Education Headlines

• New Sonora High board votes for special meeting to review Wildcat Ranch sale

  Minutes after three new trustees were seated on the Sonora Union High School District board on Tuesday night, a special meeting was scheduled for Monday to review, and potentially abandon, the sale of 112 acres of Wildcat Ranch to the Sonora non-profit The Park Foundation.

  December 12, 2018

• LAUSD removing mural at Koreatown school, artist stunned

  The Los Angeles Unified School District has decided to paint over a mural on a public school gym in Koreatown because it includes rays that remind protestors of the Japanese battle flag, evoking memories of Japanese atrocities against Koreans in World War II.

  December 12, 2018

• New look for the California School Dashboard is ‘an improvement’ — but it’s still not geared toward parents, advocates say

  The much-anticipated redesign of California’s maligned school dashboard is live — but some education advocates aren’t convinced it went far enough to improve usability for parents.

  December 12, 2018

• EdSource: In push for universal preschool, lessons to heed from California’s class size reduction program

  The rapid rollout of a hugely ambitious plan to reduce elementary school class sizes in California over two decades ago should serve as a cautionary tale for how quickly the state should implement universal preschool.

  December 12, 2018

• State issues new rule for showing farm animals at fairs. Not everyone likes it.

  Starting next year, students who show farm animals at California fairs must receive certification in food safety, animal care and ethics — or they won’t be able to participate.

  December 12, 2018

• After $30.2 million in settlements, Redlands Unified adopts sweeping policy changes to quell teacher sex abuse

  Rocked by years of scandal and $30.2 million in legal settlements over sexual misconduct by its teachers and staff, the Redlands Unified School District has adopted sweeping reforms designed to establish firm boundaries between employees and students.

  December 12, 2018