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Monday, May 20, 2013
Common Core collaboration among local teachers 'unprecedented'
Although Common Core goes into great detail about what students should know when, the state Board of Education hasn't dictated how teachers should teach the new standards, nor has it provided a curriculum or instructional materials.School safety concerns latest issue for Linden Unified
Four Waverly Elementary School parents have filed uniform complaints with the California Department of Education against Linden Unified School District.Soledad Unified hires new superintendent
A veteran educator from Southern California has been hired as superintendent of the Soledad Unified School District. Rupi Boyd, who holds a doctorate among several degrees and credentials, was hired May 8.Charter revoked for Father's Heart in Thousand Palms
A charter school in Thousand Palms will have to close its doors for good by the end of this school year, forcing about 70 students to move to other Coachella Valley schools.RIVERSIDE: STEM Academy set to expand
Eighth-graders at the Riverside STEM Academy are preparing for chemistry next year as Riverside Unified School District expands the magnet school to attract 60 to 70 ninth-graders from throughout the district.At San Jose's Overfelt High, miracles to parade at graduation
High school graduation season kicks off Saturday at 16 schools and programs in the East Side Union High School District. Gilroy, Mountain View-Los Altos, Palo Alto and San Mateo Union follow, with other districts' commencements in early June. Miracles like Cesar Torres often are cultivated by one teacher, counselor or administrator. And they also blossom from a student's inner strength, confidence or resilience.Troubled youths deserve more effective discipline than suspension
There is no simple fix for disruptive behavior, but we owe it to struggling students to focus on ways to keep them in the classroom, not shut out of it.More than just test scores: Local educators wants real estate agents to learn that many other qualities define good schools
Although education officials caution that the API (Academic Performance Index) isn't the only measure of a school's quality, many real estate agents highlight top ranking schools in their sales pitches. But in an effort to change the agents' approach so they can convince clients to be more open-minded about schools in the lower tiers, the San Mateo County School Boards Association will host a morning workshop Wednesday on "Understanding (and Selling) San Mateo County Public Schools" at the San Mateo Event Center.Gov. Brown's school funding plan runs into lawmakers' concerns
In many ways, resistance to Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to overhaul California's school financing system is a function of simple math. Though a majority of California's more than 6 million schoolchildren live in urban and rural districts expected to benefit from Brown's proposal, all but a handful of lawmakers who will vote on the measure represent at least one school district identified by the Department of Education as a potential loser.Adams: Teacher layoffs lowest since economic downturn, CTA reports
Teacher layoffs shrank to the lowest number since the recession began in 2008, with about 1,300 teachers, librarians, counselors and other public school employees receiving final layoff notifications by the May 15 deadline, according to the California Teachers Association.
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