Mandatory vaccine legislation easily clears Assembly health committee Vaccine supporters cheered the passage of the bill, which they said echoes a Public Policy Institute of California poll released last week. San Jose Mercury News Adjoining counties devise different strategies to expand preschool The counties’ contrasting approaches highlight the efforts of local governments across the state...

Grad rates up? Very little, at best! A closer look at the evidence shows that, other than data collection, nothing much has changed in over 20 years. SI&A Cabinet Report San Diego Unified says it will start following the law on charter school space Under the terms of Prop. 39, charters are entitled to use...

Class of 2015 needs more than high school diploma, experts say The high school diploma — once a ticket to the American middle class — isn’t enough any more, experts say. Los Angeles Daily News San Marino High student claims teachers failed to report rape allegations The lawsuit against the San Marino Unified School District...

Ending senior year with a bang isn’t cheap at many L.A.-area high schools Sticker shock has hit families hard in these final weeks of high school, which are filled with expensive events. Los Angeles Times State lawmakers want to change teachers evaluations State legislators are approving bills that will revamp teacher evaluations for the first...

Students take online Common Core test with minimal interruptions An estimated 3.2​ ​million 3​r​d- through 8th-graders and 11th-graders will have taken tests in English language arts and math. Ed Source 2 high school students arrested for allegedly changing grades for cash Authorities said the students hacked into the network and shut down the school’s website,...

Parents at South LA school demand principal to step down Parents say they and their students have been mistreated and verbally abused by Brenda Grady for years. CBS Los Angeles Ed chair’s facility bond fails passage in Senate Sen. Carol Liu’s bill received support from all 27 Democrats in the upper house but failed to...

Teacher evaluation bill moves to Senate floor A bill that would allow teacher unions to negotiate various aspects of their own job performance evaluations is expected to be considered on the Senate floor this week. SI&A Cabinet Report Los Angeles River School teaches water conservation through gardening The pilot school is one of only three...

College Board, Khan Academy team up to offer free SAT prep program Students can start preparing for the SAT Tuesday with a new, free online study program affiliated with the test. Los Angeles Times Teaching-sub hiring policies vary widely The growing demand for substitutes has raised questions about the quality of temporary teachers and their...

Editorial: The governor who didn’t bark Twenty-three months later, it is difficult to not be deeply cynical about what’s happened to the Local Control Funding Formula. U-T San Diego School may be the best place to address PTSD A lawsuit alleges that California’s Compton Unified School District has failed to properly address its students’ experiences...

California budget fight: Predictions more than programs The state government’s annual fiscal blueprint is drawn not with real data but with projections about tax revenues. KQED New commission to focus on California’s early education services A coalition of policymakers, business and community leaders launched a new effort Thursday to “modernize” the state’s early childhood services....