Monday, April 7, 2008
Poor students do better in wealthier schools, test scores show
Wealthier school districts appear to do the best in educating low-income students, state data show. The data, provided by the California Department of Education, show that poorer students in wealthier districts pass state standardized tests at up to double the rate of similar students in less affluent districts.Tamalpais school district's search for new leader advancing
The Tamalpais Union High School District could hire a new superintendent in May. Plans are moving along briskly in the district's search to replace Superintendent Bob Ferguson, who is retiring in June after six years in the district.School Dads Club aims to support students
Kevin Frazier is not alone -- but the dads are still outnumbered on this night. The mom-dominated Mary Farmar Elementary School PTA is meeting down the hall. The Dads Club, with Frazier as president, has convened in the school's library. Its turnout is much smaller. That doesn't worry Frazier, who's trying to get more dads involved at the school.Sacramento parents say time's too short to create new high school
Parents and teachers who once pushed for a new school to replace the former Sacramento High School are now leading an effort to delay the opening.School district considers bus fee
The Alpine Union School District is considering charging families up to $325 per child a year for rides to and from school, which would be the third-highest rate charged in the county. This year, children rode the buses free.School budget cuts to hit classified employees hard
Maggie Canela is one of 42 workers filling clerical, instructional assistant or custodial jobs - classified positions, in educational terminology - who may soon be laid off as Stockton Unified School District works to slash $10 million from next year's budget.State asked to study special-ed exam failures
State education agencies will ask cash-strapped lawmakers in Sacramento for half a million dollars to study why high school seniors in special education classes often fail the exit exam - and what to do about it.O'Connell vilifies cuts
The state superintendent of public instruction on Friday blasted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to cut $4.8 billion from public education.Legislator's bill to punish L.A. Unified raises ethics questions
A legislator whose wife was one of thousands of teachers issued erroneous paychecks by the Los Angeles Unified School District last year seeks to punish its leaders and force the district to pay the taxes on its overpayments.Column: Quit test-score chase, reform schools – now
California's schools are so bound by rules and regulations ordered from Sacramento that they lack the flexibility to do what they need to do to succeed. Schools that do perform well do so in spite of the system, not because of it.Smart vs. cool
After years of tiptoeing around racial issues for fear of invoking stereotypes, California educators are now looking squarely at how ethnicity and culture shape achievement and attitudes toward school.CUSD recall group relied on PAC
A South County parents group that backed the successful campaigns of three Capistrano Unified School District board candidates in 2006 got almost half its donations that year from a political organization working to see sweeping changes in public education adopted, campaign finance records show.Sacramento County explores boarding school for foster youths
For foster youths, learning at school is too often interrupted by the frequent relocation that marks their lives. That's why Sacramento educators are talking about a new school especially for them.Turf face-off may be in store for L.A. schools
The faculty at tradition-proud but low-performing Fairfax High School has worked for two years on a plan to improve the school while also attracting long-absent middle-class families. Scheduled to start next fall, the new setup includes dividing the sprawling campus into small academies -- each with a different theme, each designed to devote attention to every student. But there's something Fairfax wasn't planning on.Teachers to protest proposed education cuts
Teachers will depart from downtown Los Angeles in a yellow school bus this morning on a six-week statewide "Cuts Hurt" tour to protest $4.8 billion in proposed state cuts to education, organizers said.Pink-slipped Inland-area teachers worry until May 15
Maria Berry is one of 305 teachers who received preliminary layoff notices from the Rialto Unified School District. She is one of 14,000 teachers statewide who have been notified that they might not have jobs next school year.Will layoff notices spook potential teachers?
More than 2,000 teachers countywide – about 8 percent of local teachers – have been told they could lose their jobs if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed state budget passes.
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