Education Headlines
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Ventura police aim to improve safety by monitoring live video feeds from schools
In what may be the first such arrangement statewide, police soon will be able to view live video footage from five of Ventura’s largest schools in the hope of responding faster to and being better prepared for a campus shooting or other emergency.Local schools lead state in personal belief vaccine exemptions
Health experts say the Sacramento region’s large immigrant population is one factor in the growing number of parents declining to get shots for their children. The number of children in Yolo, Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties starting kindergarten without vaccines jumped 30 percent, or by 350 children, in the last school year, according to new data from the California Department of Public Health.School taxes concentrated in wealthier areas
Lowering the vote threshold for California school parcel taxes likely would allow more of them to pass but probably would not have a significant effect on school funding statewide, according to a report released Monday from the Public Policy Institute of California.SD Superintendent continues to revamp administration
Superintendent Cindy Marten continues her reorganization of the San Diego Unified School District administration, calling personnel changes she said will direct more attention and resources to teaching and learning.Study: Lowering school parcel tax threshold to 55% would not encourage more districts to seek them
Lowering the threshold for school parcel taxes -- from the currently required two-thirds majority to a 55 percent vote -- would not necessarily encourage more school districts to try to pass them, according to a report released Monday.Adams: School finance reform prompts dispute over counting low-income students
Two months into the rollout of the reforms, which Gov. Jerry Brown praised as a victory for the neediest students, two of the largest districts – Los Angeles Unified and Fresno Unified – are in a dispute with the state over a last-minute change in how children who receive free meals are counted. IFensterwald: Brown not backing away from decision to suspend state standardized tests
In remarks Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown defended the state’s decision to suspend state standardized tests this year and instead offer students a practice test in the Common Core standards that’s now being developed. And he gave no sign of steering away from a collision with the federal government over this issue.Monday, September 16, 2013
