Saturday, May 31, 2008

THE NEWS THAT DIDN'T FIT FROM JUNE 1

Randomly observed: SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TAKE ROLL YOU NEED TO COUNT WHO'S NOT THERE.

A celebration at and of Jefferson High School.

CARSON PRINCIPAL PROTESTED

Teachers, parents and students protest principal Anna Barraza's placement at Dolores Elementary School because they don't like the way she runs the school in Carson.

A LINGERING SHAME: An EdWeek/AP series on Sexual Abuse of Students by School Employees

This special collection of stories, "A Lingering Shame: Sexual Abuse of Students by School Employees," assembles reporting on a problem that is only sporadically recognized as a national issue. The collection features a three-day 2007 Associated Press series on teacher sexual misconduct based on a seven-month investigation by AP reporters across the country. Some of the stories in the series appeared in the October 24, 2007, issue of Education Week; the entire series is available here.

The collection also highlights special Education Week coverage, including "A Trust Betrayed," an award-winning series based on a six-month investigation the paper conducted in 1998, as well as an update of the series based on fresh research done five years later.

DANIEL MURPHY CATHOLIC HIGH'S LAST GRADUATION

After 55 years as a prominent fixture in its Fairfax District neighborhood, Daniel Murphy Catholic High School graduates its last class of young men today.

STUDENT ART EXHIBIT

About 100 students from 10 Los Angeles schools are coming together for the second annual "Colors for Unity" art exhibition. The theme is "no color lines."

NEW POLLS SHOW EDUCATION AS TOP ISSUE

The Pew Research Center's latest poll reveals that education is the No. 2 priority for voters this fall, trumping taxes, the war in Iraq and other issues

Report: SEIZING THE MIDDLE GROUND – Why Middle School Creates the Pathway to College and the Workforce

LAUSD MIDDLE SCHOOLS FEEL 'LOST IN THE SHUFFLE': "Seizing the Middle Ground" report

LOS ANGELES UNIFIED TEACHER ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF HAVING SEX WITH A STUDENT

Sheriff's deputies found the Bell High School teacher with the girl in the back seat of a car, a department spokesman says

...and now, for something completely different: SANDRA TSING LOH ON THE CALIFORNIA CHILDRENS' RALLY

BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL MOURNS TEACHER KILLED IN CATALINA HELICOPTER CRASH

Tania Hurd, 46, had taught at the campus since 2003, restarting its culinary arts program, which has flourished

Local Elections: 7 BALLOT MEASURES SEEK MONEY FOR SCHOOLS - June 3 election will include taxes and bond issues in districts serving Covina, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Lawndale, Santa Fe Springs, South Gate, Torrance and Whittier.

LAUSD FLOUTS LAW, FAILS OBLIGATION TO PROMISING CHARTER SCHOOLS

"Forgotten in the Middle": LAGGING MIDDLE SCHOOLS TARGETED - New plans to boost student achievement to roll out this summer

NOW IS THE WRONG TIME TO CUT HIGHER EDUCATION BUDGET

As state funding for education declines, college opportunity also declines for future students ...which will mean a decline in economic prosperity for California.

STATEWIDE LEGISLATION PROMOTES PHYSICAL FITNESS IN YOUTH + BODY-BRAIN CONNECTION

California high schoolers must now pass 5 out of 6 fitness tests or take another year of P.E.

BUSY STUDENTS GET A REQUIRED NEW COURSE: LUNCH

from the New York Times: High school students in this well-to-do Westchester suburb pile on four, five, even six Advanced Placement classes to keep up with their friends. They track their grade-point averages to multiple decimal places and have longer résumés than their parents. They don't each lunch.

CALIFORNIA'S NEW TEACHERS ARE READY BUT HAVE NO PLACE TO GO

Newly minted educators are looking for jobs during a time of decreasing positions, school budget cuts and declining enrollment. Some are looking out of state, some overseas.

ORANGE COUNTY TEACHER-OF-THE-YEAR LAID OFF IN BUDGET CUTS

Bergeson teacher questions her future. Her contributions to professional environment praised by school principal.

FINANCIAL CRUNCH HURTS LAUSD ATHLETES

Why is it always the good stuff, the stuff that makes things special, that gets cut when times are lean?

Why do we always need to resort to nickel and diming our way to balancing the budget?

Is it really less painful that way?

Over the next couple of years, every kid who plays sports in the Los Angeles Unified School District will find out as the district attempts to get through these lean economic times by cutting into nonessential expenses and raising revenues from facility usage.

First up on the chopping block: Funding for championship venues. In other words, the City Section has probably played its last football championship at the Coliseum, its last basketball championship at the Sports Arena and its last volleyball championship at Cal State Northridge.

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