Teacher Dismissed For 'Hardcore Porn' Past Was Worried She'd Be Outed
The Southern California science teacher who was placed on administrative leave last month for a former career as a porn actress once spoke openly abou...
The Southern California science teacher who was placed on administrative leave last month for a former career as a porn actress once spoke openly abou...
AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.05.2012
LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teacher Mike Newman sighed when he saw the now familiar certified letter in his mailbox last month – a pink s...
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John Fensterwald
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Posted 04.27.2012
This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. For nearly two years, Califo...
Posted 04.18.2012
Jordan Powers, the California teen who made national news when she and her high school teacher moved in together, told local station KOVR that the two...
David Macaray | Posted 04.13.2012
One of the biggest con games going on right now is the sustained attack on the U.S. public school system. It's being perpetrated by predatory entrepr...
Posted 04.11.2012
What most students would likely consider an unsightly blemish on their report card is what some California students are asking to have back: the "F" g...
AP | Posted 04.16.2012
MODESTO, Calif. -- A Northern California teen who made national news when she and her high school teacher moved in together says she has broken off th...
AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.07.2012
LOS ANGELES -- School suspensions were once reserved for serious offenses including fighting and bringing weapons or drugs on campus. But these days t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.07.2012
While teachers and most education reformers remain highly uncomfortable with having test-based teacher evaluations aired in public, one survey suggest...
Reuters | Posted 03.29.2012
By Troy Anderson ADELANTO, Calif., March 28 (Reuters) - A group of activist parents in this impoverished community were thwarted again...
Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Bernice Yeung At the Blue Oak School in Chico, where 60 percent of the charter school's student bod...
AP | HANNAH DREIER | Posted 05.27.2012
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 41-year-old high school teacher exchanges a flood of text messages with his student, then leaves his wife and three child...
Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012
(Corrects information about the founding of Parent Revolution, adds that union backed anti-trigger activist in Florida, clarifies proposed structure...
AP | Posted 05.08.2012
CARSON, Calif. — Classes were proceeding normally amid heightened security Thursday at a Los Angeles-area high school where eight students were ...
AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.07.2012
CARSON, Calif. -- Dozens of students battled each other at a California high school Wednesday in a racially motivated brawl between black and Latino s...
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Matthew Rosin and Sue Frey
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Posted 05.05.2012
This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. Some school districts in California are working to establish an "early warning syst...
Posted 03.03.2012
California teacher James Hooker has left his family and his position at a Modesto high school to live with his 18-year-old former student. The 41-y...
Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.29.2012
In a vote held on Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Education approved layoffs for 485 teachers, administrators and other staff members employed by ...
AP | Posted 04.27.2012
LONG BEACH, Calif. — After getting her nose bloodied in a fight with another girl near their Southern California elementary school, 11-year-old ...
Posted 02.14.2012
As school districts are facing massive budget cuts across the country, school programs, teachers and students are taking the hit. Across the countr...
AP | Posted 02.10.2012
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Eight school district employees were placed on leave during an investigation of their handling of allegations that a special e...
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Sue Frey
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Posted 04.10.2012
This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. You've heard about free school lunches and breakfasts, but how about school suppers...
Laura Flores Shaw | Posted 03.28.2012
Education reformers these days cast their nets far and wide to try to find a solution to the current malaise in our schools. They look to Finland, or to digital learning models. Why is Montessori ignored?
AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 03.14.2012
SAN FRANCISCO — California educators and childcare advocates are protesting Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to scrap a new program for children who are ...
Posted 03.07.2012
Students at a California high school have been caught cheating on a history exam by purchasing answers to the test from Amazon.com. About 10 sophom...
Posted 05.25.2012