NEWS
April 2, 1999 | ERIC LICHTBLAU, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Spurred by last year's spate of schoolyard shootings, federal officials committed $300 million in new grants Thursday to school districts that can demonstrate effective ways of combating violence and drugs. The program will provide up to $3 million per year for three years to 50 public districts that, through an application process, can put together a comprehensive strategy in areas such as gang intervention, school security, mental health treatment and mentoring.
NEWS
February 23, 1999 | NICK ANDERSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
President Clinton made his case Monday for a new federal strategy of school reform to perhaps the toughest audience in America--a roomful of governors who all style themselves as experts on overhauling public education. And when the governors emerged from the White House, Republicans among them--who make up the majority--offered pointed critiques of Clinton's plan to hold schools accountable for improved performance and students accountable for mastering their course work.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 22, 1998 | LINN GROVES
Working to deal with the aftermath of El Nino, the Capistrano Unified School District will request $211,660 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair storm damage at five schools. Trustees voted unanimously this week to submit an application for the funds through the Office of Emergency Services to cover the cost of fixing damaged slopes.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 13, 1997 | LESLIE EARNEST
Joining a growing band of school districts across the county, the Laguna Beach Unified School District board has endorsed a resolution that asks the county Department of Education to allow the flow of federal dollars to schools for career education. Approved unanimously Tuesday night, the resolution said local school districts have the right to claim $3.
NEWS
December 25, 1996 | JOHN F. HARRIS, THE WASHINGTON POST
The Clinton administration declared Tuesday that "Black English" is a form of slang that does not belong in the classroom, and ruled that school districts that recognize the idiom in their teaching cannot use federal funds targeted for bilingual education. The Oakland school board last week revived a long-brewing linguistic controversy with a unanimous vote declaring that Black English, also known as Ebonics, is not merely a dialect but a language, rooted in a distinct African American culture.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
March 19, 1996 | AMY PYLE
Hit by the first wave of federal budget cuts for education, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted Monday to scale back an anti-poverty program just a year after expanding it. But in a much-debated compromise, the board took only 21 schools out of the program, instead of the 40 recommended by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Many of the schools were included in the program, known as Title I, for the first time last year.