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Education Headlines
Friday, June 14, 2013
Cause of Santa Ana Valley High School blast remains unknown
Fire and school officials have been unable to investigate the cause of an explosion at Santa Ana Valley High School because the building is too unstable to enter, officials said Wednesday.Natomas Unified trustee on campaign to videotape meetings
Trustee Ryan Herche wants Natomas Unified School Board meetings videotaped. He promised it when he campaigned for his school board seat last year. But last night, the rest of the school board disagreed, Herche said. They said it is too expensive and would take too much staff time, said Herche, the only board member in support of the proposal.New school funding formula 'largest change in 40 years'
It's being hailed as a historic shift in how California funds public schools, a new formula that will simplify an overly complex funding system, increase resources for the neediest of students and give local school districts greater control over how they allocate resources.Ousted superintendent gets year's pay
A year's salary to be paid in monthly installments was the chief item in a retirement agreement approved for ousted San Ysidro School District Superintendent Manuel Paul. Details of the package were voted on shortly before midnight Friday at the regular school board meeting at the Multicultural Complex in San Ysidro.West Contra Costa school district ratifies contract with teachers
The West Contra Costa school district board ratified a three-year contract with its teachers Wednesday evening, calling for 2 percent annual increases in compensation.Group urges teachers' raises based on student achievement
A local advocacy group is pushing for teachers' raises and bonuses based on whether instructors are willing to take on difficult assignments and on whether they deliver measurable student achievement gains.LAUSD students awarded cars, iPads for excellent attendance
Parked curb-side in front of LAUSD headquarters was the neon blue Sonic won by Vanessa Umana, who graduated last week with a 4.2 GPA from Francis Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley. Although rules of the district's Attendance Challenge said students had to have perfect attendance only during their senior year to be eligible to win the car, Vanessa didn't miss a single day during four years of high school - not even when she was under the weather.Fensterwald: State Board handed job of defining rules of new funding system
The Legislature will vote today on a bill establishing Gov. Brown’s historic school funding system that punts to the State Board of Education some key decisions on how dollars for disadvantaged students must be spent and accounted for.Deasy and new board member Ratliff laud teacher report
Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy on Thursday broadly endorsed proposals from an outside group for attracting and retaining teachers, including more money for those who take on difficult assignments and deliver measurable academic gains.Thursday, June 13, 2013