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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

Accused school shooter ordered to stand trial

A judge ruled Tuesday there was sufficient evidence to try suspected school shooter Bryan Oliver on charges including attempted murder following a preliminary hearing that featured a chilling description of the shooting and discussion of whether merciless bullying played a role in his alleged actions.

Plan for district after school program in Monterey meets resistance

Administrators at Monterey Peninsula Unified School District have been planning for nearly two years to create a fee-based, district-run after-school program for Monterey area schools, similar to what independent contractor Stone Soup has been providing at some district sites for more than two decades.

Personnel issues continue to hound the Coachella Valley Unified School District

A principal from a high desert school district who publicly accepted an administrator position at Coachella Valley High School has backed out of his new job. Separately, the school district has put a longtime administrator on leave without explanation.