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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

School uses laptops to enable learning

ABLE Charter doesn't use textbooks. It's an all-digital high school that uses an online curriculum and Web-based research tools in all of its courses.

3 more indicted in South Bay corruption probe

A probe into corruption among South Bay school leaders has widened to include another district, with indictments against three additional officials.

Calif. school named after bandido ignites debate

Although still under construction, the school is already embroiled in controversy because the school board decided to name it after Tiburcio Vasquez, one of the state’s most notorious Old West bandidos.

West Contra Costa schools seek another waiver from state to bond debt limit

The West Contra Costa Unified School District may break its own state record if it is successful in seeking a state waiver to its bond debt limit for a fourth time.

Fensterwald: Federal cuts to education left unresolved

Congress’ New Year’s Day drama, ending a stalemate over extending tax cuts for all but the wealthy, delays rather than resolves an across-the-board 8.2 percent decrease in federal education spending.

Brown plans extensive changes for school funding in 2013

Gov. Jerry Brown will push this year to upend the way schools are funded in California, hoping to shift more money to poorer districts and end requirements that billions of dollars be spent on particular programs.
Friday, December 28, 2012

Lake Elsinore Unified nets two more grants

The Lake Elsinore Unified School District accepted two grants totaling more than $1.2 million at its December governing board meeting.

Stanislaus County Office of Education puts $25K down on old auto repair shop

The Stanislaus County Office of Education has put in an exploratory bid for the shuttered Ray Starn Auto Body shop at 10th and E streets in downtown Modesto, part of a larger plan that would wrap in adjacent city land along Ninth Street.

Fremont schools receive $277,000 grant for new professional development center

The Fremont Unified School District plans to use a recent $277,000 grant to complete construction for its new professional development center.