The Grade
The ins and outs of K-12 and college education in Kern County.
A blog about Schools & Education.
Real Name: The Grade Jorge Barrientos Address: 1707 Eye Street Bakersfield, CA 93301 Member Since: January 28, 2008 Last Signed In: March 12, 2010 Profile Views: 1055 Blog Views: 72868 'Greg and Steve' concerts start next week Chevron to donate $10K to Boys & Girls Clubs for science program Two Kern schools removed from state's list of 'lowest achieving' Arvin High principal moving to district office St. Francis school beats 14 others in academic decathlon Greenfield Union approves 27 layoffs Teacher blog on eating school lunch every day in 2010 expands Discovery Channel host to chat with science fair students Independence High teacher honored for International Women's Day BC 'Garden Fest' to celebrate all things horticultural January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 December 09 January 10 February 10 March 10 For more education news, follow The Grade's Twitter at twitter.com/TBCTheGrade. 
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A House vote on a bill that would cut out private lenders out of the federal government college loan business. The government could save $87 billion over 10 years by not paying the lenders (think Sallie May) to handle the loans.
It was a party-line vote.
If the bill passes into law, the upshot?
".... anticipated savings to increase grants for low-income students and boost funding for minority students."
LA Times article: Student loans might soon get...
Liberty High students get an unexpected early-out Thursday morning at 11:30 a.m. due to a PG&E power outage.
We knew the reduced education budget would affect classroom sizes. It was one of the biggest concerns about school budget cuts.
Panama Buena Vista recently hired classroom aides for about 50 of its primary grades (K-3) that have over 29 kids per class.
Some KHSD literacy classrooms are rumored to hover around 50 students. The district classroom size average is 37.
What are you hearing about budget cuts affecting classrooms in your district?
-Education reporter Jeff Nachtigal,...
The California Department of Education released Accountability Progress Reports for schools on Tuesday.
View API and AYP results by school, district and state level:
As a whole the Kern High School District’s Academic Performance Index, or API, grew by 21 points over last year’s scores to an average of 682.
Stockdale High’s API was 803, the only school in the district to score over 800.
An API score of 800 is the statewide target (schools score between 200 and...
How important are principals for a school's success — or failure?
Watch the PBS documentary The Principal Story airing Tuesday Sept. 15.
Check the local TV schedule for time and channel.
The Principal Story tells two stories, painting a dramatic portrait of the challenges facing America's public schools — and of the great difference a dedicated principal can make. Tresa Dunbar is a second-year principal at Chicago's Nash Elementary, where 98% of students come...
President Obama spoke to school children in America today.
Did your kids watch his speech? What did they think about it?
What did you think about the President's message about eduction? Inspiring, boring, partisan? Was the pre-speech controversy worth all the fuss?
Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama
Back to School Event
http://www.whitehouse.gov/M...
Arlington, Virginia
September 8, 2009
The President: Hello everyone...
Some parents are getting exercised about the idea that students in schools will watch President Obama give a speech on Tuesday about education. There is precendent for a president to give advice to the nation's youth — and for it to be broadcast nationally.
In 1991 former President George H.W. Bush addressed the nation's children on the importance of education
His remarks were broadcast live by the Cable News Network, the Public
Broadcasting System, the Mutual Broadcasting System,...
More on Tuesday's scheduled 9am PST speech to students...
The White House will release the speech 24 hours in advance on Monday:
http://firstread.msnbc.msn....
On the White House rewriting a line in the speech that Republicans thought was more policy than education:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/po...
Californian Reporter Steven Mayer wrote in today's paper about...
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