Education Headlines

• Schools limit outdoor time or shut as smoke blankets Sacramento area

  Schools in the Sacramento area are announcing closures or other measures to reduce exposure as wildfire smoke continues to create poor air quality throughout much of Northern California.

  November 15, 2018

• Folsom Cordova School District to close schools, offices due to air quality

  All Folsom Cordova Unified School District schools and offices will be closed Thursday due to “persistent unhealthy air quality conditions,” the district said in a news release Wednesday night. No bus service will be provided Thursday because of the closure.

  November 15, 2018

• New report details how Atascadero teacher allegedly took videos up students’ skirts

  Chris Berdoll, 48, who’s taught at the Atascadero Fine Arts Academy since August 2011, was arrested on Sept. 10 and later charged with 44 felonies related to child pornography production and possession.

  November 15, 2018

• Could LAUSD house homeless students and families?

  LA Unified’s school board voted Tuesday to study using district property to house homeless students and their families, despite split public opinion.

  November 15, 2018

• San Diego Unified denies renewal of Thrive charter schools, raising debate about how to judge school quality

  The fate of 1,000 students at Thrive charter schools is uncertain after the San Diego Unified School District board declined to renew the four campuses at a board meeting Tuesday, citing continuously decreasing state test scores.

  November 15, 2018

• Pasadena Unified school board needs to cut $1.6 million by Thursday — here are its options

  The Pasadena Unified school board’s self-imposed deadline for finding $10.1 million in mandated, long-term cuts is Thursday, when the board will be tasked with big decisions about how to come up with the last $1.6 million in reductions.

  November 15, 2018