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 | 6/28/2012 - Many people credit the increase to the addition of Title IX, the Education Amendments to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Title IX mandates that no person, on the basis of gender, can be excluded from participating in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. |
In This Issue
Interview with Joe Landon, executive director of the California Alliance for Arts Education
Joe Landon learned the hard way that being passionate about the importance of the arts isn’t enough to transform an accomplished artist into an effective advocate in the ongoing campaign to preserve visual and performing arts programs in California’s cash-strapped public school system.
Pooled resources and efforts support student success and help close the achievement gap
Lately educators are hearing more about full-service community schools, a strategy that pairs schools with other community resources in pursuit of the long-term goal of improving academic performance.
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Make advocacy your priority
Under-funded and under siege, our schools are poised for a major setback if we, the educational leaders of the state, don’t stand up together and take immediate action.
The cover story in this issue of California Schools helps set the stage for CSBA’s upcoming Annual Education Conference and Trade Show, the not-to-be-missed professional development opportunity for school governance teams that’s coming to San Francisco Nov. 29-Dec. 1.
BoardWise is a forum for board members and superintendents across the state to share questions about governance and board-superintendent relations. Send your questions to boardwise@csba.org .
School boards around the country are currently making the move to make the school districts they represent 1:1 districts, where each student is provided with some sort of computing device. Yet the results have been varied. What makes the difference?
West Contra Costa Unified—originally Richmond Unified, before a symbolic name change in 1993—came under state control in April 1990.
Clothing and supply exchange brings community together at Beaumont school
Brookside “Tuesdays’ Take or Trade” serves as a hub of community support, providing not just clothing and school supplies, but also referrals to tutoring, counseling, food banks, after-school care and other community services.
Students from Menlo-Atherton High School in San Mateo County’s Sequoia Union High School District have created a groundbreaking initiative that’s won both statewide and international acclaim.