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Education Headlines
Monday, December 9, 2013
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Diabetes part of life for some students in Lodi Unified School District
The rate of students with Type 1 diabetes has remained stable, according to county education officials, but some 90 to 100 students within the district's schools need daily help with their disease.Long Beach elementary students to receive new progress reports aligned with Common Core
Beginning next week, Long Beach elementary school students will receive new progress reports this trimester instead of the traditional report cards issued by the school district.Nonprofits help Long Beach USD, others fill arts education void left by budget cuts
The day before directing a professional orchestra in front of thousands at the Long Beach Arena, conductor Matt Catingub was up early standing in front of about two dozen young musicians in a small middle school band room.Pomona Unified School Board closer to selling surplus properties
Fourteen pieces of real estate in the hands of Pomona Unified School District have moved a step closer to going on sale.Lead discovered in one in three Chino Valley Unified schools' water
The water in one in three Chino Valley Unified schools is contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, according to the district.Palm Springs Unified School District considers selling surplus land
The Palm Springs Unified School District plans to sell a vacant, 80-acre property east of Rancho Mirage High School with enough space for more than 200 homes.Long Beach Unified's finances looking stronger
Additional money from the state for Long Beach Unified made possible by a new funding method could mean the district ends its deficit spending for the first time in decades, school officials told the school board this week.Twin Rivers employees to get a break on health insurance for 7 months
The Twin Rivers Unified School District gave its entire staff an early Christmas present last week – $100 a month toward their insurance premiums for the next seven months.Opening school budget to parent input a work in progress at San Joaquin Valley schools
The extra money heading to San Joaquin Valley schools with the state’s new funding formula comes with a catch – parents get a say in how it will be spent.SD teachers to get schooled in Common Core
As California prepares to roll out its new Common Core academic standards, San Diego city schools have mapped out a massive training effort for its more than 6,000 teachers.School librarian helps students struggling with reading
Program aims to help young children, most with Spanish-speaking parents, whose reading scores aren't where they should be.Fensterwald: Some sober words for school boards amid predictions of plenty
For the first time since the Great Recession, school districts are getting more money this year from the state; some – big beneficiaries of the new Local Control Funding Formula – are getting a lot. School finance experts John Gray and Joel Montero, however, injected a cautionary note during a presentation Friday at the California School Boards Association’s annual convention in San Diego.Friday, December 6, 2013