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Education Headlines
Thursday, April 24, 2014
FCMAT provides links to California K-12 news stories as a service to the industry. However, some stories may not be accessible because of newspapers' subscription policies.
Stockton USD trustees terminate deputy superintendent
Stockton Unified School District trustees voted to terminate the contract of Deputy Superintendent Sheree Audet on Tuesday night, effective April 30.EdSource: Transitional kindergarten teachers say they need more training
Ninety-five percent of the first transitional kindergarten teachers in California had previously taught preschool, kindergarten or 1st grade, but said they could have used more training on how to teach 4-year-olds, according to a new report American Institutes for Research.Residents critical of Santa Ana district's discipline efforts
The Santa Ana Unified School District board faced a packed house Tuesday, with a steady stream of local residents calling for a reshaping of student discipline in the wake of a controversial arrest of a 14-year-old boy.New contract for Poway superintendent
The Poway Unified school board Wednesday night awarded Superintendent John Collins a three-year contract with a $63,000 raise in base pay — a pact the district says will actually save money.Charter of Van Nuys’ CHAMPS in jeopardy over staffer’s $27,000 credit-card misuse
Charter High School of the Arts officials have 10 days to convince Los Angeles Unified they’ve fixed mismanagement that let a former staffer rack up $27,000 in personal expenses on her school charge card and quit without repaying it.May 6 voting deadline looms for school parcel tax election
Just a little over a week remains for Lamorinda voters to decide whether to tax themselves for an indefinite period of time to continue funding local public schools.Survey finds Californians back both Common Core and new funding formula
Resistance to the Common Core State Standards may be spreading in parts of Red State America, but Californians are learning more about the new math and reading standards and generally like what they have heard, according to a new survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.Wednesday, April 23, 2014