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Education Headlines
Friday, May 10, 2013
Protest over superintendent leads to another sickout at Waverly School
Roughly one-third of Waverly Elementary School students called in sick on Thursday as part of yet another protest waged against Linden Unified School District by a group of frustrated parents.Linden board accused of inaction
A Stockton labor law attorney says Linden Unified School District trustees have failed to act on an independent law firm's findings that Superintendent Michael Gonzales sexually harassed an elementary school principal.Arroyo Grande High principal to be Lucia Mar's new assistant superintendent
Tom Butler, currently principal at Arroyo Grande High School, has been appointed the Lucia Mar school district's new assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction starting in the fall.Alisal hits document deadline
Officials of the Monterey County Office of Education are expecting more documents today from the Alisal Union School District in the investigation of the superintendent's personal use of district credit cards.MORENO VALLEY: School board OKs 21 layoff notices
As the Moreno Valley school board approved final layoff notices Thursday, May 9, for 21 teachers, trustees said they don’t want to cut art, music and electives, which board member Jesus Holguin said are as important as math.Sexting allegations face five students at Rancho Cucamonga, Etiwanda high schools
Sheriff's detectives are investigating five students at Etiwanda and Rancho Cucamonga high schools suspected of distributing semi-nude images of fellow students.Fresno County schools chief Larry Powell to retire in June
Larry Powell, who has served as Fresno County's superintendent of schools since 2006, will retire -- again -- on June 30, 18 months before his current term in office expires.Open campus means fast food for lunch
At lunchtime, hundreds of Berkeley High School students rush off campus, leaving behind healthy meals served in the cafeteria. Many of them head to Bongo Burger, Top Dog and other joints selling high-fat, high-sugar foods.Ravenswood school board names Sacramento-area administrator as superintendent finalist
The Ravenswood City School District has named Gloria Hernandez as its finalist for superintendent. Hernandez, currently assistant superintendent of the Twin Rivers Unified School District near Sacramento, would take over for Maria De La Vega, who plans to retire June 30.Antioch forum looks at way to stop youth bullying
Members of the city's school district, Police Department, elected leaders, faith-based community and philanthropic and business leaders met at the "Preventing Bullying and Reconnecting Our Youth" forum Thursday at the Lone Tree Golf Course Event Center to discuss strategies to increase safety and keep students engaged.Capo negotiations focus on class sizes, furloughs
Capistrano Unified School District trustees tried to assure the public on Wednesday of their commitment to lowering class sizes and reinstating some furlough days as they open negotiations with the local teachers union.Vargo: On the limits of planning (or, It’s all about the pants)
The imperative facing public education today is innovation: We need to teach it and we need to do it. As we embark on this process, we have outrun our research base. There is no set of best practices we can implement, because this work is new.As Latinos make gains in education, gaps remain
After lagging behind other Americans in education for generations, Latinos have significantly narrowed the gap, and last year they passed a milestone, with new Hispanic high school graduates more likely than their white counterparts to go directly to college, according to a new study.High school students' tweets could lead to charges
At least one high school student in San Bernardino County could be charged with a crime after photos of nude juvenile girls ended up on social media, police said.Berkeley: Budget cuts slam school gardening and cooking program
The school district will ask the public for donations to run a drastically scaled down version of its groundbreaking gardening and cooking program next fall after losing all of its $2 million in federal funding.California governor's school funding plan would alleviate inequities, report says
An independent organization that focuses on fiscal and policy analysis is urging the Legislature to approve the governor's school funding proposal, with increased accountability requirements.
Thursday, May 9, 2013