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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Charter schools continue to grow
Once a novelty on the landscape of public education, independent public charter schools have become the choice for more families locally and nationwide. For the first time, more than 100 school districts nationwide have at least 10 percent of all students enrolled in charter schools, according to a study by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.LAUSD workers union endorses both school board incumbents
An important labor group is backing two incumbents and a newcomer for the Los Angeles Board of Education, days after the powerful teachers union issued its endorsements for the March election.Frey: Legislative support elusive for adult ed funding plan
California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office says the state’s embattled adult education system needs a dedicated and permanent funding stream that can’t be appropriated for other school programs when the state budget goes south.Competitors sill beat U.S. in tests
American schoolchildren continue to lag behind those of major competitors in math and science exams given globally, despite progress on some of those tests, according to results from international achievement exams to be released Tuesday.Monday, December 10, 2012