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Education Headlines
Friday, November 8, 2013
Cohn: California deserves praise not punishment for common sense school reforms
California is ushering in a long overdue return to common sense. For that, it should be rewarded with praise, not punishment.Tulare County school district sued in sexual abuse case
A small Tulare County school district, the Tulare County Board of Education and a former teacher who is now in prison for child molestation are targets of a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Fresno County Superior Court.High school site called toxic, unsafe
Toxic and unsafe, that’s how some city leaders and members of the public have described the proposed site for Irvine’s fifth high school when mentioning it at public meetings.Embattled Twin Rivers trustee Cortez Quinn to take 90-day leave of absence
Twin Rivers Unified School District board member Cortez Quinn told fellow trustees Thursday night that he is taking a 90-day leave of absence after a hastily called closed-session meeting.West Contra Costa school leaders respond to federal report revealing rampant sexual assaults, harassment
One day after a damning federal report revealed widespread sexual misconduct at West Contra Costa school district campuses, district officials asserted Thursday that improvements have been made.More lenient school lice policies bug some parents
Some parents are scratching their heads over less restrictive head lice policies that allow children with live bugs in their hair to return to the classroom.Mongeau: California students among worst performers on national assessment of reading and math
California students performed about the same in reading and math on this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress as they did in 2011, ranking among the 10 lowest performing states in the country.Teacher pensions deficit grows $22 million a day
It's still just a speck on the horizon, but getting closer by the second: the point at which California's oldest pension fund -- and the only real retirement security for more than 800,000 educators -- will, without a major infusion of cash, be flat broke.Fensterwald: After 5 hours of testimony, State Board sends funding law regs back for revisions
Staff and members of the State Board of Education promised to revise proposed spending rules for the new school funding system after hearing speed testimonies Thursday from Californians from all corners of the state. The speakers disagreed on what they wanted but largely agreed they didn’t like some of what they saw.L.A. Unified loses round in effort to keep teacher ratings secret
The Los Angeles Unified School District has lost a key round in a legal battle to keep the performance ratings of individual teachers confidential.Tensions over PRA, Brown Act
The question is simple: Should local governments pick up the tab for complying with California’s laws requiring local open meetings and access to public records? But the answer is not so simple.
Thursday, November 7, 2013