Monthly Archives: April 2013

Vallejo Times-Herald: Davis touts summer jobs program for Vallejo youth

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By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen Times-Herald staff writer

The idea, school and business officials say, is to some day be able to offer paid, on-the-job training to hundreds of Vallejo youths each summer that not only keeps them busy, but ties in with what they’re learning at school.

Promoted at a recent Chamber of Commerce event by Mayor Osby Davis, the city’s summer youth job program hopefully will become more than just a way to keep teenagers constructively busy while school’s out, Vallejo City Unified School District spokeswoman Alana Shackelford said.

via Davis touts summer jobs program.

Vallejo Times-Herald: Vallejo school board considers layoffs

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By Lanz Christian Bañes Times-Herald staff writer

The Vallejo school board will consider today the possible elimination of dozens of classified positions.

If approved, the most layoffs would come from special education para educators, with the equivalent of 10.25 full-time positions on the line, and bilingual tutors, with more than a dozen full-time equivalent positions being considered.

via Vallejo school board considers layoffs.

The Reporter: Vanden High School robotics team ready to compete in national contest

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By Richard Bammer/ RBammer@TheReporter.com

The coming changes in the way science is taught in the U.S., Next Generation Science Standards, are already the practice in teacher Doug Green’s physics and robotics classes at Vanden High School.

Project-based learning, hands-on activities, collaboration, discussion — that has long been the game plan in his daily lessons, but especially for the RoboVikes, the school’s award-winning robotics team, 25 members of which today fly to St. Louis, where, Thursday to Saturday, they will vie against 400 other teams at the annual High School Robotics World Championship.

via Vanden High School robotics team ready to compete in national contest.

FSUSD’s Facebook Wall: Anna Kyle students received a special visit from UC Davis mascot

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Anna Kyle students received a special visit from Gunrock, the UC Davis mascot, during the school’s CST Kickoff Rally yesterday. All students in grades 2-5 wore their adopted college’s logo t-shirts and performed class cheers to support the school goal of a minimum API of 800. Second and third graders will be touring the UC Davis campus in the middle of May and hope to see Gunrock again during the visit.

via Anna Kyle students received a special visit from Gunrock, the UC Davis mascot, d….

Dixon Tribune’s Facebook Wall: AVID teacher, PE assistant are Dixon Unified’s educators of the year

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Dixon Unified School District is pleased to announce the 2013-14 Teacher of the Year and Classified Employee of the Year.

Angela Scheuring, an AVID and technology teacher at Dixon High, has been selected as the Teacher of the Year.

Cecilia Rosa, a parent liaison at both Gretchen Higgins Elementary and Anderson Elementary as well as a physical education assistant and playground monitor at Anderson, is the Classified Employee of the Year.

via AVID teacher, PE assistant are Dixon Unified’s educators of the year

EdSource Today: Democratic senators offer alternative to Brown’s funding formula

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Democratic leaders of the state Senate want to delay Gov. Brown’s sweeping plan for changing how schools are funded by a year and will recommend significant changes to it in a bill that they will reveal on Thursday.

In a news release Tuesday, Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and chairs of the Senate Budget and Education Committees stated they agree with the “fundamental goals and concepts” behind Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula.

via Democratic senators offer alternative to Brown’s funding formula – by John Fensterwald.

Dixon Patch: Dixon High Misses Cut in State High School Ranking

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by Dave Colby

Dixon was unranked among the Best High Schools in California for 2012, as announced Tuesday by US News and World Report magazine.

A three-step process determines the news magazine’s Best High Schools ranking. The first two steps ensured that the schools serve all of their students well, using performance on state proficiency tests as the benchmarks. For those schools that made it past the first two steps, a third step assessed the degree to which schools prepare students for college-level work.

via Dixon Misses Cut in State High School Ranking.

Benicia Patch: Benicia High Ranks Among Top 200 California High Schools

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by Dave Colby

Benicia was ranked 190th among the Best High Schools in California for 2012, as announced Tuesday by US News and World Report magazine.

A three-step process determines the news magazine’s Best High Schools ranking. The first two steps ensured that the schools serve all of their students well, using performance on state proficiency tests as the benchmarks. For those schools that made it past the first two steps, a third step assessed the degree to which schools prepare students for college-level work.

via Benicia Ranks Among Top 200 California High Schools.

Attendance Works: Baltimore students tackle transportation, early grade absenteeism in citywide campaign

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by Hedy Chang

High school students in Baltimore, Md., are doing their part to raise awareness about the importance of attending school. As part of an attendance campaign, students from Wide Angle Youth Media say they are working to “empower youth to work together to create tangible change in the world around them” and that starts with being in school every day, on time.

via Baltimore students tackle transportation, early grade absenteeism in citywide campaign.

The Educated Guess: California ranks low in rates of attention deficit disorder

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by Jane Meredith Adams

California has one of the lowest rates of diagnosis in the nation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, raising questions about the role of regional, economic and cultural differences in identifying what scientists regard as a brain disorder.

Over-diagnosing ADHD and over-prescribing medication to children has been the cause of considerable concern in education and other circles. But some researchers interviewed by EdSource Today say that the state’s relatively low rates may indicate that the condition is being under-diagnosed among some demographic groups. They suggest that some students aren’t getting the treatment they need to succeed in school.

via California ranks low in rates of attention deficit disorder – by Jane Meredith Adams.

Dixon Patch: Has Your Kid Been Bullied? Solano County Office of Education Wants to Help.

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by Justin Cox

Has your child dealt with bullying at school in Solano County? It’s a massive problem for young people, especially as technology becomes a major part of our kids’ lives and cyberbullying complicates the situation.

Solano County is offering a free session online to help Solano County parents deal with this problem, whether your child is bullying or being bullied. You can sign up here.

via Has Your Kid Been Bullied? Solano County Wants to Help..

Education Week: School Leader Group Proposes Change to Special Education Due Process

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by Christina Samuels

Due process hearings are adversarial, expensive, and distracting, says the American Association of School Administrators, and the organization believes it has a fix: a new process that would bring in an outside consultant who would create an education plan for a student with disabilities that parents and a school would have to follow for a mutually agreed-upon period of time before any lawsuits were filed.

In a new report, Rethinking the Special Education Due Process System, the Alexandria, Va.-based association says that the current process is so broken that tinkering around the edges will not fix it.

via School Leader Group Proposes Change to Special Education Due Process.

Dixon Patch: Dixon’s 2013 Teacher of The Year is ____!

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by Justin Cox

Dixon Unified School District announced its teacher of the year on Monday. She is…

Angela Scheuring! She teaches AVID and Technology at Dixon High School. Here’s what the district has to say about her:

Ms. Scheuring has taught at Dixon High for over 9 years, with assignments in math in addition to her current duties.  Her work in AVID, in particular, was what prompted Dixon High Principal Nick Girimonte to nominate her for this honor.  AVID is a program focused on assisting students with preparation for college and ensuring students’ ability to enroll in and complete a college program.

via Dixon’s 2013 Teacher of The Year is ____!.

Daily Republic: FSUSD school board to hear proposal to move services to Sullivan

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by Danny Bernardini

FAIRFIELD — The city and school district are moving forward with plans to turn the vacant Sullivan Middle School into a youth services center that could eventually house the Matt Garcia Youth Center.

Members of the Fairfield Police Department met with the Fairfield-Suisun School District leadership team last week to discuss the proposed changes. The topic will be discussed by district trustees at the 6 p.m. Thursday meeting in the district office at 2490 Hilborn Road.

via School board to hear proposal to move services to Sullivan.