SCTA reports that there were 1607 ballots qualifying.
With these results, the proposed contract has been ratified by the membership
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Kathy Lorden, vice-principal of Serra High School, will soon be working under
SACRAMENTO – A year ago, Joseph Carrillo Jr. had to fight to get into overcrowded classes here at the public American River College. He couldn’t find a guidance counselor, and he felt lost. So he switched to the private University of Phoenix, where everything fell into place — at 17 times the cost.
Friday, June 18th 2010, 4:00 AM
Public school kids soon should think twice before pulling out their cell phones: The city Education Department is set to ban "sexting" - even on students' own time.
Under proposed new rules, kids face suspensions of up to 90 days for texting each other suggestive pictures or notes, even outside school hours.
They also can be booted from class for "cyberbullying" - targeting a victim with nasty texts or online posts.
"This has been a concern around the country," said Education Department spokeswoman Margie Feinberg.
"Each year, we update the disciplinary code with input from parents, students, teachers and some of our partners."
A hearing on the changes is slated for Wednesday.
The changes won praise from some parents, who said the exploding reliance on computers and cell phones has created new discipline problems.
"It empowers the school to be able to address the issue," said Bayside High School PTA President David Solano. He said cyberbullying, in particular, has become an "increasing"
Steve Behar, an attorney mounting an uphill race in Queens for the seat of retiring Assembly Member Ann-Margaret Carrozza, claims that two pro-charter school bundlers have enough faith in his candidacy to have offered to raise him up to $200,000 in exchange for him changing his position on charter schools to support their expansion…
…But in a letter written to the website Queens Teacher, Behar claimed that he was being courted to come out against the charters. [and here]
“In the last few weeks two separate ‘political fundraisers’ promised to raise between $100K and $200K for my campaign if I changed my position to favor charter schools,” Behar wrote. “Since I’m running against a well-funded inexperienced and unqualified candidate (Ed Braunstein) who works for the Albany leadership and is in the pocket of the lobbyists and the special interests, that
At some New York City charter schools, it's a family affair.
A Daily News investigation has found some charters hiring wives, husbands and children of school officials and board trustees as vendors, teachers aides and consultants…
Here's what The News' review found:…
SOUTH BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURES & THE ARTS
At some New York City charter schools, it's a family affair.
A Daily News investigation has found some charters hiring wives, husbands and children of school officials and board trustees as vendors, teachers aides and consultants…
Here's what The News' review found:…
BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL
Brooklyn Excelsior hired the wife of a top official at the for-profit firm that was paid $7.6 million last year to manage the Bushwick-based school.
Irwin Kurz is director of school quality for all New York schools managed by National Heritage
Effort starting to raise $100 million for public, charter, parochial schools The Notebook blog
Well, 300,000 teacher layoffs would increase the national student-teacher ratio in public schools from 15.3 to 1, to 16.6 to 1 – roughly where it was in 1997. And 100,000 teacher layoffs would increase it to 15.6 to 1 – the 2005 level. Neither number portends educational apocalypse.
