Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Authors and artists to replace defunct celebrity series for Stockton USD
Authors and artists are in. Celebrities are out. And according to the Stockton Unified School District's legal counsel, there was no wrongdoing three months ago when a proposed $307,000 celebrity speakers and mentors series dissolved in controversy. Athletics administrator Joe Martin, who was involved in the celebrity series, also has been absolved by the district.California school superintendent targets racial achievement gap
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell laid out an ambitious education agenda Tuesday, saying California cannot wait to raise student achievement until legislators tackle the state's $14.5 billion deficit.Black Oak Mine USD adjusting to state budget cuts
Black Oak Mine Unified School District Superintendent Rob Schamberg hopes that the Legislature will be able to reduce funding in a way that does not unduly impact the district's budget. He also said the district has been advised and is planning a 0.5 percent reduction in the current year, roughly $28 per pupil or $50,000.District shift to add 3 middle schools
Three elementary schools will become middle schools next year. Paramount Unified School District board members unanimously voted Tuesday night to break up the 13 K-8 schools in the district into three 6-8 campuses and 10 K-5 campuses.Cuts looming for Long Beach schools
The Long Beach Unified School District would face "deep and damaging" cuts in state funding under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget plan, the district's chief financial officer told school board members at a meeting Tuesday.School's fate raises bias charges
The Eureka City Schools proposal to close Lincoln Elementary hasn't made the district many friends in the West Side, nor in City Hall.Calls for Mt. Diablo schools chief's resignation
In the face of looming budget cuts, two Mt. Diablo school board members Tuesday night called for the resignation of Superintendent Gary McHenry.District moves toward four scenarios of land sale, lease
Huntington Beach City School District trustees debated for four hours about the potential sell or lease of the district's four excess properties at a study session ending with officials deciding to host another study session Feb. 5 to discuss four specific scenarios.Menifee Union readies potential budget cuts
Menifee Union School District officials are preparing to slash their budget for the 2008-09 school year by 7 percent in the wake of Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposed cuts to state education funds.Charter school switches districts
University Charter School will be going into its 10th year this fall, but with a new family -- the Sylvan Union School District.Opinion: The state of education
The subject of education reform can inspire rhetoric verging on the poetic, replete with pedagogical innovations and experiments that promise the academic and social uplift of struggling students. But the work of improving schools is often anything but lyrical. It's research, collecting data, aligning standards.Out-of-town students help Burbank Unified School District grow
While school enrollment is declining throughout the San Fernando Valley, officials in the Burbank Unified School District are reversing the trend.Fresno schools may get partner
The state's schools chief on Tuesday proposed linking the Fresno and Long Beach school districts in a new initiative that would give local officials more flexibility in spending state money -- but only if they meet performance goals.Foes seek recall of Capistrano trustees
Critics of the Capistrano Unified school board said Tuesday that they had collected enough signatures to put a measure on the ballot to oust two trustees.Board acts to limit new schools near freeways
Making broad pronouncements about the need to protect the health of children in their care, the Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday restricted the district's ability to build schools near freeways and other sources of air pollution.L.A. schools cut building plans as enrollment falls
Declining enrollment has prompted the Los Angeles Unified School District to scale back its $20-billion school construction and remodeling program sought to relieve overcrowding and end involuntary busing.Column: Tight budgets needn't halt school reform planning
As expected, the promised bang of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's year of education has turned into a whimper.State schools chief coping with cuts
In a nod to the state's dire fiscal situation, California schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell used his annual State of Education speech Tuesday to offer several low-cost ideas and initiatives he said would help raise the test scores of black and Latino students, who often lag far behind other ethnic groups.
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