Thursday, July 16, 2009
School transfer law clears big state hurdle
Hundreds of Ventura County students moved a step closer Wednesday toward being allowed to stay at their chosen schools.Union: Talks under way to rehire 2,000 LA teachers
The head of the Los Angeles teachers union says talks are under way that could lead to the rehiring of 2,000 teachers laid off in June.Schools await stimulus funds for homeless children
Tuolumne and Calaveras county schools will receive nearly $50,000 in federal stimulus money for homeless students.Budget cuts force Marin districts to close summer schools
As summer school principal for the Tamalpais Union High School District, DeMars has had to slice 15 percent from his budget as a result of state cuts to education. But in a year when school districts across California have eliminated their summer remedial programs, DeMars is relieved that his program still exists.School board can't do much about Ellis' absences
The Long Beach Board of Education more than a year ago voted to censure board member Michael Shane Ellis and to urge him to resign. But those were symbolic acts. The school board does not have the power to remove one of its own members from office, except under limited circumstances established by state law.Irvine defends move to sue school district
City leaders are defending their decision to file a lawsuit against the Irvine Unified School District over plans for a new stadium at University High School, arguing the proposal doesn't address traffic, parking and safety concerns.Disabled student's family alleges discrimination
An Eastlake High School teacher discriminated against a student by excluding her from a dance performance because of her neurological disorder, the student's family alleges in a lawsuit.New Oakland schools superintendent gets started
Tony Smith's sincere, approachable persona might give him the leverage, or at least the opening, he needs to be effective in a school district that has grown wary of outsiders and weary of change. The 42-year-old Oakland resident is the district's first permanent superintendent in six years, and the fifth schools chief since Dennis Chaconas was ousted in June 2003, after the district's multimillion-dollar budget deficit led to a state takeover.No Child Left Behind has effects in California
Although highly controversial, former President George W. Bush's "No Child Left Behind" program of school testing and accountability is having the effect in California of punishing school boards and principals whose schools are not meeting performance standards, according to a new study by the Public Policy Institute of California.Educators have fingers crossed over depth of cuts in budget
Educators continue to plead their case for limiting funding cuts as lawmakers struggle to balance and pass a state budget."We've stalled over education"
That was the assessment of Assembly Speaker Karen Bass as negotiations over the state's massive budget deficit ended tonight with no deal, a major change in tone from earlier in the day when a deal seemed imminent.Schwarzenegger, lawmakers working on school cuts
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders have agreed on a way to cut school funding while avoiding a politically unpopular suspension of the state's constitutional guarantee for education, Democratic negotiators said Wednesday.Budget deal talks progress, then stall
Budget negotiations between the governor and legislative leaders stalled late Wednesday night over the question of whether schools should receive billions of dollars to make up for deep cuts over the past two fiscal years, Democratic lawmakers said.
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