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October 2012
 | CSBA President Jill Wynns, left foreground, and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson visit the Colton Joint Unified School District last month during their "Strong Schools for a Healthy Economy" tour to educate the public about the need for additional school revenues. |
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14 November 2012 - Voters approved more than 100 parcel tax and bond measures throughout the state to pay for public school facilities and services to the state’s K-14 students.
14 November 2012 - With classrooms slated to begin teaching the Common Core State Standards in fall 2014, the State Board of Education approved two major items to help California schools get ready for the change.
7 November 2012 - While CSBA and the public education community statewide are celebrating yesterday’s passage of Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s measure providing desperately needed funds to help cash-strapped schools, the association vows to continue the fight for fair and adequate funding for public education.
7 November 2012 - This 33rd year of Golden Bell Awards go to programs in 18 major categories that are innovative and sustainable, make a demonstrated difference for students, and focus on the commitment to meeting the needs of all students.
31 October 2012 - Local governance teams should plan to review their district policies each year to account for new legislation, court decisions, administrative regulations and societal changes.
31 October 2012 - American Institutes for Research is surveying school districts across the state and planning a longer-term study of program quality and outcomes for children in TK programs.
31 October 2012 - With less than a week left before Election Day, board members are urged to do what they can to urge a yes vote on Propositions 30 and 38.
30 October 2012 - Jan. 7, 2013 is the deadline to submit nominations and candidate biographical sketch forms for prospective members and incumbent members of CSBA’s Delegate Assembly.
23 October 2012 - The California Endowment recently released its findings on a poll the organization took to measure California students’ perceptions on the healthy changes to school lunches they have been witnessing since provisions of the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 began taking effect this year.
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Take the initiative today to communicate in your local communities about the importance of the passage of Propositions 30 and 38,” CSBA President Jill Wynns urges.
For the first time since California adopted the Academic Performance Index that scores schools’ effectiveness, more than half have met the state’s target for academic achievement.
Tom Torlakson, the state superintendent of public instruction, and I are in the midst of our monthlong media blitz tour of California, crisscrossing the state until a few days before Election Day.
The Nominating Committee nominated Jesús Holguín, Laura Rich and Emma Turner as the candidates for 2012 Vice President and Jo Lucey as the candidate for President-elect.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed both of CSBA’s sponsored bills, AB 2278 and AB 2279, authored by Assembly Member Sandré Swanson, D-Oakland.
Highlights of the wide-ranging, two-hour webcast included proposals to transform the state’s approach to public school appropriations through a weighted student funding formula, as well as pension reform, Common Core State Standards and federal education issues.
CSBA welcomed Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature last month on a new law that provides an alternate curricular path for students who are not ready to take algebra in the eighth grade.
California’s State Board of Education will resume its consideration of updated English Language Development Standards aligned to the Common Core State Standards when it meets in Sacramento Nov. 7-8.
New sessions are still being added to this year’s Annual Education Conference and Trade Show to make it as valuable and timely as possible.
Research from the Iowa School Boards Foundation identifies specific ways school board members can use data to improve student achievement.