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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Classroom yoga topic packs board meeting
Trustees in the Encinitas Union School District told a boardroom filled with parents divided over yoga in their schools Tuesday that they hoped they could find some way of satisfying both sides.Long Beach Unified school board votes to close Monroe K-8 in Lakewood
More than 650 James Monroe K-8 School students will have to find a new place to learn. The Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to close the Lakewood school at the end of the 2012-2013 school year.Lawyer: Fresno Unified failed to notify abducted girl's guardians she was missing
A San Francisco lawyer says Fresno Unified School District should have done more to protect the 10-year-old girl who was abducted on her way to school two months ago, sexually assaulted and left bound in a field near Kerman.Final tally shows one North County school bond passed
After weeks of waiting, and with the final results of the Nov. 6 election to be certified Tuesday, only one of four North County school bond measures achieved victory — and only by a narrow margin.Teachers’ January furlough day restored
Teachers in the Temecula Valley Unified School District will be working – and getting paid for it - on Jan. 7 after all. The day – the first Monday following the district’s winter break - had been scheduled as an unpaid furlough day for teachers. The decision to rescind the furlough was announced this week by Superintendent Tim Ritter and Temecula Valley Educators Association President Chris Lindberg.School names can be lessons in recognition
Celebrities? Historical figures? Neighborhoods? As the Los Angeles Unified School District replaces temporary generic campus names with permanent monikers, the process has become political, controversial or just plain wacky.Riley: Lindsay Unified students blazing their own paths to higher achievement
Those of us who travel in education reform circles hear a lot of skepticism about whether traditional school districts can truly innovate. Yet, more than five years ago, a small rural school district in the Central Valley that serves predominately English language learners from low-income families reimagined its entire strategic approach to education and learning. And now, Lindsay Unified School District may just win a $10 million “Race to the Top-District” grant from the federal government.Prop. 39 funds eyed for energy projects
California lawmakers want to spend billions of dollars generated from the passage of Proposition 39 in November to pay for energy efficiency projects at as many as half of the state's public schools.Baron: First sign of better times for schools under Prop 30
Deferred payments to California schools and community colleges will fall to their lowest level in five years this academic year, and repayments for previous deferrals is starting sooner than expected.California schools boosted by voters, lawmakers
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas for the state's public schools, after years of what some would call lumps of coal in the stocking.L.A. Unified says deal on evaluations meets court order
District files brief by judge's deadline, but details remain unresolved in agreement with union on using student test scores to assess teachers.Tuesday, December 4, 2012
