Education Headlines

• Final tests shows no additional schools with lead in water

  The final round of tests in San Diego Unified School District found no schools other than ones that were previously detected had high levels of lead in drinking fountains and faucets, district officials said Thursday.

  June 23, 2017

• Fensterwald: State officials cool to school districts’ request to become ‘Innovation Zone’

  Four years ago, eight California schools districts that banded together in a nonprofit organization called CORE received federal permission under the No Child Left Behind Act to create their own school accountability system. Now the districts want the state’s permission to continue their experimentation.

  June 23, 2017

• Taxpayers could pay to attract teachers. But is California really running out of them?

  California lawmakers have put forward a raft of proposals offering extra perks for teachers this session, prompted by what supporters say is an urgent need to do more to encourage people to get into the profession or stay there.

  June 23, 2017

• Azusa Pacific University will offer Covina-Valley Unified students guaranteed admission

  Azusa Pacific University announced a new agreement on Tuesday with the Covina-Valley Unified school district, in which the university will grant qualifying students in the district guaranteed admission, as well as an annual $10,000 scholarship.

  June 22, 2017

• Bellflower Unified wants battery electric school buses

  A recently awarded grant may help Bellflower Unified School District administrators add battery electric vehicles to their school bus fleet.

  June 22, 2017

• Chico Unified school board talks budget

  The school district is looking at deficit spending in 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, which it will likely cover using reserve funding, Assistant Superintendent of Businesses Services Kevin Bultema said at a CUSD board meeting Wednesday at Marsh Junior High.

  June 22, 2017