 |
Monica Ratliff, the new teacher on board |
Education Headlines
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
$1.5M on class supplies? Scratch that
Lodi Unified School District officials are apologizing to the public for a typographical error that could have led some to believe that trustees approved a near $1.5 million increase to school site budgets when they meant to approve $150,000.Millennium Charter opens after much anticipation
The school, on the campus of the Monterey County Office of Education, cost more than $1.5 million to complete and it features a performance space — the Black Box, where morning assemblies and other classes will be held — and television and radio stations.Monica Ratliff, the new teacher on board
It was a spur-of-the-moment thing that became momentous. Monica Ratliff, outspent by nearly $2 million, improbably won election to the L.A. Unified School District board.LAUSD board OKs hiring of L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s education chief
The LAUSD board voted behind closed doors Tuesday to hire veteran school administrator Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, who will be “detached” to the city to head Mayor Eric Garcetti’s education team.Union City: New Haven school board places retiring superintendent on paid leave
In a hastily planned special school board meeting late last week, retiring New Haven Unified Superintendent Kari McVeigh was placed on paid leave three months before her exit date, and two district employees were appointed her temporary replacements.Freedburg:In shadow of March on Washington, schools increasingly segregated in California
Fifty years after the March on Washington, a major challenge facing California and the West in general is increasing segregation of black and Latino students, reviving a debate that Brown v Board of Education was supposed to resolve: whether it is possible to have “separate but equal” schools.Study: Waivers leave behind at-risk students
Millions of at-risk students could fall through the cracks as the Education Department gives states permission to ignore parts of No Child Left Behind, according to a study education advocates released Tuesday.O.C. high school drama teacher who fought to stage 'Rent' resigns
A drama teacher at Corona del Mar High School who was placed on leave in June after a student accused him of battery has resigned.LAUSD launches its drive to equip every student with iPads
Two local elementary schools became the first to roll out tablet computers Tuesday in a $1-billion effort to put iPads in the hands of every student in the Los Angeles Unified School District.Fensterwald: Duncan wants to end test for disabled students that California overused
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is proposing to eliminate an alternative test for students with disabilities, arguing it undercuts their academic potential. The value of the test has divided the education and disability rights communities, with some advocates agreeing with Duncan and others saying the test accurately captures what students have learned.New law gives aspiring teachers an extra year to complete training
A measure signed Tuesday by Gov. Jerry Brown will let aspiring teachers pursue an additional year of training.SB 5, sponsored by Sen. Alex Padilla, aims to ease the time crunch faced by would-be educators by extending the maximum length of graduate teaching programs to two years.Release of L.A. teachers' performance ratings delayed by judge
The performance ratings of individual teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District will be kept confidential until a legal battle over them is resolved, a judge decided Tuesday.Tuesday, August 27, 2013
