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Feb 5, 2012 5:47am MST

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

Public schools turning to private financial sources
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
Iowa is better off than some states, including California and Colorado. California has reduced its K-12 spending by $7 million since the start of the recession. The state now spends $1000 less per pupil than it did in 2007-08, according to New American ...

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Feb 5, 2012 5:09am MST

The Atlantic Cities

Illinois gets a D in science ed
Galesburg Register-Mail
By JOHN R. PULLIAM A report issued by a group committed to the renewal and reform of primary and secondary education in this country rates K-12 science education standards in most states as mediocre to awful. “The State of State Science Standards” ...
American Schools Are Failing Miserably at Science Education The Atlantic Cities
Science standards given 'C' Hattiesburg American

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Feb 5, 2012 4:00am MST

Simplicity key to bypass road blocks, pass tax extension
Napa Valley Register
Yet a poll last month by the Public Policy Institute of California showed that more than two-thirds of California's likely voters support raising taxes to fund K-12 education. Voters don't necessarily, however, favor a sales tax hike to accomplish that ...


Feb 5, 2012 1:15am MST

On coaches, state education and Inslee's conundrum
HeraldNet
A bipartisan majority on the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education committee wanted to vote on a bill allowing charter schools but the panel's chairwoman, Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, D-Bothell, said no and wouldn't budge. This contingent, led by Sen.

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Feb 5, 2012 1:00am MST

The gay agenda and rights of Christians
Jamaica Gleaner
An example of this is seen in California. (CNSNews.com) - On January 1, the California Department of Education started implementing a new law that requires all children in the state's public schools to study the "role and contributions" of "lesbian, ...


Feb 4, 2012 10:13pm MST

RUSD may be violating law which prohibits mandatory fees
Redlands Daily Facts
The law is the result of a lawsuit students filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2010 alleging that public schools in California were illegally charging students mandatory fees to participate in educational activities. In the lawsuit, Doe v.


Feb 4, 2012 10:46am MST

Karen Watson, Cypress College 2003 Teacher of the Year, Succumbs to Cancer
Orange County Breeze
Watson was particularly interested in training future K-12 teachers and developed two mathematics courses for what was then the college's new Cypress College Teacher Preparation Program. She was also active in local mathematics organizations and ...


Feb 4, 2012 9:53am MST

Education News
Hanford Sentinel
Applicants must be a full-time K-12 teacher in a Kings County public school and possess a regular or emergency California teaching credential. The deadline to apply is Feb. 14. Winners will be notified in late February. HANFORD - The Kings County ...

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Feb 4, 2012 1:00am MST

California's school funding measure under siege in tough times
Sacramento Bee
"I think that has hurt us over the years because nobody really understands what Proposition 98 is," said Robert Miyashiro, vice president of School Services of California and an expert in K-12 finance. "People understand high class size, ...


Feb 3, 2012 10:05pm MST

Teachers union proposes 'millionaires' tax in California
Central Valley Business Times
The California Federation of Teachers is behind a possible ballot initiative that would levy extra taxes on millionaires, with the money dedicated largely to public schools from kindergarten through collage. Approval was given late Friday to begin the ...


Feb 3, 2012 5:11pm MST

A supermajority amendment or a super-stupid approach?
Crookston Daily Times
I think you will see programs that help fund our university educational systems, our K-12 education, nursing homes, and others just dry up. Soon we will be in the same predicament as the states of Nevada and California. At every election they have a ...

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Feb 3, 2012 2:31pm MST

Kamehameha Schools and Alexander & Baldwin Announce Agreement for Residential ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Kamehameha Schools operates a statewide educational system enrolling nearly 5400 students of Hawaiian ancestry at three K-12 campuses and 1500 at 31 preschool sites statewide. Approximately 38500 additional Hawaiian learners and caregivers are served ...

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Feb 3, 2012 11:09am MST

Three school administrators announce retirements
Greenwich Time
"You have given me a new outlook, and a tremendous desire to help those less fortunate than I." Morey began her teaching career in 1977 as a K-12 physical education and health teacher in California. She also taught in Weston and Brookfield before ...


Feb 3, 2012 12:35am MST

School Under One Roof At Last
Yankton Daily Press
The Tripp-Delmont district enrolls about 200 students in grades K-12, according to school business manager Sherry Hansen. “With this move, all of our K-12 students will be under one roof,” she said. Formerly, the kindergartners and first graders ...


Feb 2, 2012 5:54pm MST

School leaders hear 'all bad' budget forecast
Bakersfield Californian
For the most part, this year will be "another year of uncertainty and instability" for public schools here and throughout California, the president of the state's largest lobbying firm for education agencies told dozens of local school leaders and ...


Feb 2, 2012 4:09pm MST

Local US National Educator Of The Year: America's Education System Being Blown ...
Eagle & Times
Making the comparison to a football game, Ballard contends that the Chinese public school system (K-12) is “so good that is something like the NFL, where as the United States is playing high school football.” Said Ballard, “the main reason I did this ...

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Feb 2, 2012 3:05pm MST

Deseret News

Assembly, Senate vote to restore statewide school bus funding
Morgan Hill Times
The California Assembly voted today to restore $248 million in school bus funding to California public schools. The bill, SB 81, passed by a vote of 60 - 5. The bill passed on the Senate Floor 26-8 Thursday following the Assembly vote, ...
Assembly votes to restore school bus funding statewide Gilroy Dispatch
Lawmakers reverse cut to school bus funding San Jose Mercury News

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Feb 2, 2012 3:00pm MST

California lawmakers send budget-related bills to Jerry Brown
Sacramento Bee (blog)
California lawmakers sent bills to Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday that would allow the state to borrow $865 million from earmarked state accounts and K-12 districts to continue busing their students this school year. The Democratic governor supports both ...

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Feb 2, 2012 1:00pm MST

Bright House unveils laptop scholarship program
Bakersfield Californian (blog)
The Classroom Grant Program is available to area educators in K-12 programs who demonstrate creative learning experiences utilizing advanced technology, web based instruction, and/or cable programming to enhance the quality of education in our ...


Feb 2, 2012 8:24am MST

Federal K-12 education grant to change Ohio teaching standards
Flyer News
The other eight grant recipients were California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Washington, according to the White House website. Each state applying for the grant had to submit a proposal of how it ...


Feb 2, 2012 6:57am MST

States Mulling Creativity Indexes for Schools
Education Week News
In Massachusetts, a new state commission began meeting last fall to draft recommendations for such an index for all public schools, in response to a legislative requirement. Meanwhile, the California Senate last month approved a bill calling for the ...


Feb 2, 2012 2:18am MST

Invest in our schools
TheReporter.com
Public K-12 school construction is a proven and effective economic stimulus and job creator for California. There is a continued need for state funding to build and modernize these schools. The State Allocation Board's (SAB) unprecedented and ...


Feb 2, 2012 1:01am MST

PB Middle School IB student, teacher chalk up stellar state honors
San Diego Community Newspaper Group
The school's IB program produced honors for eighth-grader Hannah Bloom, who earned the Outstanding IB Student (K-12) of the Year title from the California Association of IB World Schools and English teacher Carren Lindsay-Dial, who was named as the ...


Feb 2, 2012 12:22am MST

GoLocalProv

Providence Schools in Crisis: 37% of Students “Chronically Absent”
GoLocalProv
Thirty-seven percent of students (K-12) missed at least 18 days, putting them dangerously close to a citywide policy that requires students absent 20 times during the year to either demonstrate “grade level proficiency” or not be promoted.

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Feb 1, 2012 11:21pm MST

Local Briefs
Savannah Morning News
Horizons Savannah has received a $9000 grant from The OfficeMax Charitable Foundation, which funds K-12 education institutions and non-profit groups that provide support to K-12 institutions. Horizons received the grant after a vote by all OfficeMax ...

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Feb 1, 2012 6:11pm MST

Judge Upholds ACLU School Lawsuit
Malibu Surfside News
"This landmark decision marks the first time that any California court has held that the State is ultimately responsible for ensuring that no child be charged fees for educational materials in our K-12 system," said Mark Rosenbaum, chief counsel of the ...


Feb 1, 2012 5:52pm MST

Celebrating Groundhog Day in Southern California?
Patch.com
That's why the Living Desert is holding a Mojave Maxine Emergence Contest for students in K-12 grades in the Southern California. The contest challenges students to guess the day and time that Maxine will emerge for the first time this year.

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Feb 1, 2012 4:29pm MST

Trigger Cuts Force Cal State Northridge to Impose Unit Caps
NBC Los Angeles
The initiative would increase income tax on higher-earning individuals and increase a small portion of sales tax generating, if passed, revenue principally for K-12 grades. The increase will offset the funding needed and allow more funds for higher ...

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Feb 1, 2012 2:13pm MST

Ecotech Institute to Sponsor Green Jobs Showcase at Green Schools National ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The second annual conference, to be held February 27-29 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, will bring together K-12 leaders and educators from around the country. Attendees will learn new ways to make schools and districts green and healthy ...

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Feb 1, 2012 8:08am MST

Extron Launches New Classroom Technology Web Site for Education Professionals
eSchool News (registration)
Anaheim, California (January 31, 2012) – Extron Electronics has launched a new Web site that makes it easy for K-12 educators and administrators to find information on Extron classroom AV products and technologies.


Feb 1, 2012 6:07am MST

GOP K-12 education bill faces opposition by teachers, parent organizations
Florida Independent
Parent Revolution, a California organization that “successfully pushed for that state's first-in-the-nation parent trigger bill in 2010,” featured one of its organizers at a Tallahassee press conference held last week to support Benacquisto's bill.

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Jan 31, 2012 7:38pm MST

Can Bibles mix with public schools?
AZ Central.com (blog)
Six states have already done it, according to William Jeynes, professor of education at California State University-Long Beach. “This isn't about putting a pulpit in the classroom,” the bill's sponsor Rep. Terri Proud, R-Tucson, told the House ...

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Jan 31, 2012 2:08pm MST

89.3 KPCC (blog)

Alert! California will be broke in a month!
89.3 KPCC (blog)
This is an impressive burn rate we have here in California — even more impressive because most of it is based on paying off/rolling over/issuing debt. So where does it all go? Well, we spend the majority of the budget on K-12 education and health and ...

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Jan 31, 2012 2:00pm MST

Jerry Brown, lawmakers back bill protecting school bus money
Sacramento Bee (blog)
... in California that make heavy use of buses appear safe -- for now. State lawmakers are fast-tracking legislation that would transform a $248 million midyear school bus cut into a general-purpose reduction that hits each K-12 district evenly.

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Jan 31, 2012 1:04pm MST

Cookies With Christianity: After School, Public Education May Be Parochial
Huffington Post (blog)
... York to California," Stewart writes. The Good News Club v. Milford Central School Religious-based after school programs burgeoned after the Good News Club v. Milford Central School (a K-12 school in upstate New York) Supreme Court decision in 2001.

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Jan 31, 2012 12:57pm MST

California Steps Up Focus on English-Language Learners
Education Week News
... a team of experts to focus exclusively on the needs of California's estimated 1.5 million English-language learners as the state embarks on numerous initiatives to improve the achievement of students who are learning English in public schools.

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Jan 31, 2012 9:20am MST

FoxReno.com

Florida gets D on new review of K-12 science standards
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
The best standards were found in California and the District of Columbia, the report said. The Florida Department of Education called the grade ”disappointing” but said it ”will take a very critical look at this report and take immediate steps to ...
California schools get an 'A' in science The Salinas Californian
Minnesota's science standards: Vague? Cogent? Challenging? Coon Rapids ECM Publishers

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Jan 31, 2012 9:00am MST

Kirk Stewart Joins IA Interior Architects in Los Angeles
MarketWatch (press release)
Kirk has over 20 years of architectural and interior design experience across a variety of markets including Broadcast and Entertainment, K-12 Education, Higher Education, Civic, Corporate, Hospitality, and Retail. His experience ranges from client ...

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Jan 31, 2012 6:06am MST

FoxReno.com

California schools get an 'A' in science
The Salinas Californian
They say meeting the Academic Performance Index, a measuring stick for academic growth in California public schools, should not be an excuse to ignore the importance of teaching science. Soledad Unified added a physiology and anatomy class at its high ...
Florida gets D on new review of K-12 science standards Orlando Sentinel (blog)

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Jan 30, 2012 4:38pm MST

Happy Korematsu Day – and a nod to Kant
Patheos (blog)
Earlier this month, the Institute also shipped hundreds of Korematsu teaching kits to K-12 teachers around California. Read all about Mr. Korematsu here at Time (thanks to Tanya of Full Contact Enlightenment for the heads up via fb).

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Jan 30, 2012 9:24am MST

Maria Celebrates History With Final Days Ahead
Southwest News-Herald
But, the educational legacy of the Sisters will continue as Maria transforms into Catalyst Maria, a charter school serving children in the community in grades K-12. Maria High School, 6727 S. California Ave., is the News-Herald “School of the Month” ...


Jan 30, 2012 6:32am MST

abc7.com

California community colleges prepare to ration their offerings
Sacramento Bee
Besides prioritizing access for degree-minded students, some of the changes include designing a uniform diagnostic test across all 112 campuses, working with K-12 schools to improve college preparation, restricting fee waivers, and requiring students ...
Proposed community college changes aim to speed students along Pasadena Star-News

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Jan 28, 2012 11:42pm MST

Op-Ed: Reaping the consequences of California's SB 48
Appeal-Democrat
Under the guise of anti-bullying, the recent signing of Senate Bill 48 into law, in my opinion, is a significant threat to the health of our educational system (K-12) in California. SB 48 mandated that at beginning of 2012, California schools must ...

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Jan 27, 2012 11:06pm MST

Revamp of English-language arts in schools on way
Monterey County Herald
Twenty-five percent of all K-12 students in California are considered English learners — stduents who don't speak English as their first language. In Monterey County, more than one-third of students are English The standards for English learners were ...

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Jan 27, 2012 4:15pm MST

Wired News (blog)

Apple's New iBooks Won't School College Bookstores Any Time Soon
Wired News (blog)
To be fair, Apple's presentation at its education event last Thursday was overwhelmingly focused on the K-12 market. Phil Schiller diagnosed a handful of this system's maladies: low rates of high school graduation, overcrowded public school classrooms, ...

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Jan 26, 2012 9:53pm MST

San Francisco Examiner

State cuts threaten education for deaf, blind in Bay Area
San Francisco Examiner
A proposed budget cut for California's state-funded public schools for the deaf and blind has alarmed advocates, who say the move may hurt California in the long run by diminishing the employment prospects of deaf or blind young people.

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Jan 26, 2012 9:02pm MST

California's new transitional kindergarten hits a budget snag
San Jose Mercury News
2 from the public K-12 system. Of that number, 60 percent would be attending Title 1 schools and 40 percent are English language learners. Districts also would lose about $100 million for special education services, and some smaller districts would ...

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Jan 26, 2012 2:41pm MST

PadGadget

Can American Schools Afford Apple's iBooks Textbooks Initiative?
PadGadget
Apple has teamed up with some of the largest suppliers of traditional textbooks to bring digital interactive learning tools to students in K-12 education. With this new way of teaching children, one glaring question still stands out, who will pay for ...

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Jan 25, 2012 1:50pm MST

Doesn't the Legislature Have Better Things to Do?
ChinoHills.com
Introduced by a San Francisco Assemblymember, AB 266 would add another troubling wrinkle to our state's education code by imposing a San Francisco value on all of California's public schools. The supporters of this proposed law say it would do no such ...


Jan 25, 2012 8:54am MST

Money Must Follow the Student in Brown's School Funding Reform
Huffington Post (blog)
Many of us have been calling for years for a revamped California school funding system that is more rational, more equitable, and just plain simpler. Jerry Brown's K-12 budget surprised the education community on January 5th in trying to answer that ...


Jan 25, 2012 1:17am MST

SFGate.com

Education dominates California's budget
Korea Times
By Dan Walters California's budget contains hundreds of specific provisions, but none is bigger, more complicated, more politicized, more emotional ― or more important ― than the $30 billion or so that it spends on K-12 education.
Poll: Sales tax hike will be challenge for Brown San Jose Mercury News
Poll Reveals Mixed Opinions On Jerry Brown's Tax Plan Neon Tommy
Poll: Strong support for Brown's tax plan Daily Californian

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Jan 24, 2012 10:03pm MST

Californians feeling the impact of government cuts
Central Valley Business Times
... statewide released Tuesday night by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. Most (55 percent adults, 59 percent likely voters) say that K-12 public education is the area of state spending they most want to protect from budget cuts.

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Jan 24, 2012 6:52pm MST

SFGate.com

Poll: Sales tax hike will be challenge for Brown
San Jose Mercury News
A potential competing tax initiative championed by the California Federation of Teachers and the Courage Campaign would raise taxes on incomes of $1 million or more to fund public schools and does not call for raising a broad-based levy such as the ...
Jerry Brown's tax initiative has broad support, poll finds Los Angeles Times
California governor predicts fight over education proposals SouthCoastToday.com
Brown Plan Wins Favor From Most Californians Bloomberg
Central Valley Business Times
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Jan 24, 2012 12:01pm MST

Pacific Life Foundation Announces $2.4 Million in Grants to Nearly 200 ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition, the Pacific Life Foundation announced it will contribute a total of $381000 in direct grants to 118 Southern California K-12 schools where there are concentrations of children or grandchildren of Pacific Life employees.

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Jan 24, 2012 11:58am MST

Congressman Honda on Inequities in Public Schools
Patch.com
In an exclusive interview with Patch, Congressman Mike Honda talks about the current state of public education in our country and in California, and how we must all concentrate on reversing 'inequities' in the system. By Jennifer van der Kleut ...

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Jan 22, 2012 9:02pm MST

Dana Bunnett: Without more money, equal education is out of reach for California
San Jose Mercury News
By Dana Bunnett Once upon a time in California, we had high-quality public education that ranked among the best in the nation. That was when we not only cared about our public schools but we paid for them. I benefitted from that education in the '60s ...


Jan 22, 2012 8:07am MST

FIGURE SKATING: Sugar Land pair hopes to take next step at national championships
Your Houston News
Wilson is a sophomore kinesiology major at the University of Houston. He graduated from Fort Bend Christian Academy. De la Mora is a seventh grader at K-12 International School. She will turn 13 while competing in California.

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Jan 20, 2012 4:33pm MST

Government Technology

App Helps California Teachers Stay Current With Standards
Government Technology
A new Web application is giving teachers and parents easier access to the math and language standards used in California K-12 schools. Called the California Common Core State Standards Web app (eStandards), the program allows smartphone users to ...


Jan 20, 2012 8:13am MST

Friday Must Read: Brown Wants Fewer Tests for Students; Councilmembers Push ...
East Bay Express
Governor Jerry Brown, in a sharp break from the Obama administration, believes K-12 students in California are being forced to take too many standardized tests, the LA Times reports. As part of his education overhaul, Brown is pushing for fewer tests, ...

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Jan 20, 2012 5:04am MST

Jerrold H. Jensen: Facts paint different school-growth story
Visalia Times-Delta
The 20-year decline in California births and increasing out-migration of employers now requires scare tactics to motivate current residents to accept higher taxes. For years, we were told that public K-12 enrollment was increasing.

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Jan 19, 2012 2:21pm MST

Brentwood School Welcomes Forty 4th and 5th Grade Students From the Kyonggi ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Students from the Kyonggi School, a K-12 school in Seoul, South Korea have visited California for the past 10 years, staying at Cal State Dominguez Hills and spending their time engaged in a wide ...

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Jan 19, 2012 2:19pm MST

Public School, Private Donations: The Money Debate
Huffington Post
California K-12 foundations, PTAs and booster clubs raised about $1.3 billion in 2007, according to the most recent tax filings analyzed by the Public Policy Institute of California. That's up from $70 million in 1989, according to the institute.

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Jan 19, 2012 1:13pm MST

Tuition replaced by 20-year commitment?
Indianapolis Star (blog)
I don't usually write about colleges (K-12 education is really more my thing), but I found this story out of California fascinating. The highly-regarded University of California system has been struggling with massive budget cuts thanks to that state's ...

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Jan 19, 2012 8:01am MST

California, Why Do We Treat The Future Generation So Bad?
Black Voice News
Now we have Governor Brown saying to us parents pay up or we will cut education instead of saying to the legislators, we are not going home until we solve permanent funding for our K-12 children of California out of the money we have.


Jan 18, 2012 9:31pm MST

District could face $4 million in cuts under state plan: Trustees agree not to ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
By JM BROWN -- Santa Cruz Sentinel SANTA CRUZ - The finance chief for the county's second-largest school district told trustees Wednesday to plan for up to $4 million in cuts in reaction to a proposal that ties K-12 funding to future tax measures.


Jan 18, 2012 8:33pm MST

No Child Left Behind policy marks 'underperforming' Torrance schools
Daily Breeze
That lament is coming to bear in Torrance, where five schools - as well as the entire K-12 district - are now marked as under-performing by the feds despite having met their state targets and despite posting relatively high test scores.

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Jan 18, 2012 3:27pm MST

Where Sustainability Movement Meets K-12 Education
Huffington Post (blog)
This event, where I will have the privilege of delivering a keynote speech, will bring together 1500-2000 K-12 school administrators, facility managers, educators, high school students, community organizers and business leaders who all share one ...

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Jan 18, 2012 1:12am MST

Arizona school-voucher push is revived
Tucson Citizen
The bill would allow many parents to get state vouchers for per-pupil K-12 funding and use them to pay for their children to attend private schools, including religious ones. But the West Valley Republican's proposal — made as an “ideological” ...

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Jan 16, 2012 11:20pm MST

Brokers' Gifts That Keep Giving
Bond Buyer
Voters in the West Contra Costa School District in June 2010 approved one of the largest K-12 bond measures in California in that year, a $380 million authorization approved by 62% of the electorate. The first sale from that authorization was a $100 ...


Jan 16, 2012 4:11pm MST

Los Angeles Times

What Took Large Hits from Gov. Brown's Budget Plan?
Patch.com
The initiative seeks to increase California sales tax by a half-cent and raise the income tax for citizens who make a yearly income of $250000 or more. If it does not pass, Brown said, K-12 California schools would incur a pummeling $4.8 billion in ...
California governor to call for decrease in statewide testing - Sacramento Bee San Francisco Luxury News
Calif. schools at stake in budget The Stanford Daily
California budget proposal promises more cuts World Socialist Web Site
Canada Free Press  - San Francisco Chronicle  - OCRegister
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Jan 16, 2012 11:46am MST

Cuts and more cuts threaten school budgets
Mountain View Voice
For starters, by calling for the elimination of funding for home-to-school transportation and transitional kindergarten programs, the K-12 portion of the proposed budget sends mixed signals to his district, said Craig Goldman superintendent of the ...

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Jan 16, 2012 1:56am MST

Restoring Excellence in Education summary, K-12 edition
Examiner.com
RiShawn spoke about how parents in a California school district have implemented a “parent trigger”, exercising their right of choice for failing districts. Parents in Connecticut have started a 'parent union'. Rather than just complaining about bad ...


Jan 15, 2012 7:41pm MST

REGION: Palomar, MiraCosta, consider new college guidelines
North County Times
The recommendations of the California Community College Student Success Task Force urge colleges to standardize assessment tests across campuses, help prepare K-12 students for college, and change registration priorities to favor students who work ...

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Jan 14, 2012 1:12pm MST

California Safe Schools Continues to Make a Difference Protecting Health ...
Bay Area Indymedia
October 6, 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 405 (Montanez) sponsored by California Safe Schools. This law closes a loophole protecting more than 6 million California K-12 public school students, & hundreds of thousands of teachers & school ...


Jan 13, 2012 5:19pm MST

Outsports.com (blog)

Transgender athlete bill pulled from California legislature
Outsports.com (blog)
After digging a little, it seems there's more to the story than was originally released about the pulled California bill that would ensure access to K-12 sports for transgender students. The bill was pulled by lead sponsor Assemblyman Tom Ammiano ...


Jan 12, 2012 5:50pm MST

inewsnetwork

Marijuana dispensaries face shutdown by feds
inewsnetwork
US Attorney John Walsh sent warning letters to the unidentified dispensaries and said in a news release that many are closer than 1000 feet to K-12 campuses. A letter, with redactions, sent by US Attorney John Walsh to 23 marijuana stores in Colorado.
Feds order some Colo. medical pot businesses to close Colorado Springs Gazette
Feds warn marijuana shops close to schools Education News Colorado

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Jan 12, 2012 11:47am MST

Education Week gives California a 'C' for its schools
Sacramento Bee (blog)
The magazine rates states' schools on six criteria - chances for successes, K-12 achievement, standards and assessments, teaching profession improvement, finance and preparing students for work or college. California received an "A" grade for standards ...

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Jan 12, 2012 9:02am MST

Laurel Springs School, Pioneer in Online K-12 Education, Marks 20th Anniversary
MarketWatch (press release)
12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Laurel Springs School, a leading private online K-12 college preparatory school, marked its 20th anniversary with a celebration in Ojai, Calif. on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The school was founded in 1991 to offer ...

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Jan 12, 2012 6:08am MST

OneNewsNow

California Dream goes on
OneNewsNow
"Right now we are going to be cutting K-12 education a lot more,” Donnelly explains. “We're going to be cutting higher education even more because we don't have the money. So this is fiscal suicide." Tim Donnelly ( R - California )

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Jan 11, 2012 9:51pm MST

Kansas City Star

Untangling the Mess of a Costly Ultimatum
The UCSD Guardian Online
Let me put it more concretely: If California voters don't vote in this tax increase, then the public school year could be shortened by a full month. Let's put aside the fact that California public schools have suffered terrible budget cuts recently, ...
Podcast: The politics of Jerry Brown's budget Los Angeles Times
Opinion: Dark Days for State's Education Budget Patch.com
California faces new budget woes, analyst says BusinessWeek
Desert Dispatch
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Jan 11, 2012 9:33pm MST

KQED (blog)

Education and the Budget: Governor Proposes Axing Transitional Kindergarten ...
KQED (blog)
If voters approve those new revenues, Brown has proposed allocating $5 billion more to K-12 schools than they receive this year. If the taxes are voted down, Brown wants to cut nearly $5 billion, leaving almost $10 billion in total at stake.

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Jan 11, 2012 12:56pm MST

Lake View: US Public Schools, the crisis that never ends
Lakenewsonline.com
The commission, chaired by University of California president David Gardner, presented on April 26, 1983, a thirty-three page document that deplored the state of public education. “Our nation is at risk,” the report's opening paragraph began, ...


Jan 11, 2012 7:26am MST

Farm Bureau News

“Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning”
Farm Bureau News
A new report, Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning, finds many more families are taking advantage of online learning opportunities. 30 states have full-time online school options open to any student across the state. Virtual schools are offered in 40 ...

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Jan 10, 2012 12:29pm MST

5 K-12 Ed Tech for 2012
T.H.E. Journal
Google is investing millions into sites like Khan Academy while other sites including Open Educational Resources and CK12--which is part of California's free Digital Textbook Initiative--are also finding more acceptance. One of the biggest education ...


Jan 10, 2012 8:57am MST

Proposition 13 Has Destroyed California's Vitality
Patch.com
California used to have one of the finest K-12 and college systems in the nation, providing quality college education at low cost; now we face deteriorating schools and college education priced out of many people's reach. Decades of this property tax ...

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Jan 9, 2012 8:22pm MST

California's School Librarians Struggle to Keep Their Jobs
School Library Journal
By Lauren Barack Fewer than one in four of California's K-12 schools have a certified librarian—and as more continue to lose their jobs, those left standing are often forced to serve two or more school buildings, according to the state Department of ...