Education Headlines

• The fight over Dixie: Why does a Marin County school district even have that name?

  On Tuesday — a day chosen for its significance as the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. — petitioners presented Marin County’s Dixie School District with 13 proposed new names.

  January 17, 2019

• L.A. schools leader says, ‘Strike is a rallying cry, but what does it lead to?’

  Los Angeles public school teachers are on the third day of their strike, with thousands of teachers showing up at school picket lines and massive rallies downtown. With some 30,000 teachers off the job, just a third of the district’s 500,000 students have showed up to school this week.

  January 17, 2019

• Triple threat looms over California schools. How will the valley’s districts manage finances?

  Declines in overall school enrollment, growing special education needs and increased contributions to teacher pensions are stressing school districts’ budgets across California.

  January 17, 2019

• Video shows altercation between Bullard student and Fresno Unified trustee Terry Slatic

  Video footage released Wednesday shows a physical scuffle between a Bullard High School student and Fresno Unified Area 7 Trustee Terry Slatic.

  January 17, 2019

• Should children attend full-day kindergarten? California law may soon require it.

  California may soon require that all the state’s kindergarteners attend a full day of school, if a bill introduced last week becomes law. Under the legislation, schools must transition from half-day programs to full-day programs by the 2021-22 school year.

  January 17, 2019

• Oakland teachers prepare wildcat walkout Friday amid disruptive LA strike

  Teachers from half a dozen schools in Oakland are planning to walk out Friday to warn the district of a looming strike if they aren’t offered better pay — a move that comes amid a massive teachers’ strike in Los Angeles.

  January 17, 2019