Articles in this issue

• Elementary Principal of the Year: Moving the school forward
  Meet Martha “Marty” Lux, principal of Guadalupe Elementary School in San Jose’s Union SD, ACSA's 2010 Elementary Principal of the Year.
• State leaders opt to delay Sept. $2.9 billion payment to schools
  California leaders have notified their intention to delay issuing payments to school districts and counties due to cash flow problems.
• Aceves for superintendent of public instruction gaining ground
  Larry Aceves has been meeting with editorial boards throughout the state to elicit more endorsements in his campaign for SPI.
• New adult school focus of ACSA conference
  ACSA’s 2010 Adult Education Conference will focus on creating adult schools that promote connections for maximum impact.
• Keep up-to-date at ACSA’s Personnel Institute
  ACSA’s 2010 Personnel Institute can help administrators sort out the sometimes complicated facets to this area of education.
• ACSA advocacy results in success on salary transparency bills
  Efforts continue to mitigate or forestall negative elements of a six-bill package addressing salary and benefit abuse issues.
• California set to receive $1.2 billion to save school jobs
  The state's schools are in line for federal education job funds, following the apportionment of $10 billion nationwide.
• California will not be getting Race to the Top Phase 2 funds
  The U.S. Department of Education announced California will not receive funding in the latest federal RTT competition.
• Statewide testing program scores continue to rise; gap remains
  California students continue to make steady academic progress, according to 2010 Standardized Testing and Reporting Program results.
• Exit exam results for 2009-10 show continued improvement
  Nearly 95 percent of the Class of 2010 has successfully passed both the English and math portions of the CAHSEE.
• ACSA VP joins White House discussion on college access
  ACSA Vice President David Gomez recently participated in a White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics discussion.