By Devon Miller and Natalie Rocha The Newhall School Board decided not to take action on an immigration resolution Tuesday, in favor of more “meaningful action,” officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The NSD board did not take action on a resolution to provide students equal access to education, regardless ...
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Hart School District Awarded $3.1 Million State Grant
The William S. Hart Union High School District was recently awarded a $3.1 million grant by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson through the Career Technical Education Incentive Grant, district officials announced Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The funding, which totaled $3,157,277, is for programs that focus on career ...
Read More »Internet Access For California Schools, Libraries To Be Expanded
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced his support Saturday for a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, to expand internet access for California’s schools and libraries. The goal of the expansion is to help prepare students for the global economy by modernizing the E-rate program and boosting support for wireless connectivity for schools and libraries, according ...
Read More »State Releases 2013 Grad Rate Numbers, Hart District Numbers Remain High
The California Department of Education has released the state's high school graduation and dropout rates for 2013, showing that graduation rates are on the rise for the state.
Read More »State Funds Local School Districts To Implement Common Core Standards
Three years after the state Department of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards, school districts are receiving $622 million to begin implementing the standards. CCSS are designed to create a deeper learning and critical thinking experience.
Read More »State Schools Chief Kicks Off California’s Common Core Summer
Tom Torlakson, the state superintendent of public instruction, kicked off California’s Common Core Summer with a day-long seminar in Sacramento to help teachers instill deeper learning of mathematics in their students.
Read More »State Superintendent Launches Common Core Summer Program
California Department of Education hosts news conference in Sacramento Monday to show how teachers can learn about the new state-wide Common Core Standards in math.
Read More »Tom Torlakson Announces 2012-13 Prevention Programs
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today that 11 programs have been designated as models of attendance improvement and dropout prevention by the State School Attendance Review Board (State SARB). Torlakson congratulated the 2012-13 Model SARBs for their work in reducing the number of students who are chronically absent, which results in costing school districts millions of dollars ...
Read More »Updated List Of Sites Serving Meals To Low-Income Kids; 1 In SCV
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson today announced newly updated Child and Adult Care Food Program Day Care Home Sponsors and 2012-13 CACFP Center Sites lists are available, showing low-income families where they may seek low-cost or no-cost meals for children. “Too many disadvantaged families are still struggling with the most basic need of all, providing nutritious meals for ...
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