Education Headlines

• New law tackles high school football collisions head-on

  California schools will be forced to limit the number of hours and days their football programs’ young athletes can practice tackling and other game-speed hitting plays under a bill signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown that responds to concerns over brain injuries that affect thousands of students.

  July 23, 2014

• Aug. 18 deadline for taxpayers to contest Acalanes school bonds

  Acalanes school district residents can contest the school board’s decision to issue bonds that will exceed the tax rate promised to voters under Measure E.

  July 23, 2014

• EdSource: Agreement reached on ‘willful defiance’ bill

  After several months of negotiations, Gov. Jerry Brown and advocates for less punitive disciplinary policies have compromised on a bill that would limit schools’ ability to suspend or expel students for “willful defiance,” according to Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, who is sponsoring the bill.

  July 23, 2014

• At disputed Kentfield school, students acquire skills for life

  The students, who come from around Marin County, have cerebral palsy, autism or developmental delays. A staff of three teachers and a slew of volunteers teach fundamental skills the students will need to get by on their own.

  July 22, 2014

• Long Beach teachers develop new science curriculum to meet nation’s new content standards

  Two Long Beach teachers have developed a curriculum for secondary science classrooms that joins together the new national content standards for language arts and science.

  July 22, 2014

• Norwalk-La Mirada school board votes to place $375 million bond issue on ballot

  The Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Board of Education Monday on a 6-0 vote agreed to place a $375 million bond issue on the Nov. 4 election.

  July 22, 2014