Ojai Unified picks finalist for top job

The Ojai Unified School District has named a former Illinois educator as its top finalist in the search for a new superintendent.

Long Beach USD to put parcel tax on the ballot

Voters in the Long Beach Unified School District will be asked to approve a five-year parcel tax in November to fund education.

Embattled Durham school trustees hear some good news

Monday members of the Durham school board heard something that has been rare in recent months — applause and approval.

Teachers union OKs Twin Rivers contract

Twin Rivers Unified School District and its teachers union have approved a new contract that eliminates 20 minutes from every day for elementary children and adds 3.5 furlough days for teachers.

Tesoro student pleads not guilty in computer hacking case

Former Tesoro High School student Omar Khan pleaded not guilty today to 69 felony counts for his purported role in an elaborate school burglary and computer hacking case, his second such plea since being charged last year.

Smaller classes better, district says

A scaled-down version of the small-class project would continue for two years at Central and 13 other underperforming schools with about $7 million in federal stimulus money earmarked to help disadvantaged children. Without that funding, Central would raise its class sizes to 24 students in its earliest grades.

Castro Valley educator to be honored by president

Charles Reynes, who teaches science at several Castro Valley school district campuses, has been named by President Barack Obama to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Parents, school leaders want Walnut Creek to fund crossing guards

After urging from parents and school leaders, Walnut Creek City Council members are poised to reinstate money for school crossing guards.

Program hopes to send 7 educators into space on private flights

On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, a program was launched at Mountain View's NASA Ames Research Center to send seven high school and elementary school teachers into space.

Charter schools surge at San Bernardino City Unified's expense

Spread across the two-county Inland region's 45 school districts are 41 charter schools. That would seem to average out to less than one per district, but San Bernardino has five.

Column: Another tricky budget devised for California

Were California a corporation, rather than a state, its officers would be playing tiddlywinks with Bernie Madoff in the federal slammer, having engaged in years of hide-the-pea accounting tricks, under-the-table loans and other gimmicks to cover up the state's perpetual operating deficits.

Deal reached to close Calif's $26B budget deficit

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's legislative leaders agreed Monday on a plan to close the state's $26 billion budget shortfall, potentially getting the state back on firm financial ground so it can stop issuing IOUs.

Governor, legislative leaders agree on $26.3 billion budget fix

More than two months of a tense standoff over ever-shrinking resources gave way late Monday to an agreement among the four legislative leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to bridge a $26.3 billion gap between expenditures and the state's plummeting revenues.

Proposals for plugging California's budget deficit

After months of negotiating, California’s government leaders announced an agreement today on how to plug the state’s $26.3-billion deficit.