Monday, June 1, 2009
About 400 teachers prepare to leave schools in Mt. Diablo district
For 10 years, Kimberly Anderson worked to become a teacher, fulfilling her lifelong dream. But Anderson's dream may soon be shattered, as she leaves the classroom she has made a homey refuge for students over the past two years, to enter the world of unemployment. She and about 400 other teachers in the Mt. Diablo school district expect to be laid off next month, the victims of state and district budget cuts.Grant expands math and science programs to more schools
Students at Yucaipa High School's ninth-grade campus learn how to improve upon common household items using their math and science skills. It's the first year the campus has had the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program, called STEM.Lessons of life and death in West Contra Costa schools
Eight teens enrolled at West Contra Costa Unified died by gunfire during 2008-09, more than any other district in the East Bay. Each death rocked a neighborhood and destabilized a family. But each also tore at a veneer of safety where the community expects it most: its schools.Education: less financial aid, fewer teachers
The governor's total proposed cuts, including those announced Friday, would shave $1.16 billion from California's university systems from this year's and next year's budgets combined. In addition, K-12 schools and community colleges would see $6 billion in cuts, likely dropping the amount schools would get for each student by about $1,000 annually.After one round of tough cuts, San Gabriel Valley schools could slash even more
After layoffs of more than 50 teachers at one district and school closures all over the Valley, education experts predict California's budget crisis is going to make the situation even worse.Bayview class overcoming hurdles 13 years later
The 5-year-olds with their goofy grins and say-cheese smiles didn't know about the statistics that showed black students were more likely to fail in school.With only the photo as a starting point, The Chronicle set out to determine what happened to the students in Kanikah LeMon's 1995-96 kindergarten class at Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School.
Spitting in the eye of mainstream education
Not many schools in California recruit teachers with language like this: "We are looking for hard working people who believe in free market capitalism. . . . Multicultural specialists, ultra liberal zealots and college-tainted oppression liberators need not apply." That, it turns out, is just the beginning of the ways in which American Indian Public Charter and its two sibling schools spit in the eye of mainstream education.Santa Clara schools expect $141 million gain from 49ers stadium
While that eye-popping number was in the 49ers' press materials, it was quickly echoed by much of the news media and could produce a potent political groundswell of parents backing the $937 million stadium project. But city officials had never seen it before and were struggling Saturday to understand whether it is an accurate forecast.46 states, DC, plan to draft common education standards
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia today will announce an effort to craft a single vision for what children should learn each year from kindergarten through high school graduation, an unprecedented step toward a uniform definition of success in American schools.Digital textbooks coming to state high schools
As society continues to move toward a digital era, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking to expand California's education system by being the first state in the nation to offer free digital textbooks for high school students.
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