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Education Headlines
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Lowder asks for contract extension
even months into his tenure at Stockton Unified, Superintendent Steve Lowder is asking the school board for a contract extension. The 61-year-old Lowder could be offered a longer, higher-paying contract as soon as tonight's school board meeting.School bosses get raises amid troubles
With California’s public school system facing economic uncertainties – even with the passage of a tax increase under Proposition 30 – some of the most financially troubled K-12 districts have been elevating the payroll for top administrators, including those in San Ysidro and Ramona.Sports are a civil right for disabled, government says
Breaking new ground, the U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options. The directive, reminiscent of the Title IX expansion of athletic opportunities for women, could bring sweeping changes to school budgets and locker rooms for years to come.Move surprises corruption case lawyers
A judge's unexplained transfer of the South County schools corruption case to a Chula Vista courtroom has surprised lawyers on both sides.A multiple-choice test for parents
The school-choice movement has rewritten the rules of public school enrollment in San Diego County and nationwide. A record number of families have rejected their neighborhood campus in favor of charter, magnet or other alternative sources of education.Second parent says principal ignored concerns about accused teacher
A second parent at a George de la Torre Elementary School in Wilmington has come forward to say that the former principal ignored allegations that a teacher was touching students inappropriately.Crenshaw High group opposes reform plan and school closings
Parents, students and teachers rallied Monday in front of Crenshaw High School to protest a plan to restructure the low-performing campus and require teachers to reapply for their jobs.L.A. Unified's college-prep push is based on false data
San Jose's school district, which requires all students to pass the classes necessary to apply to California universities, initially reported strong results. But its success was overstated.San Rafael will vote on school tax renewal this spring
Election season will come early this year in San Rafael after the school board voted unanimously Monday to place a parcel tax measure on a special mail-in ballot.San Jose Unified defends 40 percent college-preparation rate
The San Jose Unified School District both defended its work and pledged to rededicate itself to preparing all students for college, despite a decade of falling far short of that goal.Latino kids disproportionately victimized by teachers, lawyer says
A former state senator called Monday for an investigation into what she said was a disproportionately large number of Latino students believed to have been victimized by teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District.Frey: Linked learning comes of age in California with new pilot programs
The California Department of Education has selected 63 districts and county offices of education – many of them working together in consortia – to pilot “linked learning” programs in their high schools beginning next fall. These programs integrate academics with real-world work experiences in an effort to engage students.Fensterwald: LAUSD to compete with charters to run ‘parent trigger’ school
The parents at 24th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles Unified will have plenty of choices for an operator to take over their school under the “parent trigger” process they initiated this month. One of the contenders will be the district itself.
Monday, January 28, 2013