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Kids with perfect attendance freak me out.
I'm not talking about the kids with one stellar year but rather the ones who don't miss a day of school their entire school career.
Californian columnist Robert Price talked to one of these kids recently. (Read "13 years without missing school?...
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I just read Carlalafong’s blog from February 22. Memories from my own teaching experiences were triggered by the message she related that kids are much “wilder” today. When I started teaching in 1966, I’d say 95% of the children in my class were...
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If you or your kid went to an underperforming school, a dropout factory, and had the chance to get a "Pell Grant for Kids" to go to a private school, would you take it?
That's what Pres. Bush suggested at his curtain-call SOTU address Monday. Low income students whose schools have...
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The Kern County grand jury released this report today:
EL TEJON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
PURPOSE OF INQUIRY:
The Health, Education, and Social Services Committee (HESS) of the 2007-2008 Kern County Grand Jury visited the El Tejon Unified School District (District) on December 13, 2007,...
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MRSA has been given a pretty scary nickname: superbug.
But MRSA — otherwise known as methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, which also doesn't sound too fun — shouldn't keep parents up late at night worrying, state and local officials said today.
Several of these...
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It's not new, but some parents in Bakersfield are a bit distressed about military recruiters calling their teens and popping a big question: "Want to join the military?"
We heard from some parents who didn't like the practice, or worried it could be a scam.
So we checked it out....
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Kern High School District Trustee Chad Vegas wants “In God We Trust” to be posted in every classroom in the district.
Vegas said he plans to discuss his proposal at Monday night's Board of Trustees meeting. The board member said he...
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The Kern County Grand Jury issued its report on the Bakersfield City School District today.
It can be found at www.co.kern.ca.us/grandjury
What do you think?
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I had a job performance review today. Not from my "real" job which I consider photography and journalism, although those don't completely pay the bills yet. But from my other job...my so-called teaching job.
The review did not go well...I was dinged hard for not...
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I teach at an alternative education school, which for those of you who may not know , is politically correct speak for Continuation School. I do the job because I used to sit on the other side of the desk in one of those schools, and after cleaning up my act 15 years ago, went back...
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Assembly Bill 1503 claims to “discontinue the use of unhealthy fried foods and trans-fats in order to receive a 6 cent increase (from 15 to 21 cents) in the state reimbursement rate for free and reduced-priced meals.”(Quote found on Assemblywoman Jean Fuller’s Assembly Web page)...
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Well, the teachers unions are at it again putting the education of our children in the caboose of the union powered Crazy Train and this time it is the Delano Elementary Schools that are in the crosshairs. The union is telling prospective teachers not to go to work there, trying to get existing...
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The State Superintendent of Public Schools visited a local school last week and met with Bakersfield City School District leaders. The Superintendent praised them for exceeding state testing improvement goals and said, "You've shown dramatic improvement." ...
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January Is National Mentoring Month 2007
National Mentoring Month highlights mentoring and the positive impact it can have on young lives. This month-long outreach campaign focuses national attention on the need for mentors, as well as how each of us – individuals, businesses,...
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I just read about the guy who lit himself on fire in front of the courthouse. What an idiot! I don't care if someone has a differing point of view on something, but please, address such issues in a rational way. This guy was, apparently, so upset over the decision to name the school breaks...
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Lisa Schencker, the Bakersfield Californian's education reporter, recently started a blog called "Your Child's Education" and her posts are generating a lot of interest. In reading some of the comments, I was inspired to share one of my plans for education that - similar to...
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Just when you thought it was safe to go to your mailbox and not find a dozen political mailers, or sit down at dinner without the threat of a political phone call or even drive down the street without the visual assault of a zillion campaign signs, here is another election? Don't...
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Want to know if you can sleep in when your school declares a fog delay? Of course you do!
So, how's this for simple: Bakersfield.com will send you a text message to your cell phone as soon as the school district of your choice issues a fog delay. No need to check a website or wait...
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received this from my pop today via email. please read and consider.
dad wrote: Please read. If you agree, please send on.
Good evening.
As you are aware the BCSD Board of Education will be selecting an "appointee" to serve the remainder of trustee Ken Weir's term of office. ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Average Taxpaying Citizen:
You need to know that a new commercial industry was created thanks to the No Child Left Behind Act.
It starts by setting goals and standards of testing so high that many urban schools with a varied population of students will fail to meet all of the...
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