A closed-door decision by the Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees to dismiss three Tamalpais High School math teachers came on a 4-1 vote, with newly elected board member Chuck Ford dissenting.
The Long Beach Unified school board voted unanimously Tuesday to enact policies to protect transgender youth from discrimination.
The Bellflower school board approved a new contract with the teachers union, agreeing to raises and to reduce class sizes for students in primary grades.
Former Rialto Unified accountant Judith Oakes will sit in jail 11 more weeks before her next chance to ask a judge to lower her bail from $1.8 million — the same amount she’s accused of embezzling from her former school district.
Citing possible “fraud, misappropriation of funds or other illegal activities,” San Bernardino County’s top educator has sent a copy of an audit of Rialto Unified’s purchasing services to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office.
Twin Rivers Unified trustees unanimously voted this month to approve Highlands Community Charter School in an attempt to resuscitate their district’s once-expansive adult education program.
Increased state funding has brought relief to most California schools, with 76 districts reporting they are no longer in financial peril, the California Department of Education announced this month.
Students in independent charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District significantly outperform similar students in traditional schools in the district, according to a report released last week by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University.
Half a dozen bills before the state Legislature address the growing concern that California students don’t have the computer science skills necessary to thrive in the modern workforce.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
The Hacienda La Puente Unified School District listened to three consultants Monday morning at a special school board meeting. The local district wants to build a new school at Wedgeworth Elementary in Hacienda Heights to replace the portable classrooms that have housed the school for more than 40 years.
An all-electric school bus quietly began transporting students in the Escondido Union High School District on Thursday, part of a state-funded pilot program meant to introduce districts to the merits of bus fleets that are electric-powered, emissions-free and silent.
Two Clovis North High School students have sued the Clovis Unified School District, saying a school employee asked them to participate in a drug sting on campus without the consent of their parents or police.
The Coronado Unified School District’s governing board has voted to place a $29 million bond proposal on the June ballot. If the measure passes, funds would be used on facilities, equipment and technology in the five-campus district.
Encinitas school district officials said Monday they’ll give the city of Encinitas until Friday to submit an offer of at least $9.5 million for the former Pacific View School site or an auction planned for next week will go forward.
In yet another twist in the petition effort by teachers at Dozier-Libbey Medical High School to turn the health care-themed public school into a charter, Antioch Unified officials announced they have filed their own petition.
EdSource will focus on a number of key bills through our EdTracker, reporting their status as they go through the legislative process. Our list will likely expand in coming weeks.
A citywide coalition of community groups is demanding that 80% of $1 billion in new school funding headed to L.A. Unified be spent on needy students according to decisions made by local schools rather than district bureaucrats.
A new Stanford University study finds that Los Angeles charter school students are making significant gains in learning compared with their district school peers.
