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Collier reorganizes school officials

By Jordan Kwok - Last updated: Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The new employee reorganization plan designed to save taxpayers more than $100,000 and provide a better education was adopted Tuesday by the Collier County School Board. The plan affects some 20 employees, including 16 principal positions. Superintendent Kamela Patton said she had to work fast after taking office June 1. “Principals are back starting next [...]

‘Two Britains’ qualifications gap

By Jordan Kwok - Last updated: Tuesday, July 19, 2011

  Many of the places with the best-educated adults are in London and the south There are huge local variations in levels of education within Britains adult population, reveals an analysis published by a lecturers union. It shows “two Britains” divided by a wide educational gulf, says the University and College Union. In the Glasgow [...]

Bill to curb California college execs’ pay raises

By Jordan Kwok - Last updated: Monday, July 18, 2011

Days after California’s public universities handed lucrative new pay and bonuses to three executives and a chancellor while raising student tuition, a state senator has introduced a bill to make such pay increases illegal in tough economic times. The bill, filed Monday by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would prohibit executive pay increases at [...]

Teachers union files lawsuit to stop expansion of school vouchers

By Jordan Kwok - Last updated: Sunday, July 17, 2011

The state teachers union has filed a lawsuit challenging a proposed constitutional amendment that would repeal the state ban on spending public money on religious organizations. Lawmakers voted this spring to place the question on the 2012 state ballot, arguing that the existing constitutional provision is rooted in anti-Catholic bigotry and threatens effective social service [...]