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Physical fitness central to Sacramento district’s focus on the ‘whole child’

Superintendent emphasizes the importance of health.

- By Michael Collier

THE BUZZ

Interesting and relevant news that caught our attention.

LA principal encourages students to be peacemakers, not peace breakers

By Michael Janofsky

| September 25, 2016

Marcia Reed, principal of 186th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles Unified, was honored this month as a 2016 National Distinguished Principal by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The association recognizes one outstanding principal in each of the 50 states each year. Now in her 13th year as principal, Reed was selected by her fellow principals statewide, in part for the academic…

Brown vetoes bill intended to place more emphasis on test scores

By John Fensterwald

| September 25, 2016

AB 2548 also called for simpler, clearer school and district reports cards.

Yuba City strike magnified tension over funding formula

By John Fensterwald

| September 22, 2016

The issue: Can targeted dollars fund across-the-board teacher raises?

$9 billion California school bond struggling to gain support, poll says

By John Fensterwald

| September 21, 2016

Backers of extending the tax on wealthy residents also have yet to seal the deal.

Tracking educational progress of California’s foster children just a first step

By Michelle Traiman

| September 21, 2016

Commentary

Last week, for the first time in history, California released statewide data on the educational outcomes of students in foster care. Until now, the state has not published school data on the approximately 70,000 foster children in California’s children separately from other children. But as a requirement of the state’s Local Control Funding Formula, the California Department of Education has just published data on…

National commission aims to improve schools through social and emotional learning

By Jane Meredith Adams

| September 20, 2016

Seven Californians are on the Aspen Institute commission.

New school improvement agency plans first public events

By John Fensterwald

| September 20, 2016

California Collaborative for Educational Excellence will focus on tying LCAPs to data.

Cal State system moves one step closer to initiative boosting graduation rates

By Fermin Leal

| September 20, 2016

The plan includes offering more course sections and improving academic support for students.

California Superior Court rejects efforts to tie teacher evaluations to test scores

By Louis Freedberg

| September 20, 2016

In another defeat for Students Matter, an advocacy organization challenging a range of employment laws affecting teachers, a California Superior Court judge has ruled against the group’s efforts to force districts to use student test scores as part of a teacher’s evaluation. Students Matter last year filed the Doe vs. Antioch lawsuit against 13 California school districts, including Antioch Unified School District in the San Francisco…

Equity gap in California: what the new test scores tell us

By Linda Darling-Hammond and Leib Sutcher

| September 19, 2016

Commentary

When the new Smarter Balanced test scores (part of California’s new assessment system known as CAASPP) came out last month, Californians engaged in what is now a time-honored routine — noting that scores inched up but large equity gaps remain. Differentials by race, ethnicity, income, language background and disability status have become a common feature of the landscape, like our dry riverbeds and brush fires in…

California moves forward in multi-state collaboration on social and emotional learning

By Jane Meredith Adams

| September 19, 2016

A team of 13 educators will lead the development of social and emotional learning guidelines.

Districts join new data sharing partnership

By John Fensterwald

| September 18, 2016

The CORE Data Collaborative would serve districts that together enroll 30 percent of the state’s students.

Governor signs emergency allergy medicine legislation but rebukes Epi-Pen price hikes

By Jane Meredith Adams

| September 16, 2016

The price of a two-pack of Epi-Pen auto-injectors has gone from $100 to more than $600.

Colleges expand services for undocumented students as legislation seeks more

By Larry Gordon

| September 15, 2016

The centers provide academic, financial and legal help, among other services.

Poll: To address teacher shortage, pay them more

By Louis Freedberg and Theresa Harrington

| September 14, 2016

More than half of voters never heard of state’s Local Control Funding Formula.

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Tracking educational progress of California’s foster children just a first step

September 21, 2016CommentBy Michelle Traiman

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Equity gap in California: what the new test scores tell us

September 19, 2016CommentBy Linda Darling-Hammond and Leib Sutcher

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California must move ahead on new approach to school accountability

August 29, 2016CommentBy Michael Kirst

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Add ending gun violence to list of essential school reforms

August 29, 2016CommentBy Louis Freedberg

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CORE Districts can inform state’s new accountability system

August 24, 2016CommentBy Christopher Steinhauser

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