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Education Headlines
Thursday, January 9, 2014
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Mariposa superintendent is Denair Unified’s pick for new schools leader
Mariposa County Unified School District Superintendent Aaron Rosander is Denair’s choice for its new schools chief. A former science teacher, Rosander, 57, is the elected head of the Mariposa County Office of Education and its countywide unified school district. He is expected to take the reins at Denair Unified on Feb. 8, assuming the board confirms the selection at its meeting tonight.New school discipline guidelines aim to improve school climates
Guidelines released jointly on Wednesday by the U.S. departments of Education and Justice could help districts such as West Contra Costa find a reasonable balance between coming down hard on misbehavior and letting students get away with transgressions with few repercussions.Fresno Unified set to buy almost 15,000 tablets
Fresno Unified students could get their hands on almost 15,000 tablets this year, following a ramp-up in technology at schools across the state as California districts prepare for new state computerized tests.Fensterwald: Gates Foundation considers major Common Core grant program in California
Having largely steered clear of making education grants in California over the last half-decade, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is weighing whether to invest substantially in helping California’s teachers successfully put the Common Core standards into practice.State leaders demand heat repairs at Twin Rivers
State leaders are calling on Twin Rivers Unified School District officials to ensure that all of their students have heat in their classrooms.Transgender rights could be overturned
A referendum drive to block a new law giving transgender students more choice in the restrooms and locker rooms they use cleared a key hurdle Wednesday but there is no guarantee that it will qualify for the November ballot.EdSource: Brown projects big increase in school spending in next state budget
With state revenues surging, Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing to raise K-12 spending in next year’s state budget a healthy $725 per student – 8.5 percent on average – and to use additional new dollars to wipe the last $6 billion of late payment to schools, known as deferrals, off the books.Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Kern High School District superintendent to retire
Kern High School District Superintendent Don Carter has announced that he will retire at the end of the school year. Carter has been with the district for 38 years, serving as superintendent for the last 10.District paid $900,000 to settle whistleblower lawsuits
The Kern High School District has agreed to pay two former employees a total of $900,000 to settle wrongful termination lawsuits. John Fox and Clemon Williams Jr., former assistant directors in the district's maintenance and operations department, sued in September 2011, saying they were fired after calling attention to problems in the way maintenance contracts were awarded.Norwalk-La Mirada school board takes first step toward $375 million bond
The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Board of Education Monday took the first step toward placing a $375 million bond issue on the ballot in November.Anti-AB1266 referendum's fate hinges on LA County signatures
Unless signature-gatherers in Los Angeles County got a higher rate of valid signatures than their counterparts in 52 other counties, an effort to halt a new law giving additional legal protections to transgender public school students looks doomed.California Democrats propose universal preschool for 4-year-olds
In a move that would broadly expand public education, California Democrats on Tuesday proposed creating universal preschool for 4-year-olds, to try to enroll more children from immigrant and low-income families.LA Unified staff received free iPad before contract
Los Angeles Unified School District employees received free iPads from the global curriculum company Pearson as part of a 2012 conference sales pitch - and one of them later served on a district team that selected Pearson and Apple for a contract to provide every student and teacher with a tablet, according to testimony Tuesday.Tuesday, January 7, 2014