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Education Headlines
Friday, May 31, 2013
Ramona district, teachers settle their differences
The Ramona Unified School District and teachers union have reached a tentative agreement that could put an end to nearly two years of labor strife.Brand: Sweetwater ways 'didn’t seem right'
Sweetwater Union High School District Superintendent Ed Brand told a criminal grand jury that the way the district operated in 2011, when he returned after a six-year hiatus, “just didn’t seem right.â€Most Crenshaw High teachers being displaced in LAUSD reorganization
More than half of the teachers and staff at Crenshaw High School, including two teachers union representatives, are being displaced by a campus reorganization process ordered by L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy.Fresno, Central school districts praised for summer education efforts
Even while students across Fresno are counting the days until school lets out, state officials are making an extra push this year to ensure students don't forget what they've learned after a two-month summer break from the books.Bill would require school districts to clarify the role of campus police
Unlike most school safety legislation introduced after the Newtown shootings, which called for increased security measures and beefing up school police forces, a bill by one California assemblyman takes a different tack: It seeks to limit the police role on school campuses.Report: 80% of Silicon Valley Latino students ineligible for state universities
Only 20 percent of Latino students in Silicon Valley graduate public high schools in four years with the necessary college prep courses to enroll in state universities, according to a new report on public schools in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.In Silicon Valley, even high-achieving schools fail Latinos, report says
In the Sunnyvale elementary district, where 82 percent of Asian students become proficient in algebra, only 10 percent of Latino students do.Advocates fear Gov. Jerry Brown's school funding plan could hurt small programs
Now advocates warn that the California School Age Families Education program, or CalSAFE, and others like it could become casualties of Gov. Jerry Brown's push to streamline California's school funding machinery.Bill requires more disclosure from charter schools
California charter schools would be subject to the same open meeting laws and disclosure requirements as school boards and local governments under a bill passed by the Assembly. Lawmakers passed AB913 by Democratic Assemblyman Ed Chau of Monterey Park on Thursday. The bill now moves to the Senate.
Thursday, May 30, 2013