Student 'intimidated'
into reciting Pledge of Allegiance gets apology
[Los Angeles Times, 10/1/14]
Compelling an atheist high
school student to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance against his will
was a mistake rooted in ignorance of his 1st Amendment protections, a
misperception that apparently existed throughout the Oak Park Unified School
District, the superintendent said.
Fremont teacher slapped boy over test, family alleges
in suit
]San Francisco Chronicle,
10/1/14]
The family of a 9-year-old
boy allegedly slapped by a Fremont schoolteacher during a math test filed a
lawsuit against the teacher and the district Tuesday.
Brown wraps up ed bills, leaves some heads shaking [Cabinet
Report, 9/30/14]: Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have made
kindergarten mandatory while at the same time signing one intended to show the
overwhelming boost that optional year gives kids headed to first grade.
After
Decades of Action, Supreme Court Cools on School Cases [School
Law Blog, 9/30/14]: Justice Robert H.
Jackson famously warned in 1948 that the U.S. Supreme Court should not become
"a super board of education for every school district in the nation."
Check out this graphic from
the article:
Governor signs bill
requiring annual child abuse reporting training [CC Times, 10/1/14]: Spurred by more than two
years of this newspaper's reports on school employees failing to properly
report child abuse, Assembly Bill 1432 will change state law from
"strongly encouraging" training to making it mandatory within the
first six weeks of each year for certificated and classified workers.
Brown wraps up ed bills,
leaves some heads shaking [Cabinet
Report, 9/30/14]: Gov. Jerry Brown has vetoed a bill that would have made
kindergarten mandatory while at the same time signing one intended to show the
overwhelming boost that optional year gives kids headed to first grade.
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