California board rejects 2 schools’ plan to use summer school to make up for lost class time

October 11th, 2009 Schwarzenegger OKs school bill required by US lawSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is removing a legal ban on using the results of student achievement tests to evaluate teachers, under a bill signed into law by Gov.

September 9th, 2009 2 schools open at LA site of Kennedy slayingLOS ANGELES — Two elementary schools have opened in Los Angeles at the former site of the Ambassador Hotel, where Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. The schools that welcomed students for the first time Wednesday are the first phase of what will be a comprehensive K-through-12 learning center.

August 26th, 2009 LA school board approves resolutionLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Board of Education has voted to adopt a resolution that could turn a third of the schools in the nation's second-largest school district over to private operators. The proposal was approved Tuesday on a 6-1 vote after a contentious three and a-half hour public hearing and board debate.

August 25th, 2009 LA school board approves school choice planLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Tuesday to adopt a controversial resolution that could turn a third of the schools in the nation's second-largest school district over to private operators. The proposal, which gives Superintendent Ramon Cortines 60 days to develop a plan, was approved 6-1 after a contentious four-hour public hearing and board debate.

August 20th, 2009 Nutraceutical board rejects takeover offerPARK CITY, Utah — Nutritional supplement maker Nutraceutical International Corp. said Thursday its board has decided an unsolicited takeover proposal from Ryan Drexler is not in the best interest of shareholders.

July 10th, 2009 Ruling ends classes in district facing penaltiesCHINO HILLS, Calif. — Summer break will finally start at two Southern California schools after the state rejected a district's plan to use summer sessions to make up for a potentially costly administrative error.

July 10th, 2009 Calif. rejects district plan to make up class timeCHINO HILLS, Calif. — State education officials on Thursday rejected a plan by a Southern California school district to use summer classes to make up for a scheduling error that could cost the district millions of dollars.

June 30th, 2009 Book closes on NJ school districts without schoolsHADDONFIELD, N.J. — The school districts in such New Jersey hamlets as Hi-Nella (population 1,029), Teterboro (population 18) and Victory Gardens (population 1,546) will be history by the time schools open in fall 2010 under a bill signed by the governor Tuesday.

June 30th, 2009 Detroit police: 7 teenagers shot near high schoolDETROIT — Detroit police say at least seven teenagers have been shot near a high school but their conditions aren't known. Detroit Police spokesman Rod Liggons tells WXYZ-TV the victims were shot Tuesday afternoon at a bus stop by gunmen who emerged from a green minivan.

June 30th, 2009 Detroit schools official: 5 teens shot near schoolDETROIT — A spokesman for Detroit schools says five teenagers have been shot near a high school but their conditions aren't known. Detroit Public Schools spokesman Steve Wasko says they were shot Tuesday about a block away from Cody High School shortly after summer school classes got out.

June 25th, 2009 District's error axes summer break for 2 schoolsCHINO HILLS, Calif. — It's a kid's worst nightmare — just as the last bell has rung for summer break, a school district's error sentences students to another six weeks in class.

June 16th, 2009 Some Calif. kids may get 34 extra school daysCHINO, Calif. — Summer is going to be a lot shorter for hundreds of elementary school students in two Southern California communities.

May 11th, 2009 Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools closeWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says kids have only one shot at a good education.

May 4th, 2009 Teachers union says Chicago forces Olympic supportCHICAGO — A teachers union says an e-mail from the Chicago school board appears to force principals to support the city's bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016. Chicago Teachers Union spokeswoman Rosemaria Genova says the April 22 e-mail from Board President Michael Scott appeared to force schools to participate in an event promoting the bid.

April 24th, 2009 Stimulus money may fund summer school, teacher payWASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan has some suggestions for how schools can spend their windfall from the economic stimulus law, including summer school and extra pay for teachers to coach struggling colleagues. The nation's schools will get an unprecedented amount of money — about $100 billion, double the amount of education spending under President George W.