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Education Headlines
Friday, January 10, 2014
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Monterey Peninsula USD bond projects put in hands of contractors from start to finish
When Monterey Peninsula Unified School District trustees put the brakes on a construction project scheduled to cost twice what was originally proposed, they also turned the spotlight on the construction method they had chosen to build all their bond projects.Activists want voting data in Anaheim School District
With Anaheim Union High School District officials prepared tonight to issue a formal request to state officials for a waiver to institute new maps designed to create more racially balanced district board elections, activists are calling for a delay and demanding more information about polarized voting.Fresno Unified board hires former PR head as a contractor
A contract with a New York-based communications group owned by Fresno Unified's former public information head stirred the district's school board Wednesday night, with three trustees vocally assailing the move that ultimately passed.Schools could cut borrowing with state's catch-up billions
O.C. school leaders on Thursday praised Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to inject $9.7 billion more into public schools next year, speeding them toward restoration of 2007-08 spending and eliminating an annual delay in delivery of a big chunk of funding.Long Beach Unified estimated to receive $60 million more under proposed state budget
Long Beach Unified school officials estimate that the district would receive $60 million more for the 2014-15 fiscal year than it did this year under the proposed state budget Gov. Jerry Brown released Thursday.Denair hopes rise with deal close, leader hired
With news of a new superintendent and state plans to pay more to schools than expected, Denair Unified School District trustees were met with an upbeat crowd Thursday night. By unanimous vote, trustees confirmed Mariposa County Unified School District Superintendent Aaron Rosander as the next Denair superintendent.State school board seeks compromise on spending rules
The state Board of Education appears to be playing King Solomon — splitting the baby — as it contends with competing demands on how to implement the state's new program of giving extra money to school districts with large numbers of poor and/or English-learner students.Torlakson: Proposition 30 tax increases should be extended
As California begins to see budget surpluses in the wake of a 2012 statewide tax increase, state schools chief Tom Torlakson is already calling for an extension of Proposition 30 beyond its full expiration in 2018.Number of major math changes for California studen
By fall, traditional textbooks mostly will be tossed aside in California classrooms. What's taught in each grade will get shuffled around and, often, merged. First-graders will get tiny tastes of algebra while learning to add, and middle school students will be exposed to statistics and geometry while still solving for X.Mongeau: Transitional kindergarten expansion, early education not included in governor’s budget proposal
While Democratic leaders in both houses of the state Legislature have cited expanding transitional kindergarten as a top priority in the coming year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed 2014-2015 budget did not mention the program – or include additional funding for early education of any kind.State budget plan includes $10 billion more for schools
An improving economy and a voter-approved tax increase will pay faster dividends for California schools than expected, resulting in a $10-billion funding boost over last year under the governor’s proposed budget.Thursday, January 9, 2014