Bassett Unified issued notices to lay off or reassign 13 administrators at the end of a months-long third party investigation into past hiring practices and complaints of workplace harassment.
Responding to a backlash from parents, Tamalpais High School is postponing plans to partner with New Tech Network, the Napa-based education company the school was courting to train its teachers in project-based learning.
After being helmed by the same superintendent for the better part of a decade, the Bolinas-Stinson and Lagunitas school districts have a new leader. John Carroll, 50, assistant superintendent of human resources for the Tamalpais Union High School District, has been hired to oversee the two West Marin districts, who have shared a superintendent for years.
A top Centinela schools official on Tuesday said the FBI has contacted the district regarding the high salary of Supt. Jose Fernandez, who was paid $674,559 last year.
School officials voted unanimously Tuesday to increase the number of math credits students must complete to graduate from high school.
The Desert Sands Unified School Board approved raises for a majority of its employees on Tuesday night, including about 1,300 teachers in mid-valley schools. Teachers will receive a 2 percent raise, retroactive to the beginning of this school year, and an additional 1 percent raise, effective for the last 36.4 work days of the school year.
As the Inland Empire has shot up in population in recent decades, it’s become harder for school districts to be able to afford to bus students to school, due to a funding system that doesn’t account for increased enrollment. On Wednesday, Sen. Norma Torres, D-Montclair, spoke before the Senate Education Committee, pushing for their support of Senate Bill 1137, which would change the funding formula, reimbursing districts up to at least 50 percent of approved costs for Home-to-School Transportation expenses.
The embattled Centinela Valley school board on Tuesday night replaced its president and appointed a new interim superintendent to replace Jose Fernandez, who was placed on paid leave after coming under fire for extraordinary compensation.
Leaders of the Fresno Teachers Association union say they're baffled by statements made by Fresno Unified Superintendent Michael Hanson that the two parties -- which have been embroiled for months in a standoff over teacher contracts -- have settled on a third-party mediator.
Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan (D-Alamo) says she’s brought the California Teachers Association and the school reform group EdVoice together on an issue that’s split the education community for years: How to allow districts to quickly fire teachers accused of sexual abuse, child abuse or serious drug crimes.
California’s school funding reform law has triggered a burst of outreach efforts to solicit parent and community input in at least some districts – along with a plethora of suggestions about how to spend the additional education funds they will receive from the state.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
The Centinela Valley school board on Tuesday evening is scheduled to begin the process of hiring an investigative agency to review the controversial contract of Superintendent Jose Fernandez, who was placed on paid leave last week amid a firestorm of criticism for his hefty compensation last year.
The Albany school board named a new superintendent Friday to replace Marla Stephenson who is retiring June 30. Valerie Williams, who currently works as assistant superintendent of human resources at Dublin Unified School District, will take over the top job in Albany July 1. Albany has 3,800 students.
The old gymnasium at Dublin High School has reopened after environmental consultants declared the building safe for occupancy after tests for mold were performed.
Los Angeles teachers union President Warren Fletcher said he would no longer actively campaign for reelection, clearing the path for challenger Alex Caputo-Pearl to become the next leader of United Teachers Los Angeles.
The students in John Daniels’ U.S. history class at in East San Jose are a smidgen of the tens of thousands of juniors who are taking the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium field test this spring. And their views of the new test on the Common Core State Standards are but a snapshot of many that the creators of the test and the state Department of Education will receive over the next two months.
