Monday, March 31, 2008
Spend spring break in class? Some love it
Spring break conjures images of fun in the sun, sleeping late and being lazy. The concept of students working happily in a quiet classroom when they could be playing outdoors does not compute. So, it was surprising during Stockton Unified School District's just-completed two-week break to find students not only attending classes but reporting they were happy to be there.Cafeteria inspections falling short
If the threat of tainted school lunch meat were not enough to turn students off to the cafeteria, a new report shows that mandated school food inspections often don't occur.School sits empty
Some parents who live in The Preserve development in south Chino are disappointed that a new 20-acre, $40 million K-8 school there is not open and is unfinished because of enrollment and budget shortfalls.Martinez school board to discuss parcel tax
A parcel tax can provide a consistent funding stream for school districts, but experts say winning voter support takes a coordinated effort involving the school board, teachers and the community.K-8 schools gain support in West Contra Costa
It's an idea as old as the single-room school house: kindergarten-through-eighth-grade schools. Districts across the country -- Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Denver and elsewhere -- are moving away from troubled middle schools to K-8s, to tackle declining enrollment, sinking test scores and safety problems.Negative budget certification threatens Eureka schools
Humboldt County's largest K-12 school district is also the only to submit a negative budget certification, and Eureka City Schools district staff must now update a plan to regain its financial footing.School walkouts seek to hike status of Chavez holiday
In what has become an annual rite to honor the late civil rights leader Cesar Chavez – and protest the fact that his namesake holiday does not extend to schools – students at Hiram Johnson and Luther Burbank high schools plan to walk out of their classrooms today as part of a movement among youths across the state.Showing parents the way
Alex Figueroa was among more than 80 Washington Unified School District parents honored for completing nine weeks of PIQE courses, which show parents how to become active in their children's education.San Bernardino residents wait in limbo over proposed new schools
Several years after school district officials proposed that two blocks of a neighborhood of Depression-era homes be replaced by an elementary campus, residents still are waiting to hear their fate.Mayor victorious at LAUSD schools
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa won his bid to manage six low-performing Los Angeles Unified schools, the mayor's office said late Tuesday.Teachers helping to teach teachers
More than 100 teachers in Fresno Unified have been assigned not to instruct students, but their colleagues instead.Budget cuts hit harder in small school districts
While the county's largest school district, Modesto City Schools, eliminated nearly $12 million from its $300 million budget last month, smaller districts are finding it especially hard to find positions and programs to do away with in response to Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to slash billions in education funding.School board accused of violating open-meetings law
Trustees of the Capistrano Unified School District, long plagued by allegations of mismanagement including criminal indictments against a former superintendent and his assistant, are once again arguing about a familiar subject: violation of the state's open-meeting law.Bond measure would have support, L.A. Unified hears
The Los Angeles Unified School District, amid a $20-billion school construction program, is gearing up to put on the November ballot its fifth bond measure since 1997, officials said Friday.LAUSD talking about speaking more Chinese
Acknowledging the growing force of globalization, the Los Angeles Unified School District is gearing up an ambitious program to offer Mandarin Chinese language and culture courses at all of its middle and high schools.A steep grade to climb
California has more schools falling short of No Child Left Behind standards than any other state, making it a bellwether of how the federal law will play out nationwide. More than 1,300 California schools have continued to fail to teach children and so must reinvent themselves in some way this year.Exam cheating goes high tech, but its causes are nothing new
When six Harvard Westlake students were expelled last month for stealing midterm exams at the academically rigorous school, the incident highlighted an old problem facing educators: cheating. A 2006 national survey found that more than 60% of high school students said they had cheated on a test, and the number of self-admitted cheaters has steadily risen over the years.
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