Archive for June 2011
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June 30, 2011
Ed budget imposes historic limit on district spending plans
Buried deep inside the education budget bill, still pending on the governor's desk, is what might be an historic effort by the state to direct schools on writing their 2011-12 spending plans.
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June 30, 2011
Brownley’s ed finance reform bill withdrawn into a two-year measure
Following concerns raised by big urban school districts, Assemblywoman Julia Brownley has decided to pull back her school finance reform legislation from further consideration this summer.
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June 29, 2011
Schools unlikely to face midyear cuts from approved budget plan
The threat of additional, midyear cuts to schools posed by the newly adopted budget plan is unlikely, sources briefed on the deal said Tuesday.
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June 29, 2011
California’s Title I share to drop $100 million next year
California's Title I, Part A appropriation will dip by $100 million next year, state officials reported Tuesday, following release this week of the final allocations from the U.S. Department of Education.
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June 29, 2011
ProCon.org opens new site devoted to standardized testing debate
Standardized testing in the American public school system dates as far back as before the Civil War, but the question is still being asked whether the practice hurts or helps student performance.
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June 28, 2011
Budget deal provides flat funding for schools, uncertainty on horizon
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democrats have reached a deal for a no-tax budget that would fund schools at the same level as last year.
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June 28, 2011
CSBA survey finds LEAs widely split on budget assumptions
About half of school districts and county offices of education are not planning for additional cuts in the 2011-12 state budget beyond the funding level proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown in May, according to a survey by the California School Boards Association.
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June 28, 2011
Census Bureau projects 55.5 million students to return in the fall
At varying intervals, the U.S. Census Bureau dumps loads of data revealing random facts about our nation from the make-up of the new American family (more Brady Bunch" less "Leave it to Beaver") to the population density per square mile, which in Alaska is 1.2. "
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June 27, 2011
Speaker, Fuentes join forces on new teacher evaluation bill
The closely-watched effort in the Legislature to revise the process for evaluating the performance of California teachers appears to have coalesced behind a measure that would require the state's economic conditions to improve greatly before any new mandates kick in.
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June 27, 2011
Budget deadline looms: no support for taxes or suspension of Prop 98
Since January, Gov. Jerry Brown has warned the public school system faces billions of dollars next year in cuts if tax extensions are not approved.
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