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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Lodi Unified School District adopts social media policy

After a month of controversy over new social networking guidelines, Lodi Unified School District trustees finally agreed on the wording of a reworked policy.

Central-library charter school opens

The city’s newest and unlikeliest high school opened Tuesday — along with those in the San Diego Unified School District — inside the central library, even as construction crews scramble to complete the domed structure that rises from the downtown skyline.

More school districts in L.A. County taking less punitive approach to truancy

A growing number of school districts and public agencies in Los Angeles County have joined a campaign to take a less punitive and more holistic approach to truancy — and education officials insist it’s paying off.

International Baccalaureate curriculum teaches SoCal students to think globally

Across Southern California and the Inland Empire, students are being held to international standards, with schools in Ontario, Fontana, Yucaipa and elsewhere adopting the International Baccalaureate curriculum.

Fensterwald: Civil rights groups dispute memo to State Board on new funding formula

In a sign of a skirmish to come, leaders of 30 civil rights and nonprofit groups representing disadvantaged children are disputing a memo to the State Board of Education characterizing the purpose of the Local Control Funding Formula.

LAUSD gets $113M in state money to launch Common Core

Los Angeles Unified will receive about $113 million over the next two months to implement the new Common Core academic standards, the state Department of Education announced Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Family plans lawsuit against Bassett Unified over teacher's suicide

The stepfather of a Bassett High School art teacher who committed suicide in July has announced plans to file a wrongful death suit against the district after claiming his stepdaughter's death resulted from bullying by administrators.

EdSource: Q&A - Flexibility, accountability key to districts’ NCLB waiver

The Hechinger Report talked to CORE Executive Director Rick Miller about what the No Child Left Behind waiver will mean for the nearly 1.2 million students in CORE districts, including Fresno Unified, Long Beach Unified, Los Angeles Unified, Oakland Unified, Sacramento City Unified, San Francisco Unified, Sanger Unified, and Santa Ana Unified.

Parents key partners at Hope Academy Charter School in Palm Desert

As most Coachella Valley students return to class on Tuesday, a new Palm Desert charter school will open its doors for the first time. Hope Academy Charter School has operated its main campus in Yucca Valley for three years, but it will now open new campuses in Beaumont, Bloomington and Palm Desert. The latter campus is at the former site of the St. Margaret’s Episcopal School along Highway 74.