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Education secretary says administration is committed to testing The secretary of education, Arne Duncan, insisted on Monday that the administration would not back away from annual testing for students. New York Times President Obama to seek limits on student data mining President Barack Obama on Monday is expected to call for tough legislation to protect...

The political arm of the California Charter Schools Association, CCSA Advocates, is endorsing three of the four incumbents seeking reelection to the LA Unified school board in March. The exception is Bennett Kayser, a staunch charter opponent who has represented board District 5 since 2011. Kayser is so closely aligned with the teachers union, UTLA,...

* UPDATED Gov. Jerry Brown‘s proposed state budget for 2015-2016, released today, includes $52 million more in K-12 funding than last year’s budget. The increase, which would bring the state’s K-12 education spending to $47.12 billion, a one-tenth of 1 percent increase over last year, includes more money for Common Core implementation, Internet infrastructure, special education, emergency...

Long time education reform advocate, Caprice Young, is taking over the troubled Magnolia Public Schools charter network, but it won’t be official until a set of test results come in. “I’m waiting to get my tuberculouses results,” she said, laughing on a phone call from her office. “Then I can actually set foot on a...

Arne Duncan to call for No Child Left Behind revamp Education Secretary Arne Duncan will call for repealing and replacing the nation’s landmark federal education law, No Child Left Behind. Politico Obama plan would help many go to community college free President Obama said Thursday that he would propose a government program to make community...

* UPDATED Magnolia Public Schools, which has fought bitterly with the LA Unified school board to keep several of its schools open, has turned to an old LAUSD hand to take over its leadership. Caprice Young, a long-time education reform advocate and former school board president has been named Magnolia’s new Chief Executive Officer. Young confirmed...

Via San Jose Mercury News | By San Mateo Police Chief Susan E. Manheimer Tucked inside one of last year’s budget trailer bills lies one of the smartest commitments to crime prevention a governor and legislature have ever made, and it doesn’t have a thing to do with prisons or police. What it does is “ensure...

California continued to rank poorly in an annual report that grades how states are educating their students, scoring a total score of D+ and an overall ranking of 42nd in the Education Week’s “Quality Counts” report. Education Week is published by the nonprofit organization Editorial Projects in Education, and its annual report is often cited and...

Feds issue warning to school districts to educate English learners Federal justice and education officials sent school agencies across the nation a stern message on Wednesday. KPCC New report details cumbersome procurement practices in big-city districts District officials from big-city school systems offered blunt criticisms of a slow, cumbersome, and often anxiety-choked procurement process. Education Week...