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SACRAMENTO BEE
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Fewer disabled students enrolled at California charter schools, teachers union study says |
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California’s main teachers union on Wednesday released a study that found disparities in the number of students with disabilities who attend charter versus traditional schools. The study by the California Teachers Association, which is spending millions on legislation to restrict charter school growth, found charter schools in Los Angeles, Oakland and San Diego school districts enroll a smaller share of disabled students than traditional schools in those districts. It also found that disabled students at charter schools in those districts tend to have less severe disabilities.
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article234199727.html |
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SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Complaints of biased curriculum may sideline California’s ethnic studies push |
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Jorge Pacheco says he can understand why some students of color feel lost in the public education system. He says he grew up believing that a person of his background — he is of Asian, Latino and indigenous Maya descent — wasn’t destined to go far. He rarely learned about people like him in class and almost flunked out of high school. More than a decade later, Pacheco is now a fourth-grade teacher in Mountain View and school board member in San Jose. He believes ethnic studies is the key for students who are struggling to embrace their potential, as he once did.
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https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Complaints-of-biased-curriculum-may-sideline-14365178.php?t=050c8340d1 |
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PRESS-TELEGRAM LONG BEACH
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New school year — and a new building — for Long Beach Unified’s Sato Academy of Math and Science |
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For the 700 students at Sato Academy of Math and Science, classes begin on Wednesday, Aug. 21. On that first day of class, Sato Academy of Math and Science will welcome teachers and students — along with a brand new 25,000-square-foot building funded by the Measure K bond. The structure, which is Title 24 compliant and energy-efficient, houses 16 classrooms and labs to accommodate 11th and 12th-grade experiments and studies in the small high school’s biomedical and engineering academies.
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https://www.presstelegram.com/2019/08/20/new-school-year-and-a-new-building-for-long-beach-unifieds-sato-academy-of-math-and-science/ |
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EDSOURCE
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Mandatory background checks for California charter school teachers under consideration |
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California charter school teachers don’t always have a teaching credential or the federal background checks required of teachers in traditional public schools. Currently, 1,118 California charter school teachers do not have any type of teaching credential or permit, including a Certificate of Clearance, according to the California Department of Education. The certificate is issued after a teacher candidate is fingerprinted and given a background check by both the California Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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https://edsource.org/2019/mandatory-background-checks-for-california-charter-school-teachers-under-consideration/616546 |
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