Oakland School District superintendent search in home stretch
Source: Oakland LocalThe choice of a new superintendent for the Oakland Unified School District might be decided by the end of April, if all goes according to …
Bay Area districts earn poor grades for educating poor black and Latino students
Source: Oakland TribuneWhen it comes to educating Latino, African-American and low-income students, Bay Area school districts do at best a mediocre job, accord…
Sanger School District is told it ranks among top ten in State
Source: The Sanger HeraldThe school board did a little business Tuesday evening, but mostly it celebrated its students, its schools and the district itself.To …
Baseball can teach education a real lesson about making better decisions
Source: EdSourceWith baseball season starting, I’ve been reading scouting reports on my favorite team. Because my immigration journey started in Philadelphia, …
Calif. Testing Waiver Draws Civil Rights Concerns
Source: Education WeekThe U.S. Department of Education's sweeping decision to let California avoid making new school accountability decisions until 2016, as th…
Community Engagement and School Spending: Coming Together in California
Source: Education WeekFor the first time, school districts in California are trying to create budgets based on the new Local Control Funding Formula that lawma…
How much should your school districts spend on disadvantaged students
Source: San Jose Mercury NewsAs the July 1 deadline for creating district spending plans is looming under the state's new Local Control Funding Formula, school…
Assemblyman Phil Ting’s bill eases process for student aid
Source: San Francisco ChronicleSome 50,000 college-bound high school seniors filled out applications last year for state financial aid, but were disqualified b…
Report says too few college-bound students applying for financial aid
Source: Vallejo Times-HeraldAs the March 2 deadline for applying for financial aid approaches, a new study has found that some college-bound students are not t…
Bill would simplify financial aid for California high school seniors
Source: The Sacramento BeeA bill announced Tuesday aims to make the labyrinthine college application season a little easier for high school seniors.Seeking to …
Lawmakers seek to streamline financial aid applications
Source: The Los Angeles TimesLawmakers announced a new bill Tuesday that would streamline the college financial aid application process, in hopes of increasing…
Assemblyman Phil Ting’s bill eases process for student aid
Source: SF GateSome 50,000 college-bound high school seniors filled out applications last year for state financial aid, but were disqualified because they fail…
Lawsuit challenging teacher tenure, seniority protections goes to court next week
Source: EdSourceThe trinity of teachers’ rights in California – tenure, seniority and due process in dismissals – will be under attack next week in a trial in …
Editorial: Kids from across state get lesson in school politics
Source: The Sacramento BeeTo read the full editorial, click here.
California Board of Education approves new school funding rules
Source: The Sacramento BeeTo read the full article, click here.
More Regulations to Come in School Spending
Source: The California Report, KQED Radio On Thursday, the State Board of Education is expected to vote on a historic new set of rules. Educators have been wai…
Hundreds expected to speak their 1-minute piece to State Board
Source: EdSourceIn an advocacy arms race, groups representing school boards and district administrators on one side and advocates for low-income children and E…
Editorial: Don’t squander promise of new school funding
Source: The Sacramento BeeTo read the full editorial, click here.
Calif. poised to implement school funding reform
Source: SF GateTo read the full article, click here.
Gov.’s budget could give schools extra $10B
Source: KGO-TV, ABC 7, San Francisco If Gov. Jerry Brown's budget passes, K-12 schools and community colleges will get an extra $10 billion. But it's not all n…
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