Friday, July 11, 2008
Four-year-old boy left on school bus in heat
The Lincoln Unified School District has suspended a driver as it investigates an incident in which a 4-year-old pre-kindergarten student was left on a parked school bus for an undetermined length of time Monday morning, a day when the temperature topped 100 degrees.Santa Ana Unified bond money to alleviate crowding, address other issues
Many Santa Ana Unified School District buildings are now slated for removal after voters passed a $200 million construction bond aimed at alleviating crowding and upgrading campuses.Davis residents will vote on tax to maintain quality schools
Residents of Davis will be asked on the November ballot to put up more of their own money to prevent the city's high-performing schools from faltering.Helix High put on notice that charter status at risk
Helix High, where four teachers have been accused of sexual misconduct in less than two years, risks losing its charter school status unless it can prove it has taken steps to improve conditions at the La Mesa campus.Mandate on algebra may pose challenge
Three years from now, when California requires all public school students to take algebra and be tested in it by the eighth grade, students like Stephanie Ramirez shouldn't have a problem. But public schools across the state have a long way to go to prepare future middle schoolers for the state's algebra exam.San Diego schools $2.1 billion bond measure advances
Residents living in the San Diego Unified School District's boundaries are a step closer to voting on a school construction bond on the November ballot.Val Verde school district appeals ruling over state construction funds
Ratcheting their school district's lawsuit against the State of California over state funding for school construction, Val Verde Unified officials have decided to appeal a Riverside County judge's ruling that went against them.School board tackles issue of students seeking to leave district
Since last fall, the Menifee Union School District has grappled with how to stem a tide of parents requesting transfers out of the district for their children. In an attempt to balance consideration for families' hardships with the district's own financial straits, on Thursday the school board revisited its rules for allowing students who reside in Menifee's boundaries to switch districts.Menifee school board chairman steps down
Answering to pressure from his fellow trustees, Fred Twyman resigned from the Menifee Union School District board Thursday over worries about potential conflict with his activity on the newly elected Menifee City Council.Livermore Valley Charter School approved to continue five years
The state Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved continued operation of the Livermore Valley Charter School, which will allow the school to operate an additional five years.Madera Unified trustee resigns
Madera Unified school board member Carles Beckett has resigned effective July 31 due to family and health issues that officials declined to detail. The board on Tuesday plans to discuss how it will replace Beckett, Madera Unified spokesman Jake Bragonier said Thursday.Orange County group wants AP scores restored
Calling themselves Justice for 375, a group of Orange County parents and students says it's ready to fight a decision to cancel the high schoolers' Advanced Placement test scores amid allegations of numerous testing violations at the school.Column: Algebra row symbolizes wider issue
This week's dust-up over whether all of California's eighth-graders should be taking algebra encapsulates one of the state's overarching educational dilemmas: Is it wise to set educational standards that apply to all students, even though they have an astonishing and ever-widening array of innate abilities and cultural, economic, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds?Is algebra useless? Not to these folks
Algebra, which uses letters to represent numbers, requires the leap from concrete to abstract thought. It forms the foundation for later math, science and computer studies. It is essential to a huge range of occupations, including medicine, marketing, finance, economics, architecture and computer technology.
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