Stories you shouldn’t miss:
1. The Oakland school board is moving toward closing the scandal-ridden American Indian Charter Schools, the Trib reports. Superintendent Tony Smith said this week that the troubled schools had failed to fix their oversight problems, which led to a massive misuse of public funds. The school board may vote to close the schools in February or March.
2. The Berkeley school board is preparing to spend $500,000 on security upgrades at the district’s schools in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre, the Trib reports.