At UCLA, Chancellor Gene Block and 17 deans who oversee the schools of business, film and theater, law, medicine and others spent about million on travel and entertainment from 2008 to 2012.Prayitno/Flickr Thirteen years ago, the University of California changed its ban on flying business or first class on the university’s dime, adding a special […]
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Despite need, no plans to add veterans health centers at more colleges
Daniel Acree visits the Veterans Resource Center at City College of San Francisco. The idea for creating the center, which includes a clinic and social lounge, started with the campus, not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.Monica Lam/KQED As a community college classmate brushed off the significance of civilian war casualties, Daniel Acree, a machine […]
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Throwaway kids: Disciplined California teens struggle to school themselves
Seventh-grader Erick Araujo, 13, of Lost Hills, Calif., was expelled from his middle school last semester and sent to an alternative county-run school 38 miles away. Because of the distance, Erick is on an independent study program and sees a teacher one day a week. Reading and answering questions in this history text was the […]
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Oakland district embraces community schools model in ambitious reform plan
Daniel Hurst, who until the end of this school year was the principal of Fremont High School in Oakland, Calif., discusses his district’s approach to community schooling. The Oakland Unified School District has started a campaign for full-service community schools, equipped with staff trained to support students’ social, emotional and health needs, as well as […]
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As state watches, LA Unified tests new ways to grade teachers
Sachiko Miyaji was one of five teachers in the pilot evaluation program last year at Melrose Elementary School. She said student test scores don’t measure the vibrancy of what’s happening in the classroom.Carlos A. Moreno / The Center for Investigative Reporting LOS ANGELES – Robin Wynne Davis was taken aback last year when the state […]
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Long-neglected law on teacher evaluations rises to forefront
Melrose Elementary teachers and its principal, Bernadette Lucas, took part in Los Angeles Unified School District’s pilot teacher evaluation program, which factored in student achievement to determine teacher effectiveness.Carlos A. Moreno / The Center for Investigative Reporting LOS ANGELES – The road to an agreement on teacher evaluations has been a long and costly one […]
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California struggles to assess teacher training programs
Graduate students in the teacher preparation program at California State University, Northridge discuss their student teaching assignments. Before they graduate, they will spend hundreds of hours in classrooms across the greater Los Angeles area.Jackie Mader / The Hechinger Report NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – On a recent afternoon at California State University, Northridge, Nancy Prosenjak was attempting […]
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California test for aspiring teachers serving as model for national exam
Mario Martinez, a graduate student in California State University, Northridge’s teacher preparation program, examines a high school algebra test he created for a class assignment.Jackie Mader / The Hechinger Report NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – It took less than a minute for Mario Martinez to finish the first six questions of the algebra exam that his professor, […]
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Programs offering alternative routes to teaching careers grow
Landon Yurica and Alycia Jones, part of the Urban Teacher Residency program, watch their mentor teacher deliver a geometry lesson at Washington Preparatory High School in Los Angeles.Jackie Mader / The Hechinger Report INGLEWOOD, Calif. – In the back of a 10th-grade geometry classroom on a recent morning at Washington Preparatory High School, nine […]