The Board of Trustees for the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) will hold a special board meeting Tuesday night at 6:00 p.m. at the Alameda High School Cafeteria.
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Hechinger Report New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in a recent speech to students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said that in his ideal world, he’d get rid of half of his city’s teachers and double the salaries of those remaining. This statement, together with a weak economy and teacher layoffs, has led to renewed interest in the question of class size — and whether larger classes inevitably mean that students learn less than they otherwise would. Continue reading How much does class size matter? Late yesterday, Alameda Unified School District Superintendent’s Assistant Kerri Lonergan released a media statement announcing that the school district and the teachers’ union are officially at an impasse. The teachers’ union has called for all-teachers emergency meeting. This morning, Kerri Lonergan, Superintendent’s Assistant at the Alameda Unified School District, released a community bulletin to the media on behalf of AUSD Superintendent Kirsten Vital regarding fiscal year carryover funds. Alameda teachers will be wearing green today, to support their bargaining team as it heads into negotiations with the Alameda Unified School District. Over the previous weeks, teachers have been publicizing an AUSD surplus of $1 million that the district plans to spend on textbooks. The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) will hold another special meeting tonight at 5:00 p.m. to discuss equity policies and practices. Today, Alameda County Superior court Judge Frank Roesch ruled in favor of the Alameda Unified School District on the lawsuit Nelco, Inc. et al v. Alameda Unified School District, RG11574574, which sought to overturn the parcel tax passed by voters in March of this year. By Davin McHenry, The Hechinger Report The New York Times ran a front-page piece this past weekend on the fact that test scores don’t seem to be getting a boost from the billions being spent on new technology in the classroom. The education-policy world has been all over the story, with some knocking The Times and reporter Matt Richtel. Others are saying the story is an important reminder that technology isn’t a cure-all. Continue reading Is Technology in the Classroom a Bust? Nine Alameda Unified School District schools, including Amelia Earhart Elementary, Washington Elementary, Will C. Wood Middle School and Island High experienced negative API growth in the 2010-11 measurement year, according to statistics released this week from the California Department of Education. The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Board of Trustees is set to vote tonight on a new employment contract with Superintendent Kirsten Vital that would maintain her $204,225 per year salary, and add 3% increases and $15,000 annual performance bonuses for four years, beginning July 1 2011 and ending June 30, 2015. |
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