Education Headlines
Monday, September 9, 2013
Oswalt students fly high on MacBook Air in Walnut
Anxious fifth-graders at Oswalt Academy received brand new MacBook Air laptops last week. It’s all part of the Walnut school’s one-to-one laptop learning program. Every student on the Rowland Unified campus has either a laptop computer or an iPod touch.School district unveils online learning programs
Moreno Valley Unified School District has rolled out two hybrid online learning programs for students of all levels this year, making it one of the latest districts to offer high-tech alternatives to traditional classroom settings.Charter funding law pays millions to tiny Northern San Joaquin Valley school
The priciest school in California sits far from swank ZIP codes in Malibu or Marin County. It lies a stone's throw from the orchards and fields of the Northern San Joaquin Valley. It's a tiny district that saw opportunity in a charter school funding law and seized the day. But that funding heyday may have passed.More schools require kids to wear photo ID lanyards
A school security policy that requires students to wear photo identification dangling on lanyards is expanding through west and mid-Coachella Valley schools.Dan Walters: Familiar California school battles flaring
California is simultaneously implementing two major — even historic — changes in its six-million-student public school system, and all adults involved pledge that they have the best interests of those kids at heart.New downtown Fresno charter school gets creative to meet budget
But in the bustling building that holds 200 students, there's a sense of unease, too: the charter shares many of the same challenges that independent start-up schools face, such as finding transportation to get kids to and from school and tinkering with shoestring operating budgets to pay the bills.Northern Humboldt school board to again discuss plagiarism issue
It appears Northern Humboldt Union High School District Trustee Dan Johnson will finally face the music. The embattled trustee hasn't appeared at a board meeting since allegations of plagiarism arose following his June 13 commencement speech at Arcata High School's graduation ceremony, leaving calls for Johnson's resignation in their wake.49ers reach $30 million settlement with South Bay schools -- again
After 15 months of fighting over $30 million in disputed tax funds, the San Francisco 49ers on Friday reached a fresh deal to split the money between the team's new stadium project and Silicon Valley classrooms.LAUSD revives effort to reopen four blighted West Valley schools
Under pressure to provide classroom space to popular charter schools, Los Angeles Unified plans to seek proposals to redevelop and lease four long-closed campuses in the Woodland Hills area that could cost up to $80 million to restore.Friday, September 6, 2013
