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Education Headlines
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Schwarzenegger: 'My eye is on the ball'
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has formed an alliance with top Senate Democrats to protect federal funding for after-school programs that may be in danger of losing money.First food allergy guidelines for schools posted by government
The federal government is issuing its first guidelines to schools on how to protect children with food allergies.Appeal revives school yoga lawsuit
The law firm that unsuccessfully sued to end a yoga program in the Encinitas Union School District earlier this year is appealing the court decision that allowed the practice to continue.Leaders call for Deasy, LAUSD board to work together
A day after the Los Angeles Unified school board and Superintendent John Deasy held a discussion that led to him remaining on the job, district, city and civic leaders encouraged the adversaries to put aside hard feelings and move ahead for the sake of the kids.Baron Oakland Unified launches push to expand linked learning academies
Superintendents usually have a pat answer when asked to assess the quality of their schools – they’re all equally good, is the typical response. But Gary Yee, the new superintendent of Oakland Unified School District, had a radical answer when parent Maria Zaragoza asked why her child’s high school does not have any of the innovative educational programs available at some of the district’s top-performing high schools.Federal complaint spurs change for non-English speakers in Oakland schools
A Vietnamese-speaking parent whose high school-age son was suspended, expelled and denied evaluation for special education because his school didn't provide adequate interpretation or translation services has won new rules requiring the services as part of a civil-rights complaint brought in 2009.U.S. threatens to take $3.52 billion from California schools in testing dispute
Reinforcing its threat to punish California for dumping its old standardized state tests next spring, the U.S. Department of Education said that decision could cost the state at least $3.5 billion.Wednesday, October 30, 2013