Bill would protect transgender students’ right to school sports - by Jane...
Saying he is working to ensure that transgender students in California feel fully included in schools, Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, last week introduced legislation to give transgender...
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ACLU: San Bernardino high school discriminates against gay students - by Jane...
From left to right, Levi Smithson-Johnston, Amber Stanford, and Kyle Bodda, members of the Sultana High School Gay Straight Alliance, are working with the ACLU to fight what it says is discrimination...
View ArticleLong Beach middle schools to start an hour later - by Jane Meredith Adams
Middle schools in Long Beach will start their day an hour later, at 9 a.m., the city school board voted Monday, a move that will cut transportation costs and give students the extra sleep that...
View ArticleCalifornia teens who live close to safe parks exercise more - by Jane...
Living close to a safe, clean park increases the amount of time California teenagers spend exercising, a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows. The findings, while not...
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Schools struggle to provide dental health safety net - by Jane Meredith Adams
Students learn how to care for their teeth and receive preventive care at a dental clinic at James Madison Middle School in Oakland. Credit: Alameda County Public Health Department As California...
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Students find fruit appealing as a school snack, study finds - by Jane...
Fresh strawberry. Photo by David Lenker, Creative Commons license Amid the ongoing state push for healthy foods for school children, a new review has found that students eat more fruits and vegetables...
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California ranks low in rates of attention deficit disorder - by Jane...
California has one of the lowest rates of diagnosis in the nation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, raising questions about the role of regional, economic and cultural...
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Positive school climate boosts test scores, study says - by Jane Meredith Adams
A partial list of California schools that researchers identified as performing better than similar schools. Click on the image to see the list of all 40 schools. It’s the million-dollar question or,...
View ArticleWalton Foundation increases donation to StudentsFirst - by Jane Meredith Adams
The Walton Family Foundation announced Tuesday that it is “significantly increasing its support” in the Sacramento-based national lobbying and policy organization StudentsFirst, with an $8 million...
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Duncan admits flaws in current standardized testing - by Jane Meredith Adams
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Photo by Ralph Alswang SAN FRANCISCO – Secretary of Education Arne Duncan acknowledged serious flaws in the standardized tests that currently drive American...
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Despite federal ban, tobacco ads continue to lure teen smokers - by Jane...
Advertisements in a store window in Oakland for 59 cent cigars. Youth are saturated with smoking advertisements at markets, in magazines and online, researchers say. Credit: Jane Meredith Adams,...
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Social and emotional learning gaining new focus under Common Core - by Jane...
Third graders in Michelle Flores’s class at Aspire Capitol Heights Academy in Sacramento. Photo: Michelle Flores SACRAMENTO – School is nothing if not an intensely social experience, which is why...
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Teacher layoffs lowest since economic downturn, CTA reports - by Jane...
California Teachers Association President Dean Vogel Teacher layoffs shrank to the lowest number since the recession began in 2008, with about 1,300 teachers, librarians, counselors and other public...
View ArticleReport: Schools must do more to keep kids active - by Jane Meredith Adams
With one in three U.S. children overweight or obese – and an even higher percentage of children in California – the Institute of Medicine is asking schools to step up and do more to keep children...
View ArticleState Supreme Court taking up question of who should administer shots to...
The debate in the California Supreme Court this week about whether schools must provide a licensed school nurse to administer insulin to diabetic schoolchildren comes as the school nursing profession...
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President Obama calls on teachers to help identify mental health disorders in...
President Obama speaking at Newton, Conn., in December 2012 following the deadly school shooting. President Barack Obama on Monday asked teachers to help identify and seek help for children who are...
View ArticleStudy: Improved classroom ventilation could reduce student absences - by Jane...
California could significantly improve elementary school student attendance and health by increasing the amount of fresh air coming into classrooms, according to the largest U.S. study to date of...
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New push for mental health training for teachers and principals - by Jane...
Depression-related feelings reported by students, by county. Source: California Department of Education, California Healthy Kids Survey. (Click to enlarge) Teachers should be trained on how to identify...
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California schools improving but still lagging, report says - by Jane...
California 2013 Kids Count education profile. Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation The trend is upward, but improvements in student achievement in California in the last eight years have been modest, with...
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Schools would be required to track anti-gay bullying under new federal...
Photo by Quinn Dombrowski For the first time, the federal education department is proposing that schools collect data about anti-gay bullying in its biennial survey of civil rights compliance on school...
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