Education Headlines

• Inglewood Councilman Eloy Morales Jr. benefited from Centinela Valley’s crony culture

  With Fernandez at the helm, Centinela Valley awarded a $400,000 contract to a consulting firm that employed Eloy Morales Jr., an Inglewood councilman whose family has long ties with Fernandez.

  July 28, 2014

• Survey ranks cost-effective school districts

  The Center for American Progress, often described as a left-leaning public policy research and advocacy organization, recently released the productivity report “Return on Educational Investment: 2014,” which analyzed data from about 7,000 school districts in almost 40 states.

  July 28, 2014

• Transparent California salary database: Long Beach Unified disputes figures

  Figures added to an online database showing public school employee compensation from last year were disputed Friday by the Long Beach Unified School District.

  July 28, 2014

• Teacher pay averages $84,489; LAUSD data missing

  A newly released survey of 653 of California’s 1,058 school systems reports teachers were paid on average $84,489, while 33 administrators earned more than $250,000 in pay alone last year.

  July 28, 2014

• Despite scandals, Rialto Unified’s interim leader wants to keep top job

  He became acting superintendent after his predecessor, former superintendent Harold Cebrun, was placed on administrative leave, in the wake of the arrest of accountant Judith Oakes, who was accused of embezzling millions under the noses of her superiors, including Islam. In March, after the board and Cebrun agreed the superintendent should retire at the end of March, Islam was appointed the district’s interim superintendent.

  July 28, 2014

• Sylvan school board looks at splitting district into trustee areas

  The Sylvan Union School District is asking for voter input on how best to split the district into five trustee areas on Tuesday. Community members will have a second chance to comment in August before the board decides.

  July 28, 2014