The Oxnard Union High School District and its union leaders have reached a tentative deal, ending a contract negotiations process that packed a couple of school board meetings.
A three-year contract naming Brian Stephens as the next superintendent for Tracy Unified schools was approved Tuesday night by the district school board, with one abstention and one absence.
The District Attorney's Office filed charges against a former school district bookkeeper Wednesday for allegedly embezzling from Linden Unified.
The El Monte Union High School District school board voted Monday to censure one of their colleagues for using district funds to buy booze, pay for friends’ meals and get reimbursed for meals that came free.
Teachers in the Alisal Union School District received a long-awaited pay raise from the school board Wednesday night but not without getting an earful from two of their biggest adversaries.
After years of going without salary increases, teachers at the North Monterey County Unified School District say it's time for a raise. But after years of grappling with decreased funding, district officials say they're not ready to grant big hikes just yet.
In the latest development of what has been a murky personnel matter, the governing board of the Port of Los Angeles charter high school in San Pedro has reinstated the executive director who has been on paid leave for several weeks.
Colton Joint Unified officials used the district’s cafeteria fund to illegally pay for more than $730,000 in utilities, salaries and benefits, and accepted inappropriate gifts from vendors, according to a scathing report from the California Department of Education.
Fresno Unified trustees on Wednesday continued discussions over next school year's budget, including a measure to boost operations funding by $3.6 million and spend an additional $1.3 million on special education services.
The Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department has launched an investigation into video footage apparently showing a school police officer restraining a sobbing 14-year-old boy with a headlock.
The Sacramento City Unified School District announced Wednesday it will abandon a plan to work with seven other California school districts on employing new performance standards that were intended to satisfy federal education officials.
A former Sweetwater schools trustee was sentenced on Wednesday to probation and community service and fined $4,500 for not reporting gifts she received from a contractor while on the board.
The Centinela Valley school board on Wednesday night placed Superintendent Jose Fernandez on paid administrative leave, saying an investigation needs to be conducted with regards to his extraordinary compensation package.
Antioch school trustees decided Wednesday night not to renew RAAMP Academy's charter, citing its underachieving academic performance.
The Brea elementary school damaged by a 5.1 earthquake March 28 has never been upgraded for seismic safety despite years of warnings by state and district experts that it doesn’t meet current building codes.
The potential of the state’s new education funding system was on full display this week when Los Angeles Unified School Superintendent John Deasy presented a draft accountability plan that included a dizzying array of new and expanded programs.
A popular Los Angeles high school science teacher has been suspended after students turned in projects that appeared dangerous to administrators, spurring a campaign calling for his return to the classroom.
It's week three for California’s new web-based standardized tests and some schools are reporting hair-pulling moments.
Faced with intense opposition from teachers, Sacramento City Unified announced Wednesday it would not join other California districts in reapplying for a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law.
The state Board of Education has approved three options for those seeking to earn high school equivalency certificates, which include both computer-based and paper and pencil tests.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Several former Stockton Unified School District principals told the Board of Trustees on Tuesday that they are in the early stages of filing age discrimination lawsuits claiming Superintendent Steve Lowder has unfairly pushed them out of their jobs.
The parties in a 4-year-old lawsuit challenging mass layoffs of teachers at low-income middle schools in Los Angeles Unified announced a settlement Tuesday that an attorney called a potential model for creating a stable work force in schools beset by teacher churn.
The Coachella Valley Unified School Board approved termination of dozens of employees Tuesday night over the impassioned objections of school workers, who said layoffs could jeopardize state funding, the iPad program for students, and other district programs.
After serving six years as superintendent of the Fallbrook Union High School District, Dale Mitchell announced Monday night that he will retire Sept. 1.
Bargaining teams for the Sweetwater Union High School District and its teachers union resumed contract negotiations Tuesday but failed to reach an agreement on a pact involving health benefits, salary and class size.
