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MAY 23, 2013

• Cabinet Report: Decision on statewide facilities bond will have to wait until 2014
• EdSource: Woman who never intended to teach is California Teacher of the Year
• San Jose Mercury News: Piggybackr helps kids use 'crowd funding'
• KPCC: Study: risks, opportunities of test scores to evaluate Pre-K teachers
• LA School Report: Chart: At Least We're Not in Illinois
• News 10: Exit exams may be on their way out
• Press Enterprise: Smokers less likely to graduate
• Riverside Press Enterprise: EDITORIAL: Work with governor on school finance reform
• KPCC: Which revenue picture will state lawmakers use for public schools?
• LA Times: California drops a notch in public school spending
• LA Times: Editorial: Refining Parent Trigger
• Capital Public Radio: Teachers Association Backs Brown's School Funding Plan)
• KPCC: Teacher victory in LAUSD board race may not bode well for superintendent)

MAY 21, 2013

• Cabinet Report: CA, feds suspend talks on latest NCLB waiver application
• LA Times: California won't get relief from No Child Left Behind law)
• LA School Report: LAUSD Will Resubmit Federal Waiver Application
• Almanac-Palo Alto Weekly: Report: School inequity threatens U.S. prosperity 
• LA School Report: Campaign: Walking San Fernando with Antonio Sanchez
• LA School Report: Campaign: Door to Door with Monica Ratliff
• LA Weekly: Unknowns in the most potentially game-changing LA race
• KPCC S CA Public Radio: LA Unified candidates Ratliff, Sanchez square off
• KPCC S CA Public Radio: Sanchez, Ratliff face off in LAUSD School Board District 6
• LA Daily News: LAUSD board race to be decided by East Valley voters

MAY 20, 2013

• Sacramento Bee: California oil tax push would direct new funds to schools
• Cabinet Report: Brown ignores LAO warning, distributing $1b in Prop. 39 funds
• Cabinet Report: K-12 online learning hits tipping point, evaluation program threatened
• Sacramento Bee: Gov. Brown's school funding plan runs into lawmakers' concerns
• LA School Report: Brown Soft-Sells School Formula in LA
• LA School Report: What next for Teach for America?
• City Journal: CA's powerful teachers' union condemns Democratic reformers
• Cabinet Report: More LEAs prepared for computer-based testing
• San Jose Mercury News: Editorial: Gov. Brown's proposed $1B Common core
• SF Chronicle: Senate Democrats want more school money, not cuts
• Riverside Press Enterprise: Schools: Governor's budget a good plan
• Modesto Bee: Brown wise to set frugal budget tone

MAY 17, 2013

• Huffington Post: NJ Charter 5-Year-Old Saves Dad's Life With Spelling Skills
• Tracy Press: Student finds success at nontraditional school
• Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: A perilous tax trend accelerates
• LA Times: Brown's plan could increase future school costs
• Ventura County Star: Gov. Brown, lawmakers apart on school funding plan
• KPCC: State bill seeks to reduce school suspensions for defiance)
• Beyond Chron: Cultural Proficiency is at the Core of Transforming Public Education 
• Black Voice News: Believe the Evidence of the San Bernardino School District
• Santa Barbara Independent: May Revise Gets Good Marks From S.B. Legislators
• LA Times: Editorial: A return to the 'era of limits' in California
• NPR: LA Mayor Candidates Try To Persuade Voters To Pay Attention
• KUSI: Senator Richard Durbin Named NAPCS 2013 Charter School Champion

MAY 16, 2013

• KUSI: Da Vinci Charter Students Win National NTN Video Challenge
• Sierra Star: Charter schools make mark at underwater robotic competition
• LA Times: Senate leader criticizes Brown's school plan
• LA Times: In new era, Brown has the clout to corral Legislature
• EdSource: Social, emotional learning gaining new focus under Common Core
• LA Times: Brown, senator at odds over clean energy money
• LA Times: L.A. schools will no longer suspend a student for being defiant
• LA Observed Blog: Sonenshein: How voters view the LA city election
• LA School Report: Kayser to DWP: Give Schools a Discount

MAY 15, 2013

• Broad Education: KIPP 1 of 3 of Top Charter School Systems in Nation
• Stockton Record: Nightingale's success: Passion for teaching, ties to community
• EdSource: Brown commits $1 billion for Common Core, sticks with funding formula
• EdSource: Brown's school funding will be a source of contention
• LA Daily News: Budget update: slightly more money for education
• NY Times: California Governor Issues Cautious Budget
• Bloomberg: Brown Budget Damps California Spending Expectations
• Sacramento Bee: Walters: School aid, safety net programs in budget conflict
• San Jose Mercury News: Highlights of Gov. Jerry Brown's revised budget
• Cabinet Report: Jury still out on Brown's enhanced LEA spending accountability
• Riverside Press Enterprise: SCHOOL FUNDING: Interpretations on governor's plan
• San Bernardino Sun: Parent trigger group gets thumbs-up from LAUSD

MAY 14, 2013

• LA Times: Gov. Brown vows to take hard line on budget
• Sacramento Bee: VIDEO: Jerry Brown discusses his revised budget plan
• San Jose Mercury News: Brown's revised budget plan offers more money for schools
• San Francisco Chronicle: Brown: Public schools to get big revenue boost
• KPCC: Governor to add $1 billion for schools to adopt common core standards
• San Bernardino Sun: Parent trigger law invoked to kick out L.A. school's administrators
• San Jose Mercury News: School choice: Why shouldn't moms decide?
• Stockton Record: STOCKTON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY first grads tough it out
• LA School Report: Parent Group Petitions for Superintendent Deasy

MAY 13, 2013

• Marysville Appeal Democrat: Walden advocates for charter schools at Capitol
• Red Bluff Daily News: Plumas Charter senior's artwork featured at Lassen
• Sacramento Bee: Walters: Love could kill Jerry Brown's school plan
• San Francisco Chronicle: Lawmakers debate how to spend $900M
• Cabinet Report: Update on post Sandy Hook legislative fixes
• LA Times: Brown, senator at odds over clean energy money
• Colusa Sun Herald: Camptonville Academy teacher named Educator who Makes a Difference
• Tracy Press: Charter school opening under budget
• Mariposa Sierra Sun Times: Sierra Foothill Charter Students Visit Fresno Zoo
• LA Weekly: L.A. Mayor's Race: 5 Key Differences
• LA Daily Breeze: The LAUSD misconduct files, teacher by teacher
• LA Times: LAUSD board could ban suspensions for 'willful defiance'

MAY 10, 2013

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Hawthorne High and DaVinci Science Charter boast Gates Millennium scholars
• San Jose Mercury News: Governor's school funding plan would alleviate inequities, report says
• NY Times: As Latinos Make Gains in Education, Gaps Remain
• KPBS: More Latino Grads Going To College Than Whites)
• EdSource: Innovation and Next Practices
• San Leandro Patch: Teaching Skill Is Subjective, Not Easily Measurable
• Sanger Herald: Hallmark charter celebrates Distinguished School honor
• KPCC S. CA Public Radio: Greuel leads Garcetti in poll)
• LA Observed: Mayoral candidates avoid hot school issues

MAY 9, 2013

• Sacramento Bee: California advocates mark 20 years of charter schools
• KTXL Fox40: California Charter Schools Seek To Spread Influence
• EdSource: Many charter schools to begin offering transitional kindergarten in fall 2013
• LA Times: Assembly speaker outlines budget plans
• Education News: Aspire Looks to Expand Blended Learning into More Schools
• Capital Public Radio: Speaker Proposes 2014 Alternative "Rainy Day Fund" )
• Cabinet Report: New student testing would use machines for most of the scoring
• Cabinet Report: SBE challenges school accountability measurement, looks for options
• Bakersfield Californian: 'Blended learning' leads to rare teacher satisfaction
• LA School Report: Listen: Garcetti & Gruel Debate Education
• LA School Report: Sanchez Supports Classroom Breakfast & Teacher Dismissal Initiatives
• LA School Report: Greuel Endorses Sanchez, Garcetti Undecided
• LA School Report: Mayoral Debate Reveals Few School Differences

MAY 7, 2013

• LA Community Organizations: Letter to the Next Mayor of Los Angeles - Oakland Tribune: Hayward school boasts two Gates scholars
• EdSource: Summer enrichment programs prove their value
• Campaign for Quality Education: EdForum: The time for equity is now
• LA School Report: Handful of Education Issues Could Split Mayoral Candidates

MAY 6, 2013

• Hanford Sentinel: Agape's Banevedes named Enterprising Educator of the Year
• Cabinet Report: Common core drives revision of English learner assessments too
• SJ Mercury News: Special Ed: CA parents' lawsuit could force expansion of programs
• LA Times: Schools act to prevent high-tech cheating on standardized tests
• USA Today: 'Blended learning' win win situation: Column
• The Hill: Obama vows early childhood education push
• LA Times: Schools act to prevent high-tech cheating on standardized tests

MAY 3, 2013

• EdSource: California looks to Ontario schools' reformer for guidance
• EdSource: Bill aims to help expelled and truant students get back on track
• Wired: The 'Componentized' School of the Future, Built in 90 Days)
• LA School Report: Senators' Silence Dooms Teacher Evaluation Bill
• Contra Costa Times: Legislature must pass Brown's vision to provide equity in schools
• Pasadena Weekly: The language of exclusion - ELL funds being diverted?
• BeyondChron: Local Control--Governor Brown's New School Funding Plan 
• San Jose Mercury News: Special education: lawsuit could force expansion of programs
• KMPH: Kelly the robot helps kids tackle autism
• KQED: Oakland Parents Want AIMS Charter Schools to Stay Open
• San Diego Union Tribune: Unification details being hammered out in Bonsall

MAY 2, 2013

• Sacramento Bee: California teacher evaluation bill fails again
• LA School Report: Senators absent for teacher evaluation hearing
• Cabinet Report: Common core moves a step closer in CA
• LA School Report: Obama Education Secretary Endorses Parent Trigger -- Sort Of
• KPCC S CA Public Radio: CA bill would curtail police role on public school campuses)

MAY 1, 2013

• Stevens Point Journal: Stop using the word 'bullying' in school
• EdSource: Rocketship's next phase: technology in a blended classroom
• EdSource: Duncan admits flaws in current standardized testing
• EdSource: Bonds would fund business investment in schools
• Daily Californian: Senate bill offers a new funding model

APRIL 30, 2013

• LA Daily News: CHIME charter recognized for special-education programs
• EdSource: Positive school climate boosts test scores, study says
• Capitol Public Radio: Brown's "Principle of Subsidiarity" Draws Support - with an Asterisk
• EdSource: Advocacy groups urge rejection of NCLB waiver for California districts
• EdSource: Washington and Sacramento must end Cold War on education
• San Jose Mercury News: MRI scans predict outcome of math tutoring
• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Meléndez honored for education reporting
• Beyond the Chron: Obama's Big Education Problem? His First Term Policy 

APRIL 29, 2013

• NBC Los Angeles: Granada Hills Charter Wins Third Consecutive AcaDeca
• Los Angeles Times: Gov. Brown as Robin Hood
• Cabinet Report: Elk Grove Unified sets the pace on common core
• Cabinet Report: Analysis: Caution with teacher evaluations not a bad idea
• Washington Post: State funding for preschool drops as Obama calls for expansion
• KPCC S CA Public Radio: Study of controversial LA Unified teacher evaluation program
• LA School Report: Committee Deadlocks on Teacher Evaluation Bill
• LA School Report: District 6 Candidate Commits to Support Deasy
• LA School Report: Commentary: "A Dangerous Game for UTLA"

APRIL 25, 2013

• EdSource: Brown fights back, responds to critics of his funding formula
• ABC Sacramento: Brown vows 'battle of their lives' for school funding critics
• Los Angeles Times: Teacher evaluation bill opposed by unions dies)
• Woodland Appeal Democrat: Yuba City Charter education specialist helps kids face autism
• San Diego Union Tribune: Breaking the monopoly of mediocrity in our schools

APRIL 24, 2013

• San Jose Inside: Conflict Creates Better Education Results?
• Sacramento Bee: Senate Democrats to propose alternative education plan
• Cabinet Report: Senators offer alternative to Brown's school funding restructure 
• EdSource: Democratic senators offer alternative to Brown's funding formula
• Cabinet Report: Panel moves to include grad rates as part of the API
• Contra Costa Times: Cal students want oil money for education, etc.
• AP Wire: 30 years after report, schools remain at risk
• San Diego Union Tribune: Preuss School ranks fourth in state
• Redding Record Searchlight: Redding School of Arts honored as Green Ribbon School
• Daily Breeze: South Bay, Harbor Area schools make U.S. News' top high schools
• San Jose Mercury News: Green Ribbon award for eco stewardship
• KHTS Santa Clarita: SCVi Charter Holds Civil War Reenactment
• Brentwood Patch: Washington Post Recognizes Pali High, University High
• Albany Tribune: Goodbye, "America's Most Challenging High School." Hello, Ebonics? - OpEd
• RGJ: Smaller classes don't improve the schools

APRIL 23, 2013

• EdSource: California ranks low in rates of attention deficit disorder
• San Jose Mercury News: OUSD Yee seeks to temporarily replace Superintendent
• My Desert: Desert Unified Schools chief sets ambitious goals
• Pleasanton Weekly: School district email did not endorse council candidate
• News Release: Two Fresno Unified Schools Receive Honor
• Redwood Times: Former teachers appointed to SHUSD board vacancies
• Fox Los Angeles: Saving the California Dream: 'Parent Trigger' Profiles
• LA School Report: Analysis: Board Candidate Changes Position on Deasy 
• KPCC S CA Public Radio: LA mayor's race: How the candidates stand on your issues

APRIL 22, 2013

• EdSource: D.C. cheating issue calls test-driven incentives into question
• EdSource: State toughens regs for interns teaching English learners
• Foxs News: John Stossel: The Education Blob
• News Ledger: Language charter school will appeal West Sac denial
• San Bernardino Sun: Adelanto High School opening delayed again
• LA School Report: Union Funding One of Two Endorsed Candidates
• LA School Report: Audio: Organizers Talk Parent Trigger Pros & Cons
• LA School Report: Mayoral Candidates Tout Parent Trigger Support
• LA School Report: Listen: LAUSD Superintendent Answers Questions
• LA School Report: Coalition for School Reform Gets Big Donations
• LA School Report: Garcetti Praises Partnership School, Differs with UTLA Poll
• Los Angeles Times: Test scores under investigation at Burbank school
• Los Angeles Daily News: Absentee ballots available for Los Angeles election

APRIL 16, 2013

• Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: CA Senate gets dose of realism
• Cabinet Report: Teacher oversight agency moves to clarify misconduct reporting rules 
• EdSource: Family fee for state-funded preschool may be rescinded
• Napa Valley Register:  Shearer Charter School principal among honored adminstrators
• Weekly Volcano: Moving forward with charter schools in Tacoma
• Los Angeles Daily News: Deasy should be thrilled with union's no confidence vote
• Los Angeles Times: Editorial: Willful definance in LA schools
• Los Angeles Daily News: Rick Orlov's Tipoff: Villaraigosa sets election agenda
• Los Angeles Times: LAUSD to consider faster investigation of teachers
• Wall Street Journal: Unions' Charter-School Push

APRIL 15, 2013

• Los Angeles Times: Democrats blast efforts to overhaul schools
• Sacramento Bee: CA Democrats take aim at efforts to overhaul education, CEQA
• Los Angeles Daily News: Deasy draws fire as he pursues aggressive reform plan
• Los Angeles Times: L.A. school reform effort draws diverse group of wealthy donors
• Cabinet Report: Vision testing considered potential key for some struggling students
• Cabinet Report: Growing charter network under SBE draws interest from lawmakers
• Sacramento Bee: Lifetime limit on community college units rejected
• Vacaville Reporter: Bay Area school districts failing with minorities
• LA School Report: Runoff: Union & LA Times Might Shift Endorsements
• LA School Report: Charted: Increased Teacher Dismissals
• New York Times: My Little (Global) School

APRIL 12, 2013

• Fresno Bee: Valley Preparatory Academy students lend a hand
• SIA Cabinet Report: New teachers entering workforce reaching decade low-point
• Tracy Press: Athletes combine brains with on-field achievement
• Napa Valley Register: Phillips Charter students sample vegetables
• Los Angeles Times: Defiance no reason to suspend students, board president says
• Los Angeles Daily News: Greuel pledges to be L.A.'s 'education reform mayor'
• Los Angeles Times: Greuel vows school reform, Garcetti seeks to end division
• Los Angeles Times: School leader who criticized Greuel gave donations to Garcetti
• Los Angeles Daily News: LAUSD reform agenda gets high marks from civic groups
• LA Schools Report: LAUSD Suspensions: Not Great, but Not the Worst

APRIL 11, 2013

• Press Release: State Schools Chief Announces 2013 Distinguished Schools
• San Diego Union Tribune: County educators deny Oxford Preparatory Academy appeal
• News 10: Downtown Stockton park reclaimed by Stockton Collegiate
• SIA Cabinet Report: Bills advance: online, common core
• Los Angeles Times: Campaign watchdog calls for more disclosure by nonprofits
• Los Angeles Times: Parents choose LAUSD, charter school to run Jefferson Park
• Los Altos Town Crier: Facilities offer adopted: Bullis
• Contra Costa Times: San Carlos district to consider adding two charter schools
• San Diego Union Tribune: SPELLING BEE ADDS DEFINING MOMENTS
• LA Youth: What does it mean to be poor?
• Los Angeles Times: Garcetti, Greuel trade barbs on union support on eve of debate
• San Fernardo Sun El Sol: "Sober Graduation" Inspires Teens to not Drink and Drive
• LA Daily News: Villaraigosa on Charters, Education, and His Successor
• LA Daily News: Greuel Endorses New Teacher Evaluation Plan
• LA Daily News: Board Preview: Discipline, Misconduct, and Dismissals
• Los Angeles Times: Teachers vote no confidence in Supt. Deasy
• San Jose Inside: How Can Educators Solve the Racial Achievement Gap by 2020?
• Fresno Bee: Fresno Unified leaders approve alternate approach to discipline
• Los Angeles Daily News: Wendy Greuel draws fire from Eric Garcetti over debate

APRIL 10, 2013

• Imperial Valley Press: Imagine School charter renewed
• News 10 San Diego: Carlsbad parent group asking county Board of Education to overturn decision on charter school
• SIA Cabinet Report: Bills consolidating online services and preparing for common core move on
• San Francisco Chronicle: State graduation rates inch higher
• Sacramento Bee: California's high school graduation rate rises sharply
• SIA Cabinet Report: Assembly ed leaders challenge Brown's school funding plan 
• EdSource: Apples to apples comparison of Brown's funding formula
• Los Angeles Times: New science standards call for teaching climate change and more)
• Santa Cruz Sentinel-SJMN: SB946 prompts questions for parents of kids with autism
• Daily Press: Bureaucracy grows at children's expense
• San Mateo Daily Journal: Burlingame seeks clarity on school funding proposal
• KPCC So CA : Villaraigosa looks back and ahead during final state of the city address)
• Los Angeles Daily News: L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa criticizes mayoral candidates over education goals
• Los Angeles Times: Villaraigosa, in city address, notes gains, chides Garcetti and Greuel
• LA School Report: Mayor Wants More Education from Greuel & Garcetti
• LA School Report: Garcetti Calls for Education Debate
• LA School Report: Read: Superintendent Deasy Tells All

APRIL 9, 2013

• Sacramento Bee: Assembly passes bill limiting use of controversial school bonds
• KPCC: Public school suspension policies do more harm than good)
• Los Angeles Daily News: LAUSD college-prep plan faces uphill struggle
• Los Angeles Times: Community colleges to offer performance data
• San Diego Union Tribune: Cal Grants for Dream students rolls out
• Ukiah Daily Journal: Charter students score Mendocino County Science Fair

APRIL 8, 2013

• SF Gate: Oakland school superintendent stuns district with resignation
• Los Angeles Times: Charter school operators guilty of misusing funds
• Los Angeles Times: The basics of better schools
• Los Angeles Daily News: LAUSD board member seeks overhaul of 'teacher jail' system
• SIA Cabinet Report: UC, CSU systems revamping A-G criteria in advance of common core
• EdSource: Brown's funding formula must work for all districts
• Los Angeles Times: Editorial: Firing the worst teachers
• SF Examiner: San Francisco Unified School District named in lawsuit over 2011 fire
• Riverside Press Enterprise: SCHOOLS: Area makes a grab for Prop. 39 money
• KCRW: Podcast: Are High-Stakes Tests Corrupting Public Education?
• Fresno Bee: Fate of New Millennium charter school rests with Fresno Unified
• San Diego Reader: Charter School's Uncharted Course
• KCRA Sacramento: Ousted Horizon teachers to start new Rocklin school
• Chula Vista Star News: Dimes add up to big contributions
• Petaluma 360: Petaluma's Waugh district weighs move to charter schools
• Modesto Bee: Board members will hear update on Ripon charter school's first year

APRIL 5, 2013

• Coronado News: Coronado Pathways Charter School will open this fall
• Press-Banner.com: Letter: Schooling flexibility fits students best
• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: All 3 Optimist essay winners are from School of Arts and Enterprise
• The Daily Meal: Alice Waters, Chez Panisse to raise funds for Larchmont Charter
• Los Angeles Times: Parents with power over L.A. school weigh their options
• EdSource: Brown's funding plan faces vigorous review - and speed bump
• Cabinet Report: Leg Counsel: Can't count Prop. 39 money toward school guarantee 
• LA School Report: Anderson: Turnout Projections Crippled Field Budget
• LA School Report: Could Prop 30 Money Go to Pension Fund?
• LA School Report: Reform Coalition Hires New Spokesperson
• USC Intersections So LA: Study: L.A. charter lack sufficient special ed services
• Examiner.com: Intelligent Design: Common Core's Core Goal
• Riverside Press Enterprise: Riverside looks at distributing energy-efficiency money
• Press Democrat: BILL GATES: Here's a fairer way to evaluate teachers
• Lake County News:  Three Rivers Charter students learn benefits of saving
• Tracy Press: Two Discovery Charter students earn perfect music scores
• Willits News: Willits Charter instructors curated youth art exhibit

APRIL 4, 2013

• Los Angeles Times: Lawmakers back state oversight of funds, not Brown approach
• The Union-W Nevada County: Yuba River Charter plans new school
• Los Altos Town Crier: LASD set to approve final facilities offer
• Los Altos Online: LASD set to approve final facilities offer- Bullis
• Willits News: Willits Charter School Farmers Market class wares at market
• New York Times: Opening Up, Students Transform a Vicious Circle
• Sonoma West Times&News: Sebastopol Independent Charter director to step down
• Fresno Bee: Sanger Unified's grad rates lauded (photo:S.A.C. principal)
• Petaluma Patch: Waugh Joins Growing Number of Schools Considering Charter
• Los Angeles Times: Parent Trigger Group should work with LAUSD
• Washington Post: An urban school district that works

APRIL 3, 2013

• Education Week: Students to Learn How to Launch a Business at L.A. Pilot School
• Breitbart: First Lady hosts Robinson charter students for "42" showing
• Fox 40 Sacramento: The Camptonville Academy"Students Win App Challenge"
• San Diego Reader: Unwarranted Demise of Mar Vista Middle School
• San Jose Inside: Next San Jose Mayor Needs to Get 'It'
• San Jose Mercury News:Civicorps student tries to break the cycle of gun violence
• Washington Post: Will charter schools survive the confusing charter movement?
• LA School Report: Greuel Speech Includes Strong School Reform Language

APRIL 2, 2013

• The Maddow Blog: How the kids saved the parks:Grass Valley Charter
• Santa Cruz Sentinel-SJMN: Pacific Collegiate could tap district for space
• San Diego Union Tribune: Santa Rosa Academy's student project helps area's homeless
• SIA Cabinet Report: Brown's K-12 online agenda faces legislative scrutiny 
• SIA Cabinet Report: Civil rights, school groups rally for Spanish-language testing
• EdSource: Migrant program offers lessons for reaching Latino preschoolers
• News Release: Apply by Ap. 19 for the TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship
• CH 7 San Diego: Teachers Union Backs Bill to Ease Firing
• San Diego Union Tribune: Michael Gerson: A victory for school choice
• The Burbank Leader: Burbank school board candidates
• Marysville Appeal Democrat: YES Charter Academy appeal rebukes findings
• LA School Report: Board Member Kayser Relives the Runoff
• New York Times: Curious Grade for Teachers: Nearly All Pass
• KPPC Southern CA Public Radio: Want to teach better? Use your hands
• Education Week: With GOP Advocate, Ed. Issues Could Gain Steam in Congress
• California's Children: Rhee's StudentsFirst woos union organizer to school reform agenda

APRIL 1, 2013

• EdSource: State still has a role in districts' accountability
• Sacramento Bee: Taking a crack at California's education system
• KCRA Sacramento: Natomas Charter teen exposes bullying through the arts
• San Diego Union Tribune: River Springs Charter graduate returns from airmen training
• Alameda Patch: Nea Charter School Students Net County Science Awards
• Chico ER: Creative ideas run the course of science fair
• Woodland Daily Democrat: Gov's funding plan gives rise to optimism by Woodland district

FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2013

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Connect Community Charter-Redwood City's only charter school-to debut in August
• Los Angeles Daily News: Torlakson strikes tone of optimism in annual address
• San Diego Union Tribune: Classical Academy moving to North County Times site
• Education Week: Fordham Institute Report on Charter Governance Laws
• Cabinet Report: National School Board group seeks curbs on U.S. Ed Secretary

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

• Sanger Herald: Quail Lake Environmental Charter student wins spelling bee
• Los Angeles Times: Link to 9 am chat with LA Times on Rhee vs. union
• Sacramento Bee: Rhee's CA strategy will be shaped by former Speaker Núñez
• Los Angeles Times: Michelle Rhee takes on teachers' unions
• Sacramento Bee: Zuckerberg political group focus to include education reform
• Orange County Register: How sequester will affect O.C. schools, college aid
• SIA Cabinet Report: SBE allows higher student/teacher ratio for online charter schools
• San Jose Mercury News: Morgan Hill school officials give Latino parents cold shoulder
• Los Altos Town Crier: Charter school here to stay; so why not work together?

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2013

• Marysville Appeal Democrat: YES looks to reverse school board's 'no'
• Voice of San Diego: Boosting the College Application Rate for Poor Students
• San Bernardino Sun: Oakmont Park has a protector-The Grove School
• High Desert Daily Press: Melanie Myers: Sharing a passion for drama
• Los Angeles Times: Taking a crack at California's education system
• EdSource: In meeting of the minds, CTA also backs teacher dismissal bill
• Tavis Smiley: Tavis Smiley interviews LAUSD Superintendent Deasy
• Vacaville Report: Charter school seeks Vacaville Unified oversight

TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013

• Sacramento Bee: Percentage of independent California voters inches upward
• EdSource: Budget cuts create unprecedented stress on community colleges
• Los Angeles Times: California voters split on Jerry Brown school plans
• San Jose Mercury News: DOE clarifies ban on school fees, required supplies
• Vacaville Reporter: Heritage Peak seeks Vacaville Unified oversight
• Orange County Register: Ex-principal proposes new charter school-Odyssey

MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013

• Committee on Ed&Workforce: Rep. Miller Receives Hart Vision Award
• EdSource: Proposed restrictions on school bonds would harm districts
• EdSource: Gun safety courses offered to elementary teachers in Galt
• LA School Report: Lawmaker Supports Teacher Dismissal Bill
• Los Angeles Times: The downside of superstar schools
• Scholastic Administrator: Interview With John Deasy
• Los Angeles Daily News: State educators support LAUSD waiver from NCLB

FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013

• Daily Journal-Peninsula: Expansion set for Spanish immersion program
• Contra Costa Times/SJM: Clayton Valley Charter expansion approved
• East Bay Express: Must Read: School Board Revokes AIM License
• California's Children: Jeanne Saiza, outstanding charter teacher of the year
• California's Children: Lighthouse Community is a Hart Vision Charter of the year
• California's Children: Rhee keynotes CCSA conference, calls for charters action
• KTTV Fox Los Angeles: Two Charter Schools Competing At National Competition
• American Progress: Mayoral Governance and Student Achievement
• Sacramento Bee: Speaker Pérez seeks future in education policy
• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Bullying of gay students rampant in California, study says
• EdSource: Solving teacher retirement system's shortfall would cost billions
• EdSource: Sen. Padilla drops his teacher dismissal bill
• LA School Report: Who Will Be the Next School Board President?

THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013

• NBC San Diego: San Diego School Offers First Lady a Seat at Their Salad Bar
• KHSL-12 Chico/Redding: 1st Grade Students Donate Cans Of Food To Butte Humane
• Riverside Press Enterprise: 'Dictionary girl' wins Riverside County Spelling Bee
• San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland to close 3 charter schools
• KPPC Southern CA Public Radio: California to contribute billions for teachers' pension
• Los Angeles Daily News: State public school reading list includes LGBT-friendly books
• EdSource: Ed Committee backs crackdown on interest-deferred bonds
• EdSource: New Teacher assessment: much promise, many questions
• Palo Alto Online: East Palo Alto schools seek new superintendent
• LA School Report: District Waivers Worry State Education Chiefs

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013

• Pacific Palisades Patch: Pali High's Jeanne Saiza Honored as Charter Teacher of the Year
• California's Children: Fenton Ave school is Hart Vision Charter of the year
• Ventura County Star: Herdt: What if it paid to invest in schools?
• EdSource: Alternative Bill to Speed Teacher Dismissals is Introduced
• San Jose Mercury News: Buchanan bills aim to protect schoolchildren
• Los Angeles Times: Entrepreneurship school is approved, location isn't
• LA School Report: Board Votes to Oust Monica Garcia From Presidency

TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013

• LA School Report: CCSA Teacher Workshop Podcast is well received
• Los Angeles Times: Assembly panel rejects piece of Jerry Brown's education plan
• EdSource: Committee wrestles with incorporating graduation rate into API
• Orange County Register: Lockyer: School bond election deals appear illegal
• San Diego Union Tribune: County school board hears Oxford appeal
• Anderson Valley Post: New charter school opens
• San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Paradise charter student advances to state spelling bee
• NBC Bay Area: Alum Rock Considers Consolidating Campuses
• Palo Alto Online: Peery family is 'anonymous donor' for new Paly gyms
• LA School Report: Union "Surveys" Teachers for Deasy Criticism
• LA School Report: Group Calls for "Courageous" School Board
• KPPC Southern CA Public Radio: Why Villaraigosa fell short as LA's education mayor
• Fox and Hounds: If You Want Voters, Time to Try Mail-Only

MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2013

• Oakland Tribune: Oakland's Lighthouse named charter school of the year
• KABC Los Angeles: CA Academic Decathlon: Granada Hills Charter HS Wins 3Peat
• San Francisco Chronicle: StudentsFirst counterbalance L.A. unions
• San Francisco Chronicle: School Improvement Grants running out
• Calbuzz: Mixed Salad: Dems, Old Saws, The Chron and Whites
• EdSource4: Prop. 30 opens preschool to hundreds in Fresno
• Los Angeles Times: State schools chief wants to hold off on some tests
• EdSource: Let's shelve the CSTs so the real work can begin
• San Diego Union Tribune: Science event in San Marcos draws thousands
• Plumas News: Charter school at Pioneer
• Sacramento Bee: SCUSD Open-enrollment demand jumps
• Fresno Bee: Central CA Charter students advance in science fair
• NBC Ch 4 Los Angeles: Rugby Program Is a "Dream Come True" for Coach
• San Francisco Examiner: Three Team Alliance Wins State Champs - 2013 VEX Robotics
• Orange County Register: High schools draw students to dance, music, drama and art
• Sacramento Bee Blog: Westside Preparatory Charter Student MLK Speeches

FRIDAY MARCH 15, 2013

• San Jose Mercury News: Hanson: CA advantages mask its problems
• Hollywood Reporter: Broad Teams With Financier to Make L.A. Times Bid
• San Diego Union Tribune: Charter Schools Focus of Four-Day Conference
• LA School Report: Don't Water Down Teacher Evaluation, Parent Pleads
• San Diego Union Tribune: Rhee: Not all charters created equal
• Sacramento News and Review: Preparing to fail-Rhee's agenda syncs with district plan
• San Diego Union Tribune: Have charter schools grown too fast?
• Los Angeles Daily News: LAUSD charters would lose funding under Brown's budget
• San Diego Union Tribune: Golf tournament set to benefit Charter High
• Monterey Herald: Marina charter school must change to survive
• Sanger Herald: Charters Honored: Quail Lake Environmental/Sanger Academy
• Education Week: L.A. Chief John Deasy: Depoliticize Education Research
• Napa Valley Register: Juggling tips
• Willets News: Willits Charter School student creates her own prom
• San Diego KPBS: Einstein's Birthday A Cause For Innovation
• KGET - Bakersfield/Kern: 50 young adults get a second chance to graduate
• San Diego Union Tribune: CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT OUTGROWING SPACE
• Los Angeles Times Blog: Teachers union to vote on stand against Deasy policies
• Los Angeles Times Blog: Charter school aims to toss out students with fake addresses
• Orange County Register: Gloria Romero: Power shift on L.A. school board
• LA School Report: Union Endorsements Unchanged for District 6
• LA School Report: How Zimmer Really Won

FRIDAY MARCH 9, 2013

• San Jose Mercury News: SC school board approves second Discovery Charter
• Press Release: Top Urban Public Charter School Sends All Students to College
• New York Times: Inside the World of Charter Schools-Letter from Wallace
• Huffington Post: Education Reform Law Struck Down By Republican Judge
• Village Voice: NY Activists Form National Coalition to Fight Ed-Reform
• Palo Alto Online: A champion for charter schools
• EdSource: Ravitch to lead new organization into political trenches
• EdSource: Higher standards coming for state's intern teachers
• Dallas News: Rhee: Why I broke from dogma to back school vouchers
• Herald Online: Fitch Affirms Green Dot Public Schools bond ratings
• Fox Business: Oakland vs Ben Chavis: Who is Ripping Off the Taxpayer?
• Castro Valley Patch: Report Details Gains At San Lorenzo Charter School
• KPBS - San Diego: Parents Support New San Diego Schools Superintendent
• Oroville Mercury Register: Letter: School play a professional production
• Los Angeles Times: Environmental charter students won contest
• ChicoER.com: Wildflower charter renewal on school board agenda
• Santa Clarita News: KHTS Sacramento Trip Includes Four Students

FRIDAY MARCH 1, 2013

• Sacramento Bee: New school funding plan wins cautious praise in Capitol hearing
• SIA Cabinet Report: Ed groups still want Brown funding formula debated outside budget
• EdSource: Pursuit of college financial aid varies widely among high schools
• Los Angeles Times: Skelton: Brown picks winners and losers in school funding
• Los Angeles Times: Voters weren't told about plan to redistribute education money
• KPPC Southern CA Public Radio: Zimmer-Anderson interview can be viewed online
• Marina Del Rey Patch: Anderson Outraises Incumbent in LAUSD School Board Race

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2013

• San Jose Mercury News: ACE Charter Schools: New East San Jose high school will live up to promise
• Fox and Hound: Pink Slip the Teacher Pink Slip
• EdSource: Nine districts submit waiver for relief from NCLB
• Contra Costa Times: Court rejects appeal seeking $2B more for schools
• SIA Cabinet Report: Student panel offers expert advice to lawmakers on evaluating schools
• Capital Public Radio: Sacramento-area Schools Brace for Sequester Cuts
• Los Angeles Daily News: LAUSD to hire sex abuse investigators

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2013

• Washington Post: D.C. clamps down on low-performing charter schools, approves Rocketship
  • KPBS: Sequestration To Affect California Schools
  • San Jose Inside: Rocketship: Leaders, Innovators of Local Education
  • Contra Costa Times: Court rejects appeal seeking $2B more for schools
  • Los Angeles Times: Brown's  school finance plan gets first legislative review
  • Sacramento Bee: Appellate court dismisses school budget challenge
  • EdSource: Administrators get little guidance on impact of sequester
  • EdSource: K-12 districts can wait and watch sequestration unroll
  • SIA Cabinet Report: Assembly student suspension bill fits newest pediatric advice
  • SIA Cabinet Report: CTC confronts possible litigation over English learners and internship duties
  • San Jose Mercury News: California ranks 11th in nation in youth incarceration
  • Huffington Post: Panic Buttons In California Schools Proposed By Olsen
  • Sierra Sun Times Mariposa: Olsen Seeks Governance Reform, Protects Students
  • Sac City Unified: Five from SCUSD named 'Administrators of the Year'
  • San Diego Union Tribune: SD Unified halts pink slips, sells property

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2013

• San Diego COE: JCS San Diego Academy Wins the Bright Idea Society Award!
• Los Angeles Daily News: Sequestration: What Southern California Stands To Lose
• Los Angeles Times: California braces for impending cuts from federal sequestration
• Los Angeles Times: Black students' learning gaps start early, report says
• EdSource: LAO would cut money from basic aid districts
• EdSource: Brown's new funding formula should be just the first step
• Voice of San Diego: Why You Should Care About School Bond Campaign Donations
• Sacramento Bee: Editorial: A tough, but wise, call to close schools
• San Bernardino Sun: Hinkley's only school slated for closure at Tuesday meeting
• DropOut Nation : Podcast: A New Definition of American Public Education

MONDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2013

• Education Week: Smart Cities: San Diego
• Los Angeles Daily News: The Grove School in Redlands a national model
• Sacramento Bee: Lawmakers' proposed measures top 2,000
• Sacramento Bee: Dan Walters: School finance plan creates coalitions
• San Jose Mercury News: California publishes revenue growth for school district
• SIA Board Report: Lawmakers consider options for energy projects
• Los Angeles Times: Brown's school funding plan draws mixed reactions
• Global Post-Reuters: Graduation rate up, but red flags abound
• EdSource: Bill would speed teaching credentials
• San Francisco Chronicle: Reformer vs. Sacramento

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2013

• SF Classical Voice: Up Scope: Oakland School for the Arts
• Los Angeles Times: Charter tutor Finch advances in 'American Idol'
• Ed Source: LAO has 'serious concerns' with governor's Prop. 98 calculation
• Los Angeles Times: California trails nation in reading, math and science, report finds
• EdSource: Study compliments and questions Brown's funding formula
• EdSource: California teachers lead way in stress levels
• San Jose Mercury News: California publishes revenue growth for each school district
• SF Classical Voice: Up Scope: Oakland School for the Arts
• Sacramento Bee: Sacramento City votes to close seven schools
• Santa Maria Sun: Charter petition is being circulated at Santa Maria
• La Mesa Courier: Helix Charter Student Wins Oratory Championship

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2013

• SIA Cabinet Report: Shaky research complicates Obama's preschool vision 
• Sacramento Bee: Public approval of Legislature, Jerry Brown improved
• California Watch: Teachers in low performing schools lack credentials
• Sacramento Bee: Gov. Jerry Brown releases funding data for K-12 districts
• EdSource: State releases district breakdowns under school funding formula
• San Francisco Chronicle: School funding plan won't be easy sell
• EdSource: More California students taking, passing AP exam
• Los Angeles Times: Lawsuit filed to end yoga instruction in Encinitas schools
• San Jose Mercury News: Editorial: Districts must tackle math discrimination
• Hechinger Report: In Long Beach, teachers help teachers get better
• Los Angeles Times: LAUSD set for funding boost under new state formula
• West Sacramento News Ledger: Castillo wants to be 'parent advocate'
• Los Angeles Times: Greuel fights back; reformer tries to tilt school races
• Los Angeles Daily News: Letter: Price of a union endorsement is higher taxes
• Los Angeles Times: More students in L.A., state taking and passing AP exams
• Los Angeles Times: Lawsuit filed to end yoga instruction in Encinitas schools

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, 2013

• Reuters: Schools in crisis, reforms not working, U.S. federal panel declares
• Contra Costa Times: Some autistic children recover, study shows
• Huffington Post: Ron Paul's 'New School Manifesto' -- Ed Today
• Daily News: Deasy and 9 more seek No Child Left Behind waivers
• Ventura County Star: Lawmakers told state is lagging in higher education
• Los Angeles Daily News: Jon Coupal: LAUSD skimming millions of your money
• San Diego ABC News 10: Westfield Plaza could house unique charter school
• LA School Report: Analysis: Endorsements & Funding No Guarantee
• LA School Report: Greuel Supports Garcia, Parent Trigger

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2013

• CA Dept. of Education: Journey, Redding School of the Arts are Green Ribbon nominees
• Aliso Viejo Patch: Journey Charter School Nominated for Green Ribbon
• San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. district raises charter school rent
• Reuters: Special Report: Class Struggle - How charter schools get students they want
• Reuters: Charter schools ask a lot of students, and parents, too
• San Jose Mercury News: Turmoil grips San Jose charter high school
• Education Week: Charter Schools' Discipline Policies Face Scrutiny
• CNN- Schools of Thought Blog: Villaraigosa: Education is our civil rights struggle
• The Atlantic-Cities: The End of the Neighborhood School
• Washington Post: Editorial: D.C.'s odd resistance to more charter schools
• Sacramento Bee: Flipping class gaining momentum
• Los Angeles Times: Latino voters gain more clout in Pasadena school board
• Contra Costa Times: Brown wants local control for school districts
• San Jose Inside: SJUSD Votes to Sue County Office of Education-Prop 39
• Daily News: LAUSD parents deliver petition demanding school reform
• NY Post-LA School Report: Union fights Bloomberg in LA

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2013

• Washington Post: Editorial: D.C.'s odd resistance to more charter schools
• Education Week: Navigator Schools: Blended Delivery, Engaging Classroom, High Performance
• LA School Report: Review: Initial Lessons from "Blackboard Wars"
• New York Times: OP-ED: Oakland charters' scores exceed local schools
• EdSource: Obama's preschool plan to be costly
• AP Wire: Bloomberg's State of the City - charters and facilities
• EdSource: Shame of seeking to perpetuate funding advantages
• East County Magazine: Helix raises awareness of individuals with disabilities
• Sacramento Bee: Westlake charter's Lego Stars compete in NorCal league
• The Daily Caller: Historic education reform 'parent trigger' wins

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2013

• Shanker Blog: Best Evidence Theory Of Charter School Performance
• Education Week: Outline of Early-Childhood Ed. Expansion Plan
• SIA Cabinet Report: Brown's budget plan would eliminate BIP mandate
• EdSource: Report questions impact of budget on career tech
• Charter School Capital: Governor releases education trailer bill
• Hechinger Report: For first time, a 'parent trigger' without a hitch
• Voice of San Diego: SDU New approach to funding special ed at charters

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2013

• Los Angeles Times: Downtown parents won the right to open Metro Charter
• EdSource: Obama calls for vastly expanded preschool
• Huffington Post: Joy Resmovits: State Of The Union Education Proposals
• New York Post: When helping kids threatens teachers
• Los Altos Town Crier: Bullis Charter Chess Team earns state championship
• Orland Press Registrar: William Finch takes first in academic decathlon
• Willits News: Willits Charter junior's Women's History month project
• American Progress: Kipp an example of success in Service as a Strategy
• Los Angeles Times: N.Y. mayor gives $1 million to back L.A. slate
• LA School Report: UTLA Denounces Then Solicits Outside Contributions

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2013

• Wall Street Journal: Opinion: The Truth About Charters
• San Diego Union Tribune: Reinvigorated school buoyed by new staff, clear purpose
• Stockton Record: In Nightingale Charter's turnaround, teamwork is key
• Sacramento Bee: Reviews of Alice Waters' project 'Edible Sac High'
• Press Enterprise: Southern California Online Academy progressing
• YubaNet.com: New High School Set to Open in August in Grass Valley
• Huffington Post: YoungArts Wows LA, includes charter students
• Desert Local News: Charter partners in Indian Wells Arts Festival
• Mercury News-Chronicle - AP: Report: Cities have hundreds of empty schools
• SIA Board Report: Funding 'adequacy' suit in Texas watched by California
• KPCC Southern CA Public Radio: LAUSD school board to consider layoffs for 200

MONDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2013

• New York Times: Opinion: The Secret to Fixing Bad Schools
• Education Week: Center for Ed. Reform Takes Aim at CREDO Study
• Washington Post: Rocketship proposes 8 charters in D.C.
• EdSource: Districts seek NCLB waiver whether or not they're invited
• EdSource: Brown's school finance reform flawed, but right intent
• San Diego Union Tribune: Opinion: How to frustrate school reform
• San Jose Mercury News: Editorial: SJU teacher evaluation, pay plan a landmark
• Los Angeles Daily News: Granada Hills Charter wins LAUSD Academic Decathlon
• LA Downtown News: Charter School Petition Goes Before LAUSD Feb. 12

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2013

• Forbes: Closing Schools
• National Journal: The Demographic Power Behind Effective Charter Schools
• Fox Business: Stosell on FBN: Success in charters
• Heartland Institute: Positive Reception for California's Third Parent Trigger
• UCLA-IDEA: Communities Fighting to Put Their Interests First
• The Quick and The Ed: LA Charter Succeeds With Blended Learning
• Paramus Post: Strengths and Challenges of Blended Learning
• Education Week Blog: What Does Public Education Mean to You?
• EdSource: Brown details funding reform, district accountability