Schoolgirls' math skills now measure up to boys'
WASHINGTON, 11:02 a.m. July 24 (AP)
Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, “Math class is tough!” girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys.
In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science.
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ESCONDIDO, July 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
School district bond measure may move forward: The go-ahead for a November bond measure that would pay for building a small high school and improving three others could emerge tonight from the school board.
SAN DIEGO, July 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Schools bond to be on ballot this fall:
After weeks of disagreement over what its massive fix-it list should include, the San Diego school board voted unanimously yesterday to put a $2.1 billion bond measure on the November ballot.
SAN MARCOS, July 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Palomar trustee is not running: A Palomar College trustee has decided not to seek re-election in the fall.
Dr. Ruth Larson, a dermatologist who was elected to the five-member board in 2004, said she's stepping down because Palomar College is in good hands and she wants more time to travel and take care of her 94-year-old mother.
LAKESIDE, July 24 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Former trustee slides over to run new charter school: The Lakeside Union School District added a charter school but lost a board member in the process.
July 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Charter school's teachers, parents beg for reprieve: ENCINITAS – Parents and teachers at the troubled TIP Academy pleaded with Encinitas school trustees last night not to shut down their charter school.
SAN DIEGO, 12:01 p.m. July 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
School board OKs $2.1 billion bond measure for ballot: After weeks of often-confusing deliberations over what its massive fix-it list should include, the San Diego school board voted unanimously Wednesday to put a $2.1 billion bond measure on the November ballot.
July 23 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Student files suit vs. teacher:
It was Valentine's Day and freshman Jade Ray wanted to join her classmates in the Mount Miguel High School choir as they delivered singing grams.
7:28 a.m. July 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
S.D. school board puts off vote on $2.1 billion bond: SAN DIEGO: The San Diego school board postponed a vote on a $2.1 billion bond measure to upgrade and repair schools yesterday, saying the proposal needs fine-tuning and additional review.
July 22 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
S.D. trustee can finish his term, board decides: SAN DIEGO – Schools trustee Luis Acle's days in public office may be numbered. But they are his to serve.
HATTIESBURG, Miss., 8:00 a.m. July 21 (AP)
Miss. school district bars teacher-student texting: A new school district policy in southern Mississippi prohibits teachers from texting or communicating with students through Internet social network sites such as MySpace.
July 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
TIP Academy to argue its case against closure: ENCINITAS – TIP Academy charter school will have a chance Tuesday to try to persuade the Encinitas Union School District not to shut it down.
July 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Trustees may reject ethics plan for colleges: The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District board is considering a proposal to reject nearly all the recommendations a county grand jury made to address ethical issues at local community college districts. July 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Teacher arrested in 6-year-old family member's molestation: CHULA VISTA – An elementary-school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 6-year-old girl who is a family member, police said yesterday. July 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Campus paper not returning in the fall: Fallbrook High School will not have a student newspaper in the coming school year, the apparent fallout of a move by administrators to remove the paper's adviser after he protested the censorship of an article and a student editorial.
July 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Student dropout rate exceeds 20 percent: More than 1 in 5 public school students in the county will drop out of school by their senior year, new data from the state Department of Education show.
July 19 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Jackson Elementary closing its doors: SAN DIEGO – For Conrad Davis, a highlight of attending Jackson Elementary School was his debut as Ichabod Crane in the sixth-grade pageant. A low point? Having to empty his savings account to replace windows he and a buddy busted with rocks.
SANTA BARBARA, July 18 U-T SACRAMENTO BUREAU
New UC president unveils accountability initiative for public data: University of California President Mark Yudof yesterday outlined a sweeping accountability initiative that he said will allow regents and the public to measure the system's performance on an array of fronts, from access and affordability to student performance.
SAN DIEGO, 11:44 a.m. July 17 (SIGNONSANDIEGO)UCSD forms new medical engineering institute: UC San Diego has formed an Institute of Engineering in Medicine to speed up the development of advanced disease treatments like “nanoparticle bombs” to kill cancer, it was announced Thursday.
SAN MARCOS, July 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Schools to adopt state fitness test: SAN MARCOS
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Getting out of gym class in San Marcos high schools will soon require more effort. In the past, students took two years of physical education classes to fulfill the number of PE credits needed to graduate, and then moved on to other electives. They didn't have to worry about passing tests.
July 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
College district aims to have new leaders hired within a year: The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District has two key leadership positions to fill next year.
VALLEY CENTER, July 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Indian school under scrutiny to reorganize:
Facing revocation of its charter over accusations of financial mismanagement, a school for students living on North County Indian reservations has decided to close and reopen under a different structure.
SANTA BARBARA, July 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Complex admissions plan presented: A move to rewrite the University of California's admission's rules drew skeptical reviews yesterday from UC regents, many of whom said they were overwhelmed by the complex proposal.
SAN DIEGO, 5:30 p.m. July 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Dropout rate at county schools at 22.9 percent: More than one in five public school students in San Diego County, or 22.9 percent, will drop out of school by their senior year, new data from the state Department of Education shows.
CHULA VISTA, July 16 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Teacher accused of sex with teen student arrested: A National City junior high school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student was arrested last night at a residence in downtown San Diego. A threat to his estranged wife, a teacher at Otay Ranch High School, prompted a one-hour lockdown earlier in the day at the Chula Vista campus after authorities believed he was nearby.
SACRAMENTO, July 15 (U-T SACRAMENTO BUREAU)
UC regents to review admissions standards: After several years of internal debate, the University of California's faculty has finalized a proposal to recast the system's decades-old promise to admit one of every eight graduating high school seniors in the state.
July 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Board to decide fate of Indian charter school: VALLEY CENTER: School trustees are scheduled to decide this week whether to revoke the charter for a high school serving children from North County Indian reservations.
July 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
UC service workers strike: SAN DIEGO – Despite a temporary restraining order against a strike, hundreds of University of California San Diego service workers began picketing with their brethren statewide yesterday for better wages.
July 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)New director of diversity already on job at SDSU: COLLEGE AREA: San Diego State University has a new director of diversity. Aaron Bruce has been hired as an advocate for underrepresented minorities on campus. SAN DIEGO, 7:42 p.m. July 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
UC service workers strike despite restraining order: Despite a temporary restraining order against a strike, hundreds of University of California San Diego service workers began picketing with their brethren statewide Monday for better wages.
July 14 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Cal State students can expect changes:Students returning from summer break at San Diego State University will see larger class sizes and fewer faculty members, while those at Cal State San Marcos will have one less computer lab and fewer campus job opportunities.
SAN DIEGO, July 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Summer in lab beats day at the beach: They could spend their summer days in languor at the beach, sending nonstop text messages to friends. Instead, April Stanley and Andy Vesci are preparing for the fall semester at the University of San Diego by toiling 40 hours a week in research labs.
SAN MARCOS, July 13 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
A clean slate : Some original classroom walls constructed more than four decades ago at Palomar College have crashed down in a construction zone on the San Marcos campus.
SACRAMENTO, July 12
UC workers union plans 5-day strike despite court order: A union representing nearly 20,000 University of California workers vowed yesterday to press ahead with plans to strike the system campuses next week in defiance of a court order issued earlier in the day.
July 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
'Coaches' to help struggling high school seniors:
San Diego high school students in jeopardy of failing to meet graduation requirements might get sent to the coach's office in the fall – for remediation, not laps and push-ups.
SAN YSIDRO, July 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Lopez out as school board's president: SAN YSIDRO – Facing imminent removal as San Ysidro school board president by her fellow trustees, Sandy Lopez resigned from the position Thursday night.
PACIFIC BEACH, July 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
School is tiny, but ambitions are titanic: San Diego's smallest public elementary school is scrambling to reinvent itself as a music academy by September. With fewer than 130 students, Crown Point Elementary School in Pacific Beach has been tops on the list of potential campus closures for years.
July 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Escondido school board to focus on needs: School needs that didn't survive a final budget cut will be the chief topic of discussion with the Escondido Union School District board Wednesday.
SAN MARCOS, July 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Cal State adds bachelor's degree for RNs: SAN MARCOS
– Applications are now being accepted for a bachelor's degree program in nursing at Cal State San Marcos. Classes for the registered nurse to bachelor of nursing degree program, offered by the School of Nursing and Extended Learning, begins Aug. 27.
July 12 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
San Marcos Unified drops bond effort: SAN MARCOS:
The San Marcos Unified School District's preliminary plans to place a bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballot have been dropped.
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