Education Headlines

• Chico Unified increases surveillance after string of break-ins

  The Chico Unified School District is ramping up surveillance at its 22 campuses after a recent rash of burglaries and vandalism targeted several schools.

  March 4, 2015

• John Mockler, Capitol’s top education finance guru, dies at 73

  John Mockler, who wrote California’s landmark school finance law during a political and governmental career that spanned a half-century, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 73.

  March 4, 2015

• Interim superintendent has district looking up

  Edward Velasquez has pulled off a drastic turnaround for a district that has been in negative certification — a classification a school district falls under when it can’t meet its financial obligations in the current and following fiscal years.

  March 4, 2015

• Sweetwater board hires search firm for supe

  Trustees for the Sweetwater Union High School District are getting the ball rolling in hiring a permanent superintendent after selecting a consulting firm to conduct a search.

  March 4, 2015

• EdSource: Bill would require ‘breakfast after the bell’ at more schools

  Taking aim at the effect of hunger on students’ ability to learn, two California legislators announced Tuesday a bill that would require more schools to provide breakfast after the start of school.

  March 4, 2015

• San Bernardino County educators work to help African-American students succeed

  African-American students make up only 9.1 percent of all the students in San Bernardino County, but they get double that many suspensions for defiance, according to the California Department of Education.

  March 3, 2015