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Education Headlines
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Last-minute proposal may keep Tokay Colony open
Lodi Unified will research the possibility of transforming the rural Tokay Colony Elementary School into a technology-themed magnet school, an eleventh-hour effort to try to keep the small school open as enrollment declines.Local Tea Party activists oppose Common Core standards
They’re promoted as making American students more competitive with their international peers, but some local conservatives say new educational standards set to be fully implemented next school year amount to a federal takeover of local education.Freedburg: LAUSD board-administrator conflicts underscore challenges of “local control”
Tensions are on the rise between top administrators and the new majority on the Los Angeles Unified School District school board – underscoring the perils inherent in Gov. Jerry Brown’s move to push more control and authority for what happens in schools down to the local level.Board wants staff proposals for adult school
Riverside school board members apologized this week to families of developmentally disabled students for the way their Riverside Adult School class was canceled with no clear notice.LAUSD pays out $27 million, resolves 58 Miramonte molestation claims
Los Angeles Unified has paid out more than $27 million to settle claims by nearly five dozen children who allege they were molested by former Miramonte Elementary teacher Mark Berndt, the district announced Tuesday.Students build futures in old-school shop classes
Along with '80s pop culture, high school auto shop has made a comeback at Washington High School in San Francisco, with students learning the ins and outs of car repair and maintenance and earning elective course credit for it.L.A. school board approves budget for training in new curriculum
The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved a proposal to spend $113 million to implement new learning standards, an issue that became surprisingly controversial and contributed to the resignation of the district's No. 2 administrator.Fensterwald: Feds elaborate on the requirements California can’t meet for testing waiver
The federal Department of Education specified for the first time Tuesday what states would have to do to receive a waiver from giving state standardized tests next spring in the one-year transition to implementing the Common Core standards.Tuesday, September 17, 2013
