Weekly roundup: A state budget plan, La Habra’s next superintendent, SCOTUS weighs special ed and more

It’s Friday the 13th, and you’re in luck — we’ve got another weekly roundup. Here are a few of the stories we’ve been tracking:

  • The La Habra City School District has tapped a top administrator in the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District to be its next superintendent.
  • Education News title cardThe state Board of Education has put the finishing touches on a new school performance dashboard, which is set to be released to the public in late February or March.
  • The Orange County Register’s online edition shared this fun read about music teacher Henry Miller from Sierra Vista Middle School in Irvine. If you missed our earlier coverage, Miller and Keith Hancock of Tesoro High in the Capistrano Unified School District are two of 10 national finalists for the 2017 Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, which could define specific educational standards for serving children with disabilities, including those with autism.