Education Headlines
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
California schools chief Tom Torlakson to deliver annual address in Lawndale
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will deliver his annual "State of the State of California Education" address Thursday at the Centinela Valley Center for the Arts auditorium in Lawndale.Grover Heights Elementary School teachers opt out of district training program
Teachers at one elementary school in the Lucia Mar Unified School District have voted to opt out of a teacher training and evaluation program put in place at seven schools in the South County district in 2011.Temecula Valley Charter changes likely mean new teachers
With the revision calling for the charter school to hire non-district teachers, all 19 of the school’s instructors are expected to leave the 500-student school in Winchester, school officials said.Slavkin: Hold districts accountable for restoring funding for the arts
As the state emerges from the economic crisis and school funding begins to improve, it is time to turn back to the question the Legislature addressed in 2006: How can we best ensure all California students have equitable access to quality arts education?Nonprofit fights for Oakland school libraries
The mission of Friends of the Oakland Public School Libraries (FOPSL) is to resurrect the city's closed school libraries. FOPSL started in 2009 as a dedicated group of volunteers in the Montclair Community Action Committee who organized a book drive for schools that had outdated collections.Fensterwald: U.S. Ed Department agrees to review 9 districts’ plan for NCLB waiver
The nine California districts seeking a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind Law have got their foot in the door. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it has accepted their waiver application and will treat it as they would an application from other states, with a formal review.Taking a crack at California's education system
Michelle Rhee came to prominence as the tough-minded chancellor of Washington, D.C., schools. Now she's in Sacramento, taking on this state's system — and its teachers unions.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013