Monday, May 11, 2009
Charter school pulls bid to open
A charter school has withdrawn its petition to open an independent study program in the Lodi Unified School District.Willows school trustees approve teacher layoffs
Willows Unified School District will be losing 18 teachers this fall due to budget problems the district has faced the last three years and big cuts in funding from the state.Reporting delay affected child porn case decision, prosecutor says
The prosecutor who declined to charge an Antioch music teacher with child pornography said Friday that the school district's delay in reporting its suspicions to police and ambiguity regarding the ages of children depicted in downloaded photographs factored heavily into her decision.Four Contra Costa school districts face possible intervention
Looming deficits have put four Contra Costa County school districts in danger of county or state intervention if they fail to balance their budgets by June 1.Capo teacher: 'I'm never negative toward religion'
High school history teacher James Corbett is intentionally provocative in class – and proud of it. The 36-year educator, found to have violated the First Amendment for referring to Creationism as "religious, superstitious nonsense," said in an interview Friday he won't change his teaching methods and won't self-censor any of his classroom comments.School exercise may not keep children fit - study
Forcing children to exercise during school will do little to tackle childhood obesity, researchers told a conference on Friday.Over 1,000 take district's early-out offer
To help offset a projected $146.7 million deficit to next year's $2.1 billion budget without resorting to layoffs, the district offered early-retirement incentives to every employee group – from teachers and administrators to janitors and campus police officers. Some 1,039 employees put in for the annuity, 140 short of the district's target of 1,179 workers, according to an incomplete tally late yesterday.L.A. Unified schools violate junk food ban
An audit of L.A. Unified schools found many campuses in violation of anti-junk food policies and said that some administrators were ignorant of district efforts to restrict students' access to unhealthful foods such as soda, chips and candy.Accused of sexual abuse, but back in the classroom
Repeatedly, the Los Angeles Unified School District failed to follow up on sexual misconduct complaints against employees once police or prosecutors dropped criminal actions. Some ended up at new schools. In at least one instance, the new principal had no idea of his history.Teachers federation sues governor for school funds
The California Federation of Teachers has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other state officials to recoup $12 billion in education funds it says the state owes schools.Two propositions on May 19 ballot key for education funding
Approval of Propositions 1A through 1C on May 19 could provide public schools temporary funding at a time when students are required to meet stiffer state standards and compete globally. If voters reject the propositions on the special election ballot then districts will likely have to make deeper cuts in their already shrinking budgets.California's education community split on Prop. 1B
Proposition 1B, a school funding plan, is married — some say unwisely — to Proposition 1A on the May 19 special election ballot, a union that educators worry may doom chances of schools getting back the money they have lost during the state's recent economic crisis. The link between the propositions has caused widespread confusion among voters and created an unusual split within California's education community, which typically coalesces around statewide initiatives.Classrooms benefit directly from donors
DonorsChoose has personalized point-and-click philanthropy through a matchmaking service that pairs a donor with a classroom.Parents are urged to demand more from L.A. schools
Risk-taking charter school operator Steve Barr is launching an effort through which parents would wrest political control of the L.A. school system from unions, school bureaucrats and other entrenched interests.
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