Monday, July 20, 2009
Proposed schools seen as boost to downtown revitalization
Two old-school buildings soon may be home to a brand-new school that planners hope will bring 1,200 students downtown daily and breathe life into the wheezing core of Stockton.District misses budget deadlines; employees to miss paychecks
Teachers' July paychecks and vendors' bills will be paid late because the Luther Burbank School District hasn't filed a comprehensive budget for the fiscal year that began July 1.Not all teachers get summer out of classroom
It's a widely held belief that one of the benefits of teaching is the long summer vacation that comes with the job. That may be true, but many teachers forgo at least part of their vacation to teach summer school.Online high school expands into O.C.
Imagine earning a high school diploma without ever stepping into a classroom. About 50 Orange County students are doing just that, through the Insight School of California-Los Angeles – an online charter school with about 600 students from the Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.Charter schools face tough economic times
While flexible curriculum, freedom from union contracts and private fundraising has helped charter schools stay afloat, they aren't immune to the economic storm that many traditional schools are currently weathering.Dispute over education funding may be near end
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top legislative leaders have tentatively resolved thorny questions over education funding that had stalled budget negotiations for the past week.Interns see budget ax up close
Anthony Martinez is one of four interns in the district finance department this summer, the very offices where some $200 million in budget cuts were hashed out this spring, including $80.2 million in cuts for the 2009-10 school year. The San Diego High business students have a front-row seat of the ongoing funding meltdown, and it could get worse.Big Five to discuss budget after weekend mix-up
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state's top legislators who are trying to close out a budget deal did not meet Sunday night as planned because of an apparent scheduling snafu and will instead aim to meet today.Schwarzenegger postpones budget talks
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger cancelled a pivotal meeting with legislative leaders scheduled for Sunday because his office said the five leaders were unable to coordinate their schedules at the last minute.
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