Feds search Oakland charter school in criminal investigation |
Education Headlines
Thursday, July 11, 2013
L.A. Unified aims to revive arts education
After five years of brutal cuts in arts education, Los Angeles Unified is gearing up to bring more music, dance, theater and visual arts into core academic classes under a three-year, $750,000 initiative to be announced Thursday by the Los Angeles nonprofit group funding the effort.Feds search Oakland charter school in criminal investigation
The FBI and IRS have opened a criminal investigation into a charter school whose former director allegedly funneled $3.8 million from the school to companies he owns for construction and classroom rental spaces, and they were executing search warrants at three locations Wednesday afternoon.New California science curriculum will be debated in the fall
State Board of Education officials delayed a decision Wednesday on adopting new science standards that would tackle fewer subjects more deeply and favor hands-on experiments over rote memorization of facts.Wednesday, July 10, 2013