Education Headlines
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Lodi Unified School District adopts social media policy
After a month of controversy over new social networking guidelines, Lodi Unified School District trustees finally agreed on the wording of a reworked policy.Central-library charter school opens
The city’s newest and unlikeliest high school opened Tuesday — along with those in the San Diego Unified School District — inside the central library, even as construction crews scramble to complete the domed structure that rises from the downtown skyline.More school districts in L.A. County taking less punitive approach to truancy
A growing number of school districts and public agencies in Los Angeles County have joined a campaign to take a less punitive and more holistic approach to truancy — and education officials insist it’s paying off.International Baccalaureate curriculum teaches SoCal students to think globally
Across Southern California and the Inland Empire, students are being held to international standards, with schools in Ontario, Fontana, Yucaipa and elsewhere adopting the International Baccalaureate curriculum.Fensterwald: Civil rights groups dispute memo to State Board on new funding formula
In a sign of a skirmish to come, leaders of 30 civil rights and nonprofit groups representing disadvantaged children are disputing a memo to the State Board of Education characterizing the purpose of the Local Control Funding Formula.LAUSD gets $113M in state money to launch Common Core
Los Angeles Unified will receive about $113 million over the next two months to implement the new Common Core academic standards, the state Department of Education announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
