DREAMKEEPERS+TRUTHTELLERS: CALIFORNIA STATE PTA PRESIDENT PAM BRADY’S ADDRESS TO THE DELEGATES at the California State PTA Annual Convention
Sunday, May 17, 2009 12:43 AM
May 1, 2009 -- “There was a time when California was truly the Golden State; we understood that children were our No. 1 precious resource. In our Golden State there was a time when Californians recognized that a viable economy doesn’t just happen – you plan, strategize, and invest resources to build one. It is up to us to remind everyone that we must start with a vision and work together to make it happen. If we all pitch in and help, we can build the Golden State dream again. First, we need to look past our own discomfort and reach out and help others succeed. Because when we do that it comes back to us tenfold. There is a huge multiplying factor here that is capable of turning a state completely around. When the whole population joins together, we in turn build our internal capacity, and in the end, the state economy thrives. The essential ingredient in ensuring success is to ask ourselves if we have the will to make it happen. Do we have the will?”
AP/EIS ARE STILL BEING CUT: “A LOSE-LOSE PROPOSITION”
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:31 PM
On May 12, 2009, at 8:14 PM, a RIF'ed AP/EIS wrote: This is a copy of a letter that I sent to the parents at my school. [Despite assurances to the contrary] AP/EIS's (Assistant Principal/ Elementary Instructional Specialist) are still being cut. There will not be enough of us to be effective. It's a lose/lose proposition. 4LAKids background: The LAUSD definition of the AP/EIS position:
Dan Walters: CALIFORNIA’S NEW DROPOUT RATE RENEWS OLD DEBATE
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:34 AM
The new dropout number, 20.1 percent, is an extrapolation of reports from schools, rather than hard computerized data, which won't be available for several more years. By Dan Walters | Sacramento Bee Columnist May. 13, 2009 -- Jack O'Connell, the state superintendent of schools, released the new high school dropout rate Tuesday, declaring it to be "a very slight improvement" over the
ESTIMATED HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE RISES IN L.A. + STATE DATA SHOWS SLIGHT DIP IN DROPOUTS + CDE PRESS RELEASE
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:55 PM
Published : Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 1:51 PM PDT Text story by City News Service from myFOXla.com Los Angeles - The estimated four-year dropout rate for Los Angeles Unified School District high school students rose by more than 3 percent for the 2007-08 academic year, according to figures released today by the California Department of Education. According to the CDE, the estimated rate of ninth-
RESTRAINING ORDER HALTS TEACHER’S STRIKE + UTLA RESPONSE
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:40 PM
Judge halts teachers' strike 12:47 PM | May 12, 2009 | LA Times blog A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has granted a restraining order prohibiting the city's teachers union from staging a one-day strike Friday. L.A. schools Supt. Ramon C. Cortines said he was "elated" regarding the decision by Judge James C. Chalfant, which was issued moments ago. "I’m hoping that this will provide the
The ‘L.A. Parents Union’ Reloaded: PARENTS ARE URGED TO DEMAND MORE FROM L.A. SCHOOLS: Green Dot charter operator Steve Barr wants to organize grass-roots power to improve public education.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:15 AM
Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times - Organizer Shirley Ford talks to a parent about the Parent Revolution as she distributes fliers outside Grand View Elementary in the Mar Vista neighborhood. [A photo accompanying this story for a brief period tonight was said to be of Steve Barr. It was not.] By Howard Blume | LA Times May 11, 2009 -- Risk-taking charter school operator Steve Barr is
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS: May 9-11, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 6:09 AM
LOS ANGELES TIMES A TIMES INVESTIGATION: Accused on complaints once police or prosecutors dropped criminal actions, leaving students vulnerable to molesters. By Jason Song May 10, 2009 The 13-year-old on the witness stand looked to be an ordinary adolescent, her diffident smile unveiling a set of braces. Her attorney began gently, with questions about her favorite band and trips to the
BACK TO THE SCHOOL GARDEN PARTY
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:02 PM
Our City of Angels gets a new one in the garden …and new gardens in schools! Join LAUSD's School-District-Gardener-in-Residence Mud Baron, Nicole Richie, People Magazine and The New York Times (not, Mud assures 4LAKids, the four Horsepeople of the Post-Budget Crisis Apocalypse) at Bernstein High School on Tuesday, May 12 @ 10AM They're launching the (almost defunct) LAUSD SCHOOL GARDEN
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