Public backs stricter school discipline and core skills
A Ford Foundation Gallup survey finds most Americans favor tougher discipline and emphasis on the three R's. Ratings of local schools declined from last year with only 14 percent earning A and 7 percent failing. concerns include crime, discipline, funding, and teacher shortages.
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Protest in bus plan challenges East Palo Alto school closure
In federal court, a class action by Ravenswood High students and parents alleges the plan to close the predominantly black East Palo Alto high school and bus students to white schools would violate civil rights. Judge Joel Conti declined a temporary restraining order blocking the lease or sale of the school as Sequoia Union High District pursues a desegregation plan.
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