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Friday, January 11, 2013
Taft student in critical condition following campus shooting; teen suspect held
The suspected shooter, a 16-year-old boy who law enforcement has not named, is in custody. The victim, who authorities also declined to identify, was in critical but stable condition Thursday afternoon after being airlifted to Kern Medical Center and undergoing surgery.Taft teacher and campus supervisor hailed as heroes
Sheriff Donny Youngblood says the mens' actions likely saved many lives.In Taft, a day of "pure tragedy"
Parents flocked to the campus but were kept at a distance; it took anxious hours for all the kids to be released to their families.Taft Union High in social media
The Thursday morning shooting at Taft Union High School moved quickly through the world of social media and was among the top 10 trending topics on Twitter within hours of the news breaking.Sacramento County Office of Education hosts crisis workshop
The goal of the workshop was to help districts "tune up" their crisis response strategies and interventions to reflect current best practices.Governor's budget adds $2.7 billion to schools, but details awaited on new funding formula
Educators applauded Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal Thursday to increase school funding by $2.7 billion, or 7.2 percent, in next year's budget, but it was not yet clear how much of that money would flow to Marin schools under a new funding formula.New drug and alcohol performance-focused prevention program proposed for Siskiyou County middle and high schools
A pilot program in one to three schools could potentially be implemented this fall with the hope that more schools will follow.Paso Robles school district reinstates stipends to varsity head coaches
Two years after the Paso Robles school district eliminated funding for athletic coaches, the district is once again providing full-stipend compensation to varsity head coaches, according to a report prepared by the district.State tests eye critical thinking
Mother Lode students may soon spend less time penciling in bubbles on standardized test forms and more writing essays or demonstrating their computer know-how.O.C. districts question Brown's plan for neediest students
Orange County school leaders reacted with a mix of enthusiasm and trepidation to Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to overhaul school funding Thursday, saying the neediest students would likely benefit but that the fate of all other students would hang in limbo.SD teachers will get their raise
New education money proposed in the state budget released Thursday means San Diego educators will get a long-awaited pay raise under a labor pact reached last summer.California sheriff: Youth who shot classmate felt he'd been bullied
A 16-year-old student who blasted a California high school classroom with a shotgun Thursday was targeting two classmates because he felt he'd been bullied, the local sheriff said Thursday night.EdSource: Perspectives on Governor Brown’s budget
The following are excerpts from statements issued by education leaders or from comments made in interviews with EdSource.Fensterwald: With more money to spend, Brown launches K-12 funding reform
Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday proposed an unfamiliar budget for public education in the state – one with actual increases.Schools and the California budget: $1.89 billion increase proposed for K-12 education
As he had hinted he would do, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday morning promised to increase K-12 funding for 2013-14 and to overhaul the decades-old complicated formulas that award some schools vastly more than what similar schools receive.Jerry Brown says California's budget deficit has disappeared
Gov. Jerry Brown declared Thursday that California's budget deficit has vanished thanks to new tax hikes and past spending cuts, marking the first time since the recession that state leaders haven't faced a deep fiscal chasm in January.Brown's budget: Schools will see improvements; health care spared from cuts
California's public schools are the big winners in Gov. Jerry Brown's "breakthrough" budget plan, with education leaders saying they hope to have the money to restore many of the public services gutted by years of recession.
Thursday, January 10, 2013