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Education Headlines
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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Proposed changes at Salinas charter school have parents riled
Middle school age students have different developmental needs, says Principal Juanita Perea. It's one of the reasons she's proposing to eliminate seventh and eighth grades from Oasis starting next school year.Transgender student law brings few changes to local school districts
Local school districts have not replaced gender-specific restroom signs or made any other outward changes since Jan. 1, when so-called transgender rights legislation became law in California.Citrus School future focus of concerns
Concerns about everything from the historic significance of Citrus School, to bus transportation, to the fear that student and parent needs are not receiving adequate consideration were all voiced in a packed hearing to discuss the future of the oldest operating elementary school in Chico.L.A. Unified unprepared for computerized state test
The nation's second-largest school district is woefully unprepared to administer new state standardized tests by computer, a survey of Los Angeles Unified schools has found.A new way of funding schools – with strings attached
Gov. Jerry Brown’s school funding plan aims to provide money from a new voter-approved tax hike to support those who need it most – foster children, English-language learners and low-income students. But how will taxpayers know whether the extra money is improving education for California’s students?California school-construction needs as high as $12 billion, subcommittee reports
California needs as much as $12 billion in additional school-building money and almost $5 billion in modernization money, according to estimates in a report to the state board that oversees school-construction dollars.S.F. schools move away from suspensions
In San Francisco, the school board is considering a resolution that would restrict the use of suspension to more serious offenses, including fights or bringing weapons, drugs or alcohol to school.Trial over California teacher protection laws opens
Attorneys seeking to overturn several of California's controversial teacher protection laws argued in court Monday that these statutes prevent the removal of "grossly ineffective" teachers from schools — contributing to an inadequate education for students assigned to them.Monday, January 27, 2014