Fensterwald: Mixed results for charter schools statewide in new study
UPDATE: New Issue of Cream and Cherries: Los Angeles charter schools outperform traditional district schools | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC
Study: Los Angeles charter schools outperform traditional district schools | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC: Study: Los Angeles charter schools outperform traditional district schoolsKristen Muller | March 15th, 2014, 4:04pmPhoto by Don Harder via Flickr Creative CommonsStanford University's Center for Research on Economic Outcomes (CREDO) issued a report Saturday that found charter school students in Lo
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Fresno Unified talks plans to overhaul alternative programs
Education for the most at-risk students in Fresno Unified School District is set to change next year, as the district's community day school moves across town to southeast Fresno and DeWolf Continuation High switches to serve older students.Report: School safety doesn't have to cost a lot
Tackling the issue of school security, the San Diego County Grand Jury issued a report Monday that recommended local school districts focus less on high-cost security barriers and give greater emphasis to training parents and students to recognize and report suspicious behavior and identify potentially violent individuals.Poway superintendent up for $63K raise
Poway school board members are working to finalize a contract renewal for the superintendent that would increase his base pay by $62,735, while taking away a perk that helped place him at the top of a 2012 Watchdog survey of superintendent pay in the region.Chico High's Lincoln Center opens
The center is part of a project that includes the cafeteria, an attached "field house" that will give the physical education department a large location for indoor P.E. classes, and a free standing "fitness lab" that provides wrestling facilities and other P.E. space.Struggling charter school wins renewal, against recommendation of San Jose Unified
Against the recommendation of its staff and of the San Jose Unified School District, the Santa Clara County Board of Education has renewed the charter of a struggling charter school, Sunrise Middle.Cell phones proving their usefulness in some Bay Area classrooms
Teens + cellphones = Instagram and Twitter. Or at least that's been the reason schools have banned the use of these mobile devices during class. But the ubiquitousness and power of these links to the Internet is turning them into more than a means for social networking as teachers harness the power of students' smart phones for their own purposes.Teachers renewing California credential must sign abuse reporting form, bill proposes
Every five years when renewing their credentials, California school employees will be required to read and sign a document that lays out the requirements for them to report suspicions of child abuse, if newly crafted state legislation is approved.Fensterwald: Mixed results for charter schools statewide in new study
Earlier this month, a research institute at Stanford University affiliated with the Hoover Institution that students at independent charter schools in Los Angeles performed a lot better than their peers in traditional Los Angeles Unified District schools. The Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) has now released a report for California as a whole, and the results are mixed.California schools are rolling out new standardized tests
The exams are designed to demand more of students and give a clearer indication of how much they're learning. They'll be the first to be administered entirely on computers.Monday, March 24, 2014