10-1-14 Cali Education Headlines | CSIS – California School Information Services

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• Teachers file grievance, say Stockton USD not bargaining in good faith

  The Stockton Teachers Association said Tuesday it has filed charges with the Public Employment Relations Board over what is alleges is “the district’s failure to bargain in good faith in a contract dispute that has been going on for approximately 36 months.”

   October 1, 2014

• Law limits schools’ tracking of student Facebook, Twitter accounts

  Teachers, principals or administrators who monitor a student’s Facebook posts, Instagram photos or Twitter tweets must now notify the child’s parent under a new state law.

   October 1, 2014

• Modesto City Schools board hears pros, cons of Waldorf-based charter

  Controversy surfaced at a Modesto City Schools public hearing on authorizing a Waldorf-based charter school, a system used for years in private schools that infuses the arts and nature in all subjects, parents said.

   October 1, 2014

• New U.S. history curriculum sparks education battle of 2014

  Just weeks before the school year began, the change sparked a political feud over how children should be taught about American history — and whose version.

   October 1, 2014

• LAUSD board takes no action on Superintendent John Deasy

  After meeting behind closed doors for nearly four hours to discuss Superintendent John Deasy’s upcoming performance evaluation Tuesday evening, Los Angeles Unified School Board members emerged without taking action.

   October 1, 2014

• Governor signs bill requiring annual child abuse reporting training

  Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation Monday requiring that all California teachers and school employees receive annual child abuse reporting training.

   October 1, 2014

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9-30-14 Cali Education Headlines | CSIS – California School Information Services

Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team | CSIS – California School Information Services: Education HeadlinesStockton USD truancy force puts love in tough loveOne little girl had a lice infestation so severe, she’d gouged her scalp trying to relieve the maddening itch. Badly infected, she was ashamed to go to school and her family too ashamed to reach out for help. September 30, 2014John Gre

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