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Education Headlines
Friday, December 7, 2012
College of the Desert auditor ties questioned
College of the Desert had questionably close ties to its auditing firm, which it hired for more than 50 years. Still, attendance-counting issues the firm reported to the school went uncorrected for at least six consecutive years.School buses to return to Indio Hills
High school students living in Indio Hills will once again have buses to take them to and from school, Desert Sands Unified School District officials announced Thursday.School dugouts replaced for more than 4 times original cost
San Juan Hills High School baseball dugouts built by parent volunteers at a cost of about $20,000 were torn down and rebuilt by the Capistrano Unified School District for $92,400 after district officials realized the project did not meet state building codes.Galt schools in line for $10 million in federal funds
Galt Joint Union Elementary School District may be on the verge of becoming $10 million richer. The school district of 3,972 students has been selected as a finalist for a share of $400 million of federal Race to the Top funds, the U.S. Department of Education announced last week.LAUSD wants to settle 189 legal claims over former Miramonte teacher Mark Berndt's alleged lewd acts
The Los Angeles Unified School District hopes to settle 189 legal actions by late January in a case involving a former elementary teacher accused of lewd acts with students that were so shocking, they prompted the district to remove all employees at the school while it did a thorough investigation.State considers shorter service for under-prepared teachers
Under proposals the state's teacher credentialing agency is set to consider today, school districts would need to show on a case-by-case basis that no fully credentialed teachers are available before they resort to less-qualified educators, and under-prepared teachers could serve a maximum of three years instead of five.Court overturns ruling giving more space to charter schools
Los Angeles school district officials won a key legal battle with charter schools this week, when an appeals court struck down a ruling that could have opened up vast numbers of needed classrooms for charters, while also creating potential hardships for traditional neighborhood schools.Frey: Survey finds high superintendent turnover in large California districts
Between 2006 and 2009, 71 percent of superintendents in California’s largest districts and 45 percent of all superintendents left their jobs, according to a survey of 215 districts randomly selected from the state’s approximately 1,000 districts.California eighth-grade students score fifth from bottom in national vocabulary tests
California ranks fifth-lowest in the nation in students' vocabulary -- a critical part of reading, according to results of national standardized tests released Thursday.Thursday, December 6, 2012