Articles in this issue

• Assembly member Gene Mullin receives Friend of Education award
  Assembly member Gene Mullin, D-South San Francisco, has been named the 2008 Friend of Education by the Association of California School Administrators.
• Charter facilities regs approved; next steps studied
  EdCal has learned the Office of Administrative Law approved new regulations pertaining to Proposition 39
• Report calls for dropout reform plan
  A group charged with studying the dropout problem in California has released a set of recommendations to the Legislature to improve the state’s graduation rate.
• CalSTRS Board votes on supplemental benefit plan
  The California State Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees has voted to approve a plan that would change the way contributions are made to the Supplemental Benefits Maintenance Account, which provides purchasing power protection to retired educators
• In defense of California's continuation high schools
  Continuation high schools are an integral and necessary component of public education in California.