The 2008 editions of the federal Adequate Yearly Progress school scores and California’s Academic Performance Index arrived Thursday, and together they delivered the usual mixed bag of mostly discouraging news.
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More California students taking state standardized tests met state and federal assessment benchmarks in 2008 than in 2007 — despite the fact that the federal bar is higher than ever.
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Carlos Garcia, the superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, tells us why he chose a career in education, his own achievement goal and why he thinks The City’s public schools are unparalleled.
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Kids who play hooky from southern San Mateo County schools could face a court date and a fine thanks to a new police enforcement strategy that will include regular overtime for truancy officers.
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An assistant principal at a San Francisco public high school arrested by San Jose police earlier this month on felony charges of pimping, pandering and prostitution will be arraigned Thursday in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
Gerald Courtney, 57, is on paid administrative leave from his position at Galileo High School.
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Happy anniversary to the annual mid-August education-bureaucracy alibis about why half of California’s K-12 public school students are still not learning at grade level.
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The assistant vice principal of Galileo High School will be arraigned at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 21 in Santa Clara County Court to face felony charges that he assisted with a prostitution operation in San Jose, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Courtney was arrested in San Jose on Aug. 7 along with his alleged accomplice and madam, Hsiu Hwa Chou, and two women who were charged with prostitution, according to San Jose Police.
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Laidlaw Transit, the nation’s largest school bus company, will reduce diesel exhaust from its fleet in California after it settled a lawsuit Wednesday, lawyers said. The company, which provides bus service in San Francisco, will invest at least $4.7 million to continue placing air-pollution control devices in its buses that are more than five years old. The company will also either retrofit other buses or buy new vehicles that meet air-pollution standards, the attorneys said.
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