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Education Headlines
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Desert Mirage High School administrators fired
Two administrators at a Coachella Valley high school were fired last week, prompting about 100 students to walk out of class on Monday, the district’s union president said.Twin Rivers board to look again at early pink slips
A special meeting is set for 7 p.m. tonight for the Twin Rivers Unified school board to reconsider sending preliminary pink slips to teachers and support staff before the state-mandated deadline on Friday. The school board failed to vote March 5 on a staff recommendation to send warning notices to 74 teachers and counselors, as well as 23 support workers.Group of Escondido charter schools outgrowing space
Popular charter schools run by Dennis “Coach” Snyder on the northeast side of the city are experiencing growing pains. “Our K-8 program is growing and in another year, I’ll be out of room,” Snyder said. “Our Heritage Digital Academy exploded.”Charter School Conference opens in San Diego
Educators from across the state are in San Diego this week for the 20th annual California Charter School Conference. The four-day event runs through Thursday at the San Diego Convention Center and includes a keynote address from Michelle Rhee, CEO and founder of StudentsFirst and former chancellor of District of Columbia Public Schools, and Geoffrey Canada, founder and CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone.Adult education’s unclear future
Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to change funding for adult education has left school districts statewide unsure of how their programs will be affected, prompting precautionary layoff notices to teachers in Vista and South County.Modesto schools pares layoff notices to 10, to revamp libraries
Modesto City Schools board members Monday night approved reducing 36 jobs, but layoff warnings will be sent to only 10 teachers, school nurses and counselors, said head of human resources Craig Rydquist.Report: $542 billion needed to update US schools
America's schools are in such disrepair that it would cost more than 270 billion dollars just to get elementary and secondary buildings back to their original conditions and twice that to get them up to date, a report released Tuesday estimated.Frey: Districts struggle with governor’s adult education proposal
Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal to give the state’s community colleges $300 million to run adult education is leaving K-12 districts in a quandary. Should they assume Brown’s idea will become law, plan to close their adult schools and hope that their local community college will be able to pick up those programs?
Monday, March 11, 2013