News Briefs
Of the public schools in California serving large numbers of students in poverty, 12 of the 15 highest-performing ones are charter schools, says a new analysis by the California Charter Schools Association.
November 18, 2008
Latino and black civil rights organizations have joined forces to examine reported racial tensions between students in the Oxnard Union High School District in California.
November 17, 2008
Voters in Oakland, Calif., have rejected a tax measure that was intended to raise millions for teachers’ salaries and charter schools.
November 10, 2008
Voters have overwhelmingly approved a $7 billion bond to repair and upgrade schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District—the latest of several construction bonds passed to ease overcrowding in the nation’s second-largest district.
November 10, 2008
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge last week ordered the California state board of education to postpone its bold and expensive plan to require all 8th graders to be tested in algebra.
November 4, 2008
California’s demand for teachers over the next decade will not affect its diverse counties in uniform ways, says a new report.
October 20, 2008
"Paying too much attention to short-run change dulls the ability to see longer-range transformation," writes Charles Taylor Kerchner.
October 17, 2008
After complaints from the states, federal officials offer more flexible guidelines on a section of the NCLB Act applying to English-language learners.
October 17, 2008
An operator of schools in South Los Angeles is targeting the area for expansion in a bid to revitalize the long-troubled neighborhood.
October 2, 2008
Now that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a fiscal 2009 budget, almost three months into California’s new fiscal year, school districts will soon begin receiving more than $2 billion in long-delayed funding.
September 30, 2008
The final report from a three-year study of San Francisco-area KIPP charter schools probes key issues that have sparked debate, including student achievement and attrition.
September 22, 2008
The prolonged battle over California’s fiscal 2009 budget was nearing a close this week, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers appeared poised to complete an agreement that would avoid a threatened gubernatorial veto.
September 19, 2008
In anticipation of a funding cutoff, some districts already are canceling bus routes, increasing class sizes, raising school lunch fees, and dipping into reserve accounts to operate schools.
September 12, 2008
While most states where charter schools operate have some sort of umbrella charter group, the California Charter Schools Association stands out for the range and sophistication of support it offers.
September 8, 2008
Many students who leave school do return, but schools face disincentives for welcoming them back, a new study suggests.
Updated: September 4, 2008
