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Education Headlines
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Eureka City Schools, teachers reach tentative contract settlement
The Eureka City Schools and its teachers have agreed on a contract for the 2012-2013 school year, after months of negotiations, Superintendent Fred Van Vleck said Wednesday.Divided Fresno Unified board gives Hanson positive review
Fresno Unified School District trustees gave Superintendent Michael Hanson a positive end-of-the-year evaluation Wednesday evening, but not without a split vote.O.C. charter school cleared in state-test misconduct probe
An independently run Capistrano Unified school being investigated for possible misconduct during state standardized testing in the spring has been exonerated of wrongdoing, the school district has announced.Carlsbad rejects proposed charter school
Trustees in Carlsbad Unified School District unanimously rejected Oxford Preparatory Academy's proposal to start a charter school in the district Wednesday night.Pop singer Angelina is now an East San Jose teacher after music stardom and tragedy
Angelina Camarillo Ramos, the unlikely pop singer from Union City and Santa Clara University, has come full circle. After a successful run in urban contemporary music and the tragic death of her brother, she's pursuing the teaching career she always wanted. But her students didn't buy it at first.LAUSD faces 4 new lawsuits in Miramonte case
Attorneys representing victims of alleged lewd acts by a former Los Angeles third-grade teacher filed four lawsuits this week against the school district, after the lawyers refused to participate in negotiations to settle about 175 legal actions stemming from the same case.Dublin bans new tobacco stores near schools, parks
Enacting one of the East Bay's strictest tobacco ordinances, the City Council gave final approval Tuesday to rules barring new tobacco sellers from opening near schools, parks or day care centers.Ex-treasurer sentenced to jail, order to repay $37,346 to Sunnyvale PTA
Dawn Saugen, the former PTA treasurer convicted of embezzling more than $35,000 from the Vargas School Parent Teacher Association, was sentenced Wednesday to eight months in county jail and three years of probation.Fensterwald: Many math students are flailing, repeating courses without success
A big reason California students are pushed to take higher math in high school is to see that they satisfy the admission requirements to a state four-year university. And yet 68 percent of students who haven’t passed one of the required courses, Algebra II, by the end of 11th grade don’t even enroll in math as seniors, giving up on the possibility of applying to a UC or CSU school.Wednesday, December 5, 2012