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Friday, March 22, 2013
Oxnard School District superintendent will retire after less than two years on the job
Chancer submitted his letter of intent Thursday to all the employees of the Oxnard district.Oakland to close 3 charter schools
Three of the state's highest-performing schools must shut down at the end of this school year after administrators failed to acknowledge and address illegal activity and serious lapses in financial and administrative oversight, the Oakland school board decided Wednesday night.San Diego Unified, college system expand joint effort
A formal effort to improve coordination and better align curriculum between San Diego city schools and the San Diego Community College District is entering a third year with officials pushing to expand programs that prepare high school students for college and careers.Sacramento schools sued over sex case involving ex-teacher
A teenage victim is suing the Sacramento City Unified School District and a former special education teacher convicted of child sex crimes.Home News Lodi Unified School District enacts new social media policy to curb cyber-bullying
Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, student athletes and club members will have to sign a contract promising that they won't post remarks that can emotionally harm others online.Chino Valley Unified once again criticized for poor facility conditions at Chino High
Chino High is one of the oldest schools in the district and has not aged well. One of the biggest concerns brought up by concerned parents is the metal piping system, which rusts.Clayton Valley Charter expansion approved by county trustees
The new Clayton Valley Charter High School is such a hit that the campus is bursting at the seams. But it appears that as many as150 students on a waiting list may be able to attend classes on the Cal State East Bay Concord campus this fall.West Contra Costa school district exhausting rainy day fund
If nothing changes in the way the state pays for schools, the West Contra Costa school district will run out of cash in a fund it created to cope with the economic recession by the end of the 2014-15 school year.Fensterwald: Solving teacher retirement system's shortfall would cost billions
When Gov. Jerry Brown talks about paying down the state's "wall of debt," he doesn't mention the state teachers' retirement system. And yet the towering $73 billion unfunded shortfall in the state pension fund for teachers and administrators, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, makes Brown's wall, at about $30 billion, look like a picket fence.Steinberg pushes privately funded career training program
Citing a desire to get the business community involved in public education, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is promoting a bill that would encourage industry to invest in what he's calling "social investment bonds."Bullying of gay students rampant in California, study says
More than one in six gay students in California have been physically assaulted because of their sexual orientation, according to a study released Thursday.Senior LAUSD officials knew of child abuse claims, lawyers say
Senior LAUSD officials were allegedly aware of parent complaints in 2009 about a Wilmington teacher who was charged in January with abusing children over an extended period of time, say attorneys who represent alleged victims.
Thursday, March 21, 2013