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LOS ANGELES – A local attempt by marijuana shop owners to overturn a Los Angeles ordinance limiting the number of marijuana stores to 70 appears to have failed. Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
LOS ANGELES – A task force looking for ways to improve teacher effectiveness in the Los Angeles school district is recommending aggressive changes in the way teachers are evaluated, paid, hired and fired. Read more in the Sacramento Bee
OAKLAND – Ten days after statewide protests against tuition hikes and budget cuts to California’s schools and colleges, a group of activists gathered for a day-long session of planning and strategizing. Read more New America Media website
SAN FRANCISCO – Thursday, one of the nation's most liberal federal courts cited the Founding Fathers in a ruling that teacher-led recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools – including the phrase "under God" – is constitutional. Read more at Churchexecutive.com.
SAN BERNARDINO – Several schools in San Bernardino are likely to get new leadership next year under a state law requiring poor-performing campuses to close down or take one of three paths to improvement. Read more in the San Bernardino Sun.