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Friday, March 7, 2014
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Kern HSD teachers reach deal to get salary raises
The Kern High School District and its teachers union reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday that would include the first on-schedule salary raise for teachers since pre-recession years, according to an email obtained by The Californian Thursday.Lincoln teachers, district still at odds
The Lincoln Unified School District and its teachers union are officially at an impasse in their contract negotiations, Superintendent Tom Uslan confirmed Wednesday evening.Why is traffic at schools so jammed?
A proposed $19 million project across from Aliso Viejo Middle School has sparked new debate about an eternal issue: school traffic.Teacher's arrest on sex abuse charges raises concerns about hiring practices
As shock spread Thursday about the arrest of a Richmond middle school teacher suspected of child sexual abuse, questions followed about how he landed a new teaching job at a public school even as police were investigating him on allegations that he had abused students from his previous school.Modesto school board eyes cutting librarian positions, focusing on tech instruction
Modesto City Schools is poised to cut 29 full-time teaching positions for next year, including most elementary school librarians.California releases child abuse identification and reporting guidelines for parents
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson on Wednesday issued new guidelines to help parents and guardians report suspected child abuse at schools.California lawmaker wants to stop 'excessive' school superintendent pay
Prompted by reports in the Daily Breeze last month that the Centinela Valley Superintendent was paid $663,365 in total compensation as the top executive of the 6,637 student high school district, Torrance area state assemblyman Al Muratsuchi has introduced a bill that would prevent excessive school superintendent salaries.Special education needs a ‘do-over,’ state panel told
Eight minutes into a public meeting on how to reform the state’s vast special education system, the woman who ran special education in California for nine years came up to the microphone. Alice Parker was blunt.California school spending goal would cost $36 billion more
Representatives of the Education Coalition told a state Senate budget subcommittee Thursday that despite increases in school spending in the current state budget and promises of more in the next one, California still needs to spend much more money on education.New teachers scarce after state funding cut
Young teachers have become far more scarce in California classrooms after school districts slashed their budgets to survive the recession.
Thursday, March 6, 2014