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Survey: Most LAUSD teachers would discontinue costly iPad program

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.

Coachella Valley Unified School District recall effort falls short

Despite months of collecting signatures, a group of disgruntled parents has failed to rally enough support to recall a majority of the Coachella Valley Unified School Board.

Pipes, personnel on LBUSD board's agenda

The Long Beach Unified School District board is set decide whether to take over the water pipes beneath the new McBride High School and discuss a few highlights of contract negotiations with employees at Tuesday’s board meeting.

Survey: Most LAUSD teachers would discontinue costly iPad program

Only a minority of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers strongly favors proceeding with the $1 billion iPad program.

West Contra Costa school board agrees to revisit bullying regulations, hires administrator

Although the West Contra Costa school district has several programs in schools to help combat bullying, trustees learned during a special board meeting Monday that they are not doing enough.

Freedburg: School reforms revive decades-old debate on impact of money on education outcomes

The dramatic transformation of how California’s schools are funded is raising one of the most complex and challenging questions on the education policy landscape: Will additional money improve student academic outcomes?

Adams: Schools promoting ‘trauma-informed’ teaching to reach troubled students

Backed by brain research, California schools are beginning to address the effect of severe trauma on the health and achievement of their students.

U.S. students score below international averages in math, reading and science

Showing barely any change in nine years, American 15-year-olds scored below their international peers in math, reading and science, test results released Tuesday show.

L.A. Unified accuses state of 'shortchanging' needy students

L.A. Unified accused state education officials Monday of “shortchanging” the school district’s impoverished students, saying they could be prevented from receiving all of the estimated $200 million due them under a new school funding system.

Monday, December 2, 2013

San Bernardino County names new deputy superintendent of schools

Ted Alejandre, assistant superintendent of business services for San Bernardino County Schools, has been named deputy superintendent for county schools, according to Superintendent Gary Thomas, who made the announcement Wednesday.

Employees considered former Rialto schools accountant Judith Oakes untouchable, audit reveals

For more than eight years, a district accountant stole nearly one in every four dollars that passed through the Rialto Unified School District's lunch money program, according to a forensic audit obtained by The Sun.

Pleasant Valley HS classroom building almost ready for students

After years of discussion and months of construction, a two-story, 24-classroom building at Pleasant Valley High School is about six weeks from completion.

Audits scrutinize Paradise Hills school

Three separate audits of Bethune K-8 school in Paradise Hills have found problems, from teacher timecards to spending of student-activity funds.

Complaints against San Lorenzo principal pile up

Hostile and discriminatory -- not words you would want used to describe anyone in a leadership position, much less a school principal. For some teachers and counselors at Arroyo High School in the unincorporated San Lorenzo community, those words describe Principal Larry Smith, who has amassed more than two dozen staff complaints of various sorts since his arrival in 2006.