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Fensterwald: Special education now on Sacramento’s radar; task force to take long look |
Education Headlines
Friday, November 15, 2013
Moorpark school board approves more raises
The Moorpark Unified School District board unanimously approved a 2.5 percent increase for certain classified employees, including assistant principals, school counselors and psychologists, and classified directors.Simi Valley graduations will take place a week before school ends
The Simi Valley Unified School District board agreed this week to eliminate seven furlough days and lengthen the current school year calendar.Educators cheer bill to further fund preschools
Advocates for young children in Monterey County and across the United States are applauding Wednesday's introduction of a bill that would significantly expand access to early childhood education.California sees growth in charter schools
Despite a statewide increase in charter school enrollment, Aspire Public Schools' Vincent Shalvey Academy in Lodi Unified School District remains steady with a waitlist of 700 students.Twin Rivers Unified trustee arraigned, waits to enter plea
Twin Rivers Unified School District trustee Cortez Quinn walked into Sacramento Superior Court on Wednesday morning with his lawyer and a minister. Quinn, 46, was arraigned on felony charges after he allegedly falsified his paternity test and accepted illegal gifts from a district employee.Jenkins: School yoga protest tests flexibility in Encinitas
For several weeks, Craig Nordal has been showing up outside Encinitas Union School District elementary campuses. He was photographed holding up this sign: "PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN OPT OUT OF YOGA! Luke 17:2.”LAUSD OKs $17M to replace ‘green’ air-conditioner at Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley
Just because something is “greener” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s better. That’s a lesson Los Angeles Unified learned the hard way, after it experienced an array of problems with a state-of-the-art air-conditioning system at 5-year-old Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley.Teachers union impasse discussed at Mt. Diablo school board meeting
Hundreds of teachers rallied before the Mt. Diablo school board meeting Wednesday, seeking raises and increased benefits contributions.Hercules: Fight at school may have involved transgender student
A vicious fight at Hercules High School on Wednesday has drawn attention after it was learned that one of the students involved may possibly identify as transgender.McRae: Education reform through the courts and why it’s necessary
Vergara v. California, the lawsuit filed last year against the State of California by nine public schoolchildren and sponsored by the nonprofit organization Students Matter, challenges the outdated teacher tenure, dismissal and layoff system in California that entrenches grossly ineffective teachers in classrooms while pushing highly effective, but less senior, teachers out.Fensterwald: Special education now on Sacramento’s radar; task force to take long look
Special education, a multi-billion-dollar operation long viewed in Sacramento as too big and confounding to reform, may finally grab policymakers’ attention.
Thursday, November 14, 2013