Education Headlines

• More Monterey County schools to get heads up when pesticides are being sprayed nearby

  Seven North Monterey County schools will now receive advanced notice when pesticides are going to be sprayed on crops near schools.

  April 25, 2019

• Dixie school board OKs interim superintendent appointment

  Still recovering from the contentious name change issue, the Dixie School District board of trustees opted this week not to jump right into a search for a new superintendent to replace Jason Yamashiro, who leaves at the end of June.

  April 25, 2019

• Oakland Unified approves teachers’ contract that ended strike

  The $36 million contract agreement that ended Oakland’s seven-day teacher strike earlier this year and provides teachers an 11 percent raise through 2021 was approved Wednesday by Oakland Unified’s school board.

  April 25, 2019

• EdSource: Oakland Unified may need $2 million more in budget cuts to give other employees same raise as teachers

  The Oakland Unified School District may need to make $2 million in additional budget cuts or raise more money if it wants to give all district employees the same raise won by teachers after a seven-day strike.

  April 25, 2019

• Former Centinela Valley superintendent ordered to stand trial on corruption charges

  Former Centinela Valley school Superintendent Jose Fernandez, accused of manipulating his pay and benefits one year to nearly $750,000, was ordered to stand trial Wednesday, April 12, on nine felony counts, including embezzlement and conflict of interest.

  April 25, 2019

• L.A. students are already activists. Now they want to vote at 16

  High schoolers this decade have stormed out of their classrooms after the 2016 election, demanding protection for immigrants. They have called for gun control in the wake of school shootings, spurring a nationwide movement.

  April 25, 2019