December 2, 2011, 12:05 AM
Fewer than 1 out of 4 schools in California is staffed with a credentialed librarian, according to the state Department of Education. Recent figures compiled by the department show there are about 900 school librarians in the state – that’s down from more than 1,100 two years...
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September 21, 2011, 12:05 AM
All Green Dot charter schools will implement stricter test security procedures in response to the recent disclosure of teacher cheating at one of its Los Angeles-area schools, a district official said. Fred Navarro, superintendent of the Lennox School District, said Green Dot officials...
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September 13, 2011, 12:05 AM
School board officials in Los Angeles will determine today whether a deeper look into cheating is needed at one of their top-ranked charter schools, a district official said. Fred Navarro, superintendent of the Lennox School District, said officials will discuss cheating allegations at...
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August 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
This year's payout of a three-year $416 million federal grant to struggling schools has been delayed for several California schools after monitoring teams found the state Department of Education and local districts not implementing required reforms. At a tense meeting last month, unhappy...
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July 19, 2011, 12:05 AM
Bright and articulate, Enrique Duarte IV, 11, rode the bus with his parents from Los Angeles to Sacramento with one cause in mind: to tell the state Board of Education that someday, he wants to return to a public school classroom. Enrique told the board that he left his elementary school...
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July 13, 2011, 12:05 AM
The mother of a deceased 13-year-old middle school student has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the Tehachapi Unified School District after federal authorities concluded school officials didn't adequately respond to the gay teen's complaints of attacks and harassment. The lawsuit...
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July 7, 2011, 12:05 AM
The La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District's problems with managing school construction projects have triggered scrutiny, lawsuits, an emergency county loan and the resignation of a superintendent. Two years ago, Bryan Burns, a parent in the district in southeastern San Mateo...
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July 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Tehachapi Unified School District violated civil rights law by failing to stop the persistent bullying of Seth Walsh, a 13-year-old gay middle school student who committed suicide, federal investigators have concluded. As a result of a settlement with the U.S. Justice and Education...
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June 22, 2011, 12:05 AM
A bill that recently sailed through the Senate would shift the policymaking powers of the State Board of Education to the superintendent of public instruction and the state's Department of Education. Sponsored by Sen. Carol Liu, D-Pasadena, SB 204 seeks to untangle what has been a complex...
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June 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
A bill that would allow schools to train employees to administer medication to children during a seizure passed out of the state Senate last week, despite strong opposition from nurses and teachers. As drama in the state Capitol goes, this bill has it all. It brings years of budget...
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May 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
A $4.5 billion experiment intended to give schools greater flexibility over state education dollars has resulted in cutbacks in some programs targeting students who need the most academic help. That is among the findings of a report issued this week by the RAND Corporation and Policy...
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May 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
A Northern California high school district is no longer restricting access to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy websites after the American Civil Liberties Union recently intervened on behalf of a student. "I wanted to start a gay-straight alliance at my...
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May 25, 2011, 12:05 AM
Many of today's kids would rather spend hours on a high-octane video game like "Civilization" than poring over "The Odyssey," Plato's "Republic" or some other literary classic. And that may not be as bad as you might think. A growing number of experts and...
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May 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
Three California schools appear in the list of the top 25 schools most successful in preparing students for college, according to the Washington Post's controversial "Challenge Index" published yesterday. They are hardly typical California schools. The highest-ranked...
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May 20, 2011, 12:05 AM
Deep in Gov. Jerry Brown's May revision of his January budget is a possible solution to a major conflict over funding mental health services for special education students. Brown this week proposed that schools, not counties, be responsible for paying for mental health services,...
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