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July 14, 2014
CalSTRS reports a big year of earnings
Riding the wave of record high stock prices on Wall Street, the fund providing pension benefits for California teachers and school administrators reported Monday that it earned a return of 18.66 percent on its assets for the year that ended June 30.
John Fensterwald
July 10, 2014
Draft revision of LCAP rules moves forward
Uniformly praising how school districts have created plans to comply with California’s new school improvement and accountability system, members of the State Board of Education agreed to move ahead with modest changes in regulations while counseling patience before making more. “Trust the process, be patient and thoughtful, not precipitous,” said board member Patricia Rucker.
John Fensterwald
July 10, 2014
Military instructors granted PE authorization
After showing up for four rounds of meetings at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing – and sending 866 letters of opposition to Sacramento last month alone – physical education teachers lost the fight to prevent military instructors from being able to earn a new special teaching authorization in physical education.
Jane Meredith Adams
July 9, 2014
Report urges more active state role in Common Core
The shift to local control has given school districts much leeway in adopting the Common Core State Standards, the challenging math and English language arts standards that California and 41 other states have adopted. But that flexibility may also create disparities in implementation that the state should reduce, concludes a new report by researchers from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education.
John Fensterwald
July 8, 2014
LCAP library now open for readers
There is now an Internet site that lets you look up hundreds of districts’ Local Control and Accountability Plans – and to add your district’s LCAP to the mix.
John Fensterwald
July 7, 2014
School funding reforms spur decisions at local level
California’s new school funding system is driving districts in diverse regions of the state to shift their resources to achieve one of the key goals laid out in the sweeping financial reform effort – graduating students so they are ready for college or careers.
Karla Scoon Reid
July 6, 2014
Proposed changes to LCAP renew debate
The State Board of Education this week could revise the process that districts use to create their funding and accountability plans. At a hearing in Sacramento on Thursday, critics will argue that the proposed changes don’t go far enough.
John Fensterwald
July 2, 2014
Middle school key to college, career pipeline
As California focuses on education reforms intended to ensure that students graduate from high school with the skills to succeed in college and careers, some highlight a gap in the pipeline – middle school.
Michelle Maitre
July 1, 2014
Report: Half of students take four years to earn an associate degree
Half of the state’s community college students take four years or longer to earn an associate degree that’s designed to take half that time, according to a new report.
Michelle Maitre
June 30, 2014
Final ruling in Vergara could be years in coming
Vergara v. State of California, in which a Superior Court judge struck down California’s teacher tenure, layoff and dismissal laws, may be headed for a lengthy appeals process. A clue to how long may lie in another far-from-resolved education lawsuit.