Judge sets up battle over teacher protections [Politico, 8/29/14]:  A Los Angeles judge on Thursday affirmed a tentative June ruling that struck down five laws governing job protections for teachers in California. The final decision in the headline-grabbing tenure suit sets the stage for the appeals process. 

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/08/judge-sets-up-battle-over-teacher-protections-110438.html

Police release Bakersfield vice principal with gun A{, 8/29/14]: Bakersfield police say they arrested a vice principal for taking a gun on to the campus of his junior high school, but later released him after determining he broke no laws.

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/28/6662393/california-vice-principal-carried.html

Newark HS Teacher Insults Students, Wishes Them Bodily Harm in Tweets [ABC7, 8/29/14]: An East Bay high school teacher has created a firestorm of controversy after posting tweets that insult and even wish bodily harm on some of her students. 

http://abc7news.com/education/teacher-insults-students-wishes-them-bodily-harm-in-tweets/285689/

http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_26419917/newark-teacher-who-wrote-nasty-threatening-tweets-given

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/29/high-school-teacher-still-in-the-classroom-after-tweeting-multiple-threatening-messages-about-her-students/