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Schools, the May Revision, and the budget deficit explained
Governor Jerry Brown yesterday rolled out the May Revision to his 2012-13 State Budget proposal to address the now $15.7 billion deficit. He proposed to close the budget gap through a $4.1 billion increase in cuts to state employee compensation, welfare, health care, higher education, courts, and other government programs, for a total of $8.3 billion in cuts. … Read entire article »
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Schools’ reprieve from further cuts may only be temporary
It is a sign of just how thoroughly the budget crisis has shaken the education landscape that good news can sometimes seem like bad news for California schools. … Read entire article »
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Report: Continuation schools failing to ensure student success
California’s continuation schools are failing to provide the academic and critical support services that students need to succeed, a new report from researchers at UC Berkeley and Stanford has concluded. … Read entire article »
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Education leaders call for overhaul of state’s school accountability system
UPDATE: The State Board of Education approved seeking an NCLB waiver under Section 9401 of the law on May 10, 2012. As state education leaders consider whether to seek a waiver from the most onerous provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law, they are also proposing a “comprehensive review” of the state’s accountability system put in place in 1999. … Read entire article »
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California may seek a waiver from No Child Left Behind law — on its own terms
UPDATE: The State Board of Education approved seeking an NCLB waiver under Section 9401 of the law on May 10, 2012. The California Department of Education is recommending that California apply for a waiver from the most onerous conditions of the No Child Left Behind law — but not under the conditions set by the Obama administration under a waiver program it announced last fall. … Read entire article »
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New website aims to guide educators through education technology maze
At a time when the education marketplace is being flooded with new education technology products, amid questions about their effectiveness, a Silicon Valley startup is attempting to provide a way for educators to assess their utility in what it calls a “fair and unbiased” fashion, independent of the hype of the proliferating number of companies that make them. … Read entire article »
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Continuation schools close in some rural districts
As school districts across California struggle with budget cuts, some districts are cutting back on small schools known as continuation schools that have been a mainstay of high school instruction for more than half a century. … Read entire article »
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Out-of-state expansion of California charter school companies could affect in-state growth
The decision by two of California’s best known charter management organizations to try to open schools in Memphis and Nashville raises this question: Will the expansion of California-based charter schools outside the state come at the expense of their growth inside the state? … Read entire article »
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Children’s groups unite to increase influence in Sacramento
Hundreds of groups working on behalf of children’s issues in California are coming together for the first time to pool their collective influence to shape child-friendly policies in the state. … Read entire article »
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School program urges migrant worker children to consider engineering careers
As California’s political leaders push educators to link high school classes with career options for their students, an Oxnard high school program is succeeding in getting some of the state’s hardest-to-reach students enthused about careers in engineering. … Read entire article »
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