July 26, 2011, 12:05 AM
The state administrator of school construction bond funds is struggling to fulfill its oversight role and routinely ignores its internal oversight policies and the requirements to audit projects, a Department of Finance audit found. The highly critical report, released in June, suggests...
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April 21, 2011, 12:06 AM
A decision to lay off Pomona Unified's entire facilities department has raised questions about the district's efforts to fix school buildings deemed potentially unsafe in an earthquake. The school board voted to wipe out the district's construction oversight jobs during a January...
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October 25, 2010, 12:05 AM
Is Davis Guggenheim backing off from the largely one-dimensional picture presented in his potent critique of the nation's public schools? In an interview with the new PBS show "Need to Know," Guggenheim takes a far more nuanced, and multifaceted, view that seems at...
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March 10, 2010, 12:08 AM
The question has loomed large for years: Is the Los Angeles Unified School District neglecting its non-English-speaking students? A study last year by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute at USC seemed to think it was possible. After tracking an entire group of students who started out as sixth...
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February 10, 2010, 12:06 AM
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill last week that seeks to prevent children with disabilities from being subjected to abusive disciplinary techniques. Known as HR 4247, the bill bans untrained teachers from using restraint or other techniques that could cause physical harm...
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January 5, 2010, 12:53 PM
Everything you thought you knew about how California schools are governed could change with new legislation giving parents more power and forcing districts to overhaul under-performing schools. Today's San Francisco Chronicle highlights what is at stake in two bills – both of which seek...
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January 4, 2010, 1:27 PM
Some teachers cried foul when the Los Angeles Unified School District approved a plan in August that would allow charter-management firms and other outside groups to take over schools with low achievement scores. Now several seem to be saying, "If you can't beat them, join 'em....
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