Education Headlines
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Students will read more nonfiction, but schools won't ignore classics under new standards
Students from kindergarten through high school will soon be reading more nonfiction — biographies, speeches, even a government publication on insulation — under new national standards that are changing what and how children learn.School budgets looking better
Three local school districts that risked being unable to pay their long-term expenses — Calaveras Unified School District, Sonora Union High School District and Curtis Creek School District — are on more solid footing than they were last year.School district unification forum draws a crowd
The discussion was narrowed to unification of the four largest school districts in Salinas — Alisal Union, Salinas City, Santa Rita Union and Salinas Union High School.Monterey Peninsula USD postpones hiring controversial new superintendent; board president resigns
Alain Guevara came to Monterey to take over as superintendent of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District. Instead, he walked away from the board room of MPUSD refusing to talk to the press after a roomful of community members pleaded with trustees not to hire a man so tainted by controversy.Coachella Valley Unified School District aims to hike graduation requirements
The Coachella Valley Unified School District has pledged to increase graduation requirements so more graduates will be eligible to apply to California’s four-year universities.Ramona imposes teacher pay cuts
The Ramona school board Monday night approved across-the-board compensation cuts for its teachers, a move that follows 18 months of unsuccessful contract negotiations between the district and union.The cuts take effect immediately, Superintendent Robert Graeff said.Suit seeks to change ABC Unified to trustee system
Not one Latino sits on the seven-member ABC Unified District school board in southeastern Los Angeles County, even though a quarter of the district's registered voters share that ethnic background. Every board member is from Cerritos, even though the district also encompasses Artesia, Hawaiian Gardens and parts of Lakewood, Long Beach and Norwalk. So Olga Rios is doing what plaintiffs across California have done: suing under the 2001 California Voting Rights Act.Oakland school board member Gary Yee seeks to temporarily replace outgoing Superintendent Tony Smith
Oakland Unified School District board member Gary Yee said Monday he will give up his District 4 seat in order to temporarily replace outgoing Superintendent Tony Smith, whose last day is June 30.State officials to decide penalty for Burbank school breach of test security
Burbank Unified may be punished by the state after a teacher allegedly helped students answer questions on a high stakes test. The incident took place last week in a third grade classroom, officials said.
Monday, April 22, 2013