Education Headlines

• Lincoln Unified, teachers have a contract

  The Lincoln Unified School District and its 450-plus teachers have reached a tentative agreement on a contract for the current school year, union and district officials say. In Stockton Unified, however, things are not looking as collegial.

  March 5, 2015

• Common Core testing to begin at Inland Empire school districts

  Districts could begin giving their students the Smarter Balanced Assessments as of March 4, but many will wait until April, according to Mike Chaix, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services for the Cucamonga School District.

  March 5, 2015

• Fensterwald: Bill would steer extra revenue to Common Core implementation

  A bill introduced last week asks legislators to make implementing the Common Core and other new academic standards the top priority in spending a chunk of the extra $2 billion that the Legislative Analyst’s Office says could come K-12 schools’ way next year.

  March 5, 2015

• Fortune charter school to open in North Sacramento

  A charter school network run by Margaret Fortune will open a North Sacramento campus next school year.

  March 5, 2015

• Charter high school gets go-ahead

  A charter high school expansion that was delayed by Chula Vista Elementary School District trustees is moving forward.

  March 5, 2015

• Lawmakers want high schools to teach sex-assault prevention

  Sacramento lawmakers are hoping to push sexual-assault prevention efforts into high school health classes, requiring students to get the “yes means yes” message before they graduate.

  March 5, 2015