impassioned pleas from students and Hollywood entertainers.LAUSD principals agree to use student test scores in their evaluations
A one-year deal that uses student test data to evaluate principals was approved Tuesday by the school board, although a similar pact for teachers remains out of reach.Baron: New data deal lets LAUSD find the best learning tools
The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to share a decade of student data in an effort to figure out the best methods for raising student achievement. The district has entered into an agreement with the independent, nonprofit Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI).Disparities persist for children's well-being, study says
California has made gains in the early stages of children's academic trajectory but has failed to sustain them, a new assessment of kids' well-being has shown.Imperial County earthquakes highlight unresolved school risks
The swarm of earthquakes that rippled through Imperial County in late August has exposed more fissures in the state's system for identifying and fixing school buildings considered structurally unsound.Deasy gets authority over approving outside control of schools
L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy received broad authority Tuesday to renew or end agreements by which two outside organizations run traditional public schools, including a group of schools under the control of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.Lopez: Executive worries about schools 'going off the cliff'
Larry Vanden Bos, a member of the Palos Verdes school board, values education and says recent funding cuts convinced him to support Gov. Brown's and Molly Munger's measures.Wealthy schools backer Molly Munger launches attack ad against Gov. Jerry Brown's tax-hike measure
In a move that threatens to kill Gov. Jerry Brown's pivotal tax-hike initiative, a wealthy California schools advocate backing an alternative measure launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign Tuesday attacking the governor's proposition.Tuesday, October 9, 2012