Wednesday, May 28, 2008
1 in 10 students suspended each year
About one in every 10 Coachella Valley public school children is suspended, on average, at least once each year. And while drug busts and incidents of violence are more likely to grab media headlines - and parents' attention - statistics show that disruption, or what some say is a simple lack of respect, more frequently leads to disciplinary action in schools.School district head leaving for Northern California
Less than two years after coming to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Superintendent Dianne Talarico is leaving to take the top post at a district in Northern California.Fremont school board to vote on $9.3 million in cuts
Overall, Superintendent Doug Gephart is recommending that the school board approve $9.3 million in reductions. The actual cuts the district would have to make could turn out to be about half that amount if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised budget proposal is approved.Standard School District student contracts meningitis
Another student in the Standard School District has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease, school officials confirm.School taxes get push from state cuts
Advocates for two local schools tax measures are finding that sometimes bad news can be a good campaign tool. The proposed state budget would give schools 8.8 percent less than what they had expected next year. That has galvanized campaigners for property taxes that would supplement school district funding.County schools' efforts to comply with No Child act spark hope, frustration
The federal No Child Left Behind Act, passed in 2001, requires schools to use annual student test scores to show they are making steady academic progress. And as the penalties for failing to meet improvement targets continue to grow, teachers say they are seeing effects inside their classrooms year-round.Roseville high schools raise their sights
Drawing from schools as far away as Fairfax County, Va., Roseville educators are on a mission to make their high schools not just good, but excellent.Sacramento parents, teachers seek to save year-round schools
Parents and teachers are pleading with Sacramento City Unified trustees to rescind a decision to put the district's last eight year-round schools on a traditional calendar. District officials argue that the change will save as much as $550,000 – and help them chip away at a $24.5 million deficit.Schools substituting field trips with video links
Videoconferencing technology allows schools to introduce students to places they might otherwise not see. Classes at schools throughout California use technology to virtually visit state parks in San Mateo, San Diego and Tuolumne counties and learn about elephant seals, paleontology and the Gold Rush.S.F. schools take on racism, classism
San Francisco Superintendent Carlos Garcia took a first stab at putting his mark on city schools Tuesday with a plan that pushes the district to face racism and classism head on.Districts tearing up teachers' pink slips
Months after massive protests and alarm over school layoffs began, only a fraction of the teachers who received pink slips will lose their jobs.Soaring payroll stymies 'reformer' governor
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's inability to stop the growth of the state's payroll despite his pledges to reform government spending shows that he is hampered by a problem that has cursed many of California' governors before him, political observers said Tuesday.
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