http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/ News and discussion on K-12 schools in the greater Sacramento region en Copyright 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:20:00 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification River Delta Unified School District named Don Beno superintendent at its regular board meeting Tuesday night. He will replace Rick Hennes, who is retiring. Beno was assistant superintendent of human http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/river-delta-unified-hires-new-superintendent.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/river-delta-unified-hires-new-superintendent.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card Don Beno River Delta Unified Woodland Joint Unified Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:20:00 -0700 Western Placer Unified's school board voted unanimously to renew the charters of Horizon Charter School and Partnerships for Student-Centered Learning Tuesday night, according to district officials. There was no opposition http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/horizon-charters-renewed-by-western-placer-unified.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/horizon-charters-renewed-by-western-placer-unified.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card charter Horizon Western Placer Unified Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:35:00 -0700 Trustee Ryan Herche wants Natomas Unified School Board meetings videotaped. He promised it when he campaigned for his school board seat last year. But last night, the rest of the http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/natomas-unified-trustee-on-campaign-to-videotape-meetings.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/natomas-unified-trustee-on-campaign-to-videotape-meetings.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card Natomas Unified Ryan Herche school board videotape Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:59:00 -0700 We can never get everything we learn into a news story. "From the notebook" posts give you some of the extra details behind the news. Jim Sanders and I interviewed http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/new-funding-plan-favors-large-urban-school-districts.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/new-funding-plan-favors-large-urban-school-districts.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card School funding Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:18:00 -0700 The children came for the last day of school - some with nostalgia and heartbreak over the planned closure of seven campuses in the Sacramento City Unified School District. "This http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/sacramento-city-schools-close-today---some-for-good.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/sacramento-city-schools-close-today---some-for-good.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card School news Maple Elementary School Sacramento City Unified School District Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:34:00 -0700 Updated at 11:50 a.m. with district response. A dozen minority students and their parents have filed suit in federal court to block closure of seven elementary schools in the Sacramento http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/suit-filed-over-sac-city-school-districts-campus-closings-plan.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/suit-filed-over-sac-city-school-districts-campus-closings-plan.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card School news Sacramento City Unified School District Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:48:12 -0700 Elk Grove Unified will be visited by Japanese dignitaries Tuesday as part of the California-Japan Scholars Exchange Program. Ichiro Matsui, the governor of Osaka; Hiroshi Inomata, the consul general of http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/high-ranking-japanese-officials-to-visit-local-school-district.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/high-ranking-japanese-officials-to-visit-local-school-district.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card Elk Grove Japanese Osaka student exchange Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:08:21 -0700 K9 Studios at Sheldon High School in Sacramento won a Regional Student Television Award for Merit for a music video they created for performance artist David Garibaldi. He used http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/sheldon-animation-students-win-award-for-david-garibaldi-video.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/sheldon-animation-students-win-award-for-david-garibaldi-video.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card K9 Studios Shawn Sullivan Sheldon High School Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:00:00 -0700 Parents, teachers and students can now try the new computer-assisted tests that will be rolled out during the 2014-15 school year in California. The new tests assess how well students http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/parents-teachers-and-students-can.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/parents-teachers-and-students-can.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card Common Core Standards Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:40:10 -0700 Todd Erickson has been hired to be associate provost for enrollment management at William Jessup University in Rocklin. Enrollment at the private university has increased by 119 percent in the http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/william-jessup-university-hires-new-associate-provost.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/06/william-jessup-university-hires-new-associate-provost.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card Rocklin Todd Erickson William Jessup University Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:57:48 -0700 Population growth on the east side of Elk Grove is forcing new students to attend school outside their normal attendance area this fall. Pleasant Grove High School and Katherine L. http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/rush-of-new-students-brings-some-elk-grove-schools-to-capacity.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/rush-of-new-students-brings-some-elk-grove-schools-to-capacity.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card Elk Grove Unified Katherine Albiani Pleasant Grove High School Fri, 31 May 2013 15:55:00 -0700 Holy Spirit School Principal Fran Wise has been suspended pending an investigation into an allegation that she made "threats and comments against a third party," a spokesman for the Catholic http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/sacramentos-holy-spirit-school-principal-put-on-suspension.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/sacramentos-holy-spirit-school-principal-put-on-suspension.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card School news Catholic Diocese of Sacramento Holy Spirit School Thu, 30 May 2013 17:21:00 -0700 Three Sacramento area students received honors in Phoenix last week at the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair. Nathanial Varghese, a 15-year-old sophomore from Folsom High School, received second place http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/sacramento-area-students-show-science-engineering-chops.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/sacramento-area-students-show-science-engineering-chops.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card School news Folsom High School Mira Loma High School Vista del Lago High School Thu, 23 May 2013 15:41:55 -0700 Warren T. Eich Middle School in Roseville has become an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program candidate, an initial step in a rigorous process to become certified. Students in the IB http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/roseville-school-accepted-as-baccalaureate-program-candidate.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/roseville-school-accepted-as-baccalaureate-program-candidate.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card School news Roseville City School District Warren T. Eich Middle School Wed, 22 May 2013 14:34:00 -0700 Educators and providers of summer learning programs in the Sacramento area are invited to a summit on summer education at the Sacramento Library Galleria on Wednesday. The event starts at http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/sacramento-education-summit-aims-to-bolster-summer-learning.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card http://blogs.sacbee.com/report-card/2013/05/sacramento-education-summit-aims-to-bolster-summer-learning.html#mi_rss=Report%20Card School news California Department of Education Sacramento County Office of Education Sierra Health Foundation the David & Lucile Packard Foundation UC Davis School of Education Walmart Tue, 21 May 2013 15:00:00 -0700