Latest News and Comment from Education

Monday, June 17, 2013

FCMAT » Cali Education Headlines Monday, June 17, 2013

FCMAT » Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team:

State Superintendent Launches Common Core Summer Program | KHTS Radio






Education Headlines

Monday, June 17, 2013

Teachers in Upland say cuts hit them unfairly

As the June 30 deadline to approve a balanced budget looms, Upland Unified School District and its teachers are still in contentious negotiations that have teachers worried about their financial stability.

Ontario-Montclair School District teachers reject contract offer

The contract, which OMTA members rejected in the third week of May, called for teachers to work a 15-minute-longer workday in return for a 2 percent pay hike.

School districts say high-priced leaders are worth the cost

Superintendents, where the proverbial buck stops in each school district, are well-compensated for their time. But, as George Orwell might have said, some superintendents are more super than others.

Absence of summer classes a setback for many students

Over the past decade, all three desert K-12 school districts have cut back their summer school options, fading out summer programs for the average students. Summer classes are still offered to smaller groups — special education students, children of migrant workers or high school seniors who need extra credits to graduate — but open enrollment summer programs have disappeared.

Witness: District pushed poor underwriter

A former San Diego County investment officer was taken aback when Sweetwater schools officials pushed to have the least qualified bidder selected to market Proposition O construction bonds, she testified to the grand jury.

Schools with fewer needy students decry California funding change

California's new funding formula gives more money to districts with more needy students and less to districts with fewer needy students.

More special-ed kids head to traditional schools

Los Angeles Unified will shift hundreds of disabled students from special-education centers to traditional schools this fall as it accelerates efforts to integrate youngsters with physical and developmental handicaps.

Bomb hoaxes at East Bay schools cost district $157,000

In addition to taking an emotional toll on the community, a series of April bomb threats that forced the repeated evacuation of students and faculty from classrooms, including three consecutive days at Deer Valley High, cost the school district an estimated $157,000 in lost learning time, Antioch Unified officials said.

As California revenue rises, school districts on firmer ground

The Legislature's adoption last week of the main budget bill should give districts more confidence that they can count on that money in the future. At the same time, Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to overhaul the education funding system provides districts more control over their budgets.
Friday, June 14, 2013

Azusa school board, Rosedale developer continue talks on K-8 school status

A nearly decade-old agreement between the Azusa Unified School District and a partnership that no longer exists is causing consternation in the city, as the district continues to ask for a school in the Rosedale development.

Greenfield superintendent departs for Lompoc post

Superintendent Trevor McDonald has announced he is leaving the helm of the Greenfield Union School District to take the top post in the Lompoc Unified School District.

Cause of Santa Ana Valley High School blast remains unknown

Fire and school officials have been unable to investigate the cause of an explosion at Santa Ana Valley High School because the building is too unstable to enter, officials said Wednesday.