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Charter schools continue to grow

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Charter schools continue to grow

Once a novelty on the landscape of public education, independent public charter schools have become the choice for more families locally and nationwide. For the first time, more than 100 school districts nationwide have at least 10 percent of all students enrolled in charter schools, according to a study by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

LAUSD workers union endorses both school board incumbents

An important labor group is backing two incumbents and a newcomer for the Los Angeles Board of Education, days after the powerful teachers union issued its endorsements for the March election.

Frey: Legislative support elusive for adult ed funding plan

California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office says the state’s embattled adult education system needs a dedicated and permanent funding stream that can’t be appropriated for other school programs when the state budget goes south.

Competitors sill beat U.S. in tests

American schoolchildren continue to lag behind those of major competitors in math and science exams given globally, despite progress on some of those tests, according to results from international achievement exams to be released Tuesday.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Change in the wind as Stockton USD nears 2013

A variety of factors appears to make conditions ripe for change in a wide range of central-office and school-site leadership positions in 2013, say several Stockton Unified officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Long Beach USD high school projects will exemplify `smaller is better'

For a string of new high schools slated to open in the Long Beach Unified School District in the coming years, the motto is "smaller is better."

Survey says about 20 percent of Claremont students struggle with depression, contemplate suicide

The Claremont Unified School District learned last week up to one-fifth of its students in three grades had struggled with depression or contemplated suicide.