Education Headlines
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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.California to weigh science standards stressing experimentation
California Board of Education will consider new science standards that replace memorization of facts with hands-on experimentation. Some say the state needs to improve its education, not its standards.Ingenium Charter Middle School holds Canoga Park open house
Ingenium Schools, which operates a charter elementary school in Canoga Park, will officially open a middle school Thursday. School officials say it will offer a "flipped instruction model," with lessons taught at home through interactive videos, and multimedia and digital content, and "homework" done in the classroom.Knightsen School to start full-day kindergarten
Kindergartners here will have a longer school day when classes start later this month and they won't be spending the extra time just on fun and games.Southern California is big summer destination for Chinese teenagers trying out American education
Dozens of Chinese teenagers aboard the Boeing 777 that crashed in San Francisco on Saturday were headed to a summer English program in a religious school in the San Fernando Valley. These programs have been so successful that now California public schools are beginning to tap into the Chinese market.Baron: Despite drop in number of foster youth, significant educational obstacles remain
Children’s advocates are welcoming a new report showing a sharp drop in the number of foster youth in California, but also caution that less isn’t necessarily a sign of improvement. This is especially the case in education, where most schools still have not figured out how to help foster youth succeed academically.Tuesday, July 9, 2013
