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CSBA serves as a resource for top education news and information.  Provided below is the most recent education news releases and stories published by CSBA.  We also offer an archive of past news releases and stories from California School News, our monthly newsletter and weekly e-blasts, and California Schools, our quarterly magazine.

 

California School News

8 February 2010 - Recently, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal held in Greene v. Camreta that an interview of a student at school by a social worker and deputy sheriff, about allegations of sexual abuse by the student’s father, violated the girl’s right Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable “seizure” (e.g., questioning by law enforcement). According to the court, the social worker and sheriff could not question the child absent emergency circumstances or without obtaining a warrant, court order or parental consent.

State of Education: Progress and persistent challenges

26 January 2010 - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell balanced seven years of progress with the recognition that challenges remain, and that a greater investment in education is needed to meet them, in his seventh annual State of Education address.

Forecast: Experts see more hard times ahead

25 January 2010 - The grim budgetary times are far from over, the speakers at CSBA's 2010 Forecast Webcast agreed.

Executive director's note: Economics and adequacy—and governance and fiscal reform

16 November 2009 - Scott P. Plotkin is the executive director of the California School Boards Association.

Editor's note: The birds and the bees of budgeting—for students, schools and states

16 November 2009 - Brian Taylor (btaylor@ csba.org) is the managing editor of California Schools.

Class Act: Sierra Vista’s fitness revolution

16 November 2009 - The William S. Hart Union High School District promotes fitness with its new state-of-the-art center.

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