tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292272732024-03-18T21:07:37.082-07:004LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fitThis page is a compendium of items of interest - news stories, scurrilous rumors, links, academic papers, damnable prevarications, rants and amusing anecdotes - about LAUSD and/or public education that didn't - or haven't yet - made it into the "real" 4LAKids blog and weekly e-newsletter at http://www.4LAKids.blogspot.com . 4LAKidsNews will be updated at arbitrary random intervals.smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.comBlogger8436125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-18697349456434231412016-06-12T14:22:00.002-07:002016-06-12T14:22:45.998-07:00WHY SCHOOL START TIMES PLAY A HUGE ROLE IN KIDS’ SUCCESS
Teens are severely sleep-deprived. This needs to change.
Rebecca Klein
Editor, HuffPost Education| https://t.co/zInVJoy29W
evgenyatamanenko via Getty Images
06/09/2016 02:05 pm ET :: Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia did it. Seattle Public Schools is doing it. Madison School District in Wisconsin is considering doing it.
&smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-86520952075038343152016-06-11T13:29:00.000-07:002016-06-11T13:29:15.547-07:00Op-Ed BERNIE LOST. WHAT DO LIBERAL CALIFORNIANS DO NOW?<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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8 June 2016 :: An afternoon Blizzard o' Tweets from LA Times Education Reporter Howard Blume commencing at 1sh.
@howardblume: I need teachers' voices on deadline on state of teacher evals in LAUSD. Send comments and/or contact info: howard.blume@latimes.com.
@howardblume: You also could comment on
other aspects of revised contract: targeted class size reduction; p.e.smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-55196066873596172372016-05-24T17:17:00.000-07:002016-05-24T17:17:10.125-07:00AB 934: A LEGISLATIVE FIX FOR VERGARA?
By Michael Stratford | in the Politco Morning Education Report | via email
05/24/2016 10:00 AM EDT :: Two
national education groups are backing a California bill meant to
improve the state's layoff, tenure and dismissal processes. (emphasis aided)
The bill,
AB-934 [http://bit.ly/1TzKDty],
was introduced earlier this year.
Support for it comes after education
smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-13479486885363663662016-05-23T16:48:00.000-07:002016-05-23T16:48:01.410-07:00Gun Violence: A DRUMBEAT OF MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS ...BUT AMERICA ISN’T LISTENING
Most shootings with four deaths or injuries are invisible outside their communities.
And most of the lives they scar are Black.
Seven people were shot in a matter of minutes last August at an Elks Lodge in Cincinnati. Credit Gus Powell for The New York Times
By SHARON LaFRANIERE, DANIELA PORAT and AGUSTIN ARMENDARIZ | New York Times | smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-70849558202797532862016-05-23T15:39:00.000-07:002016-05-23T15:39:55.463-07:00Special Report: LA CHARTER SCHOOL UNDER REVIEW AFTER PRINCIPAL CHARGES $100K ON CREDIT CARD + EL CAMINO CHARTER PRINCIPAL IS HIGHEST-PAID IN LA COUNTY, 2ND IN STATE<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-68104680870794770022016-05-18T13:37:00.002-07:002016-05-18T13:37:52.478-07:00YET ANOTHER POOR SCORECARD FOR CALIFORNIA'S PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS: State spent $45 million more on early education last year and only enrolled 298 more kids in preschool
A new report finds California is failing it's low income four-year-olds in the state preschool program.
Deepa Fernandes | KPCC / 89.3 FM |http://bit.ly/1sznOhc
Photo by Corie Howell via Flickr Creative Commons
smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-17029721861492338812016-05-18T13:19:00.001-07:002016-05-18T13:19:28.399-07:00CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT KIDS GAIN STATE-FUNDED HEALTH CARE REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS
Jonathan J. Cooper | AP from KPCC / 89.3FM | http://bit.ly/1rUuTbw
smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-2553340312158739762016-05-18T13:09:00.000-07:002016-05-18T13:09:06.534-07:00PEARSON CEO FALLON TALKS COMMON CORE, RISE OF ‘OPEN’ RESOURCES, DEFENDS ROLE IN LAUSD iPAD FIASCO + smf's 2¢
by Sean Cavanagh Senior Editor EducationWeek Marketplace K-12 | http://bit.ly/1TI0Av9
May 16, 2016 :: Few corporate brand names in education are as recognizable, and
as polarizing, as Pearson, the giant education smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-23835678044006832532016-05-10T11:07:00.001-07:002016-05-10T11:07:09.496-07:00UTLA-COMMISSIONED REPORT SAYS CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE BLEEDING MONEY FROM TRADITIONAL ONES + Report + Policy Brief + smf's 2¢
by Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1T3TEbM
Ritter Elementary School students practice their math skills in Los Angeles. (Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press)
May 10, 2016 2 AM :: A teachers union-funded report on charter schools concludes that these largely nonunion campuses are costing traditional schools in the Los Angeles smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-53523203449894050772016-05-08T17:19:00.000-07:002016-05-08T17:19:19.057-07:00SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE A BIG REASON FOR THE RISE IN INCOME SEGREGATION IN THE U.S., STUDY SAYS
By Sonali Kohli | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1Ty1EkJ
Who are your classmates? (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)
May 3, 2106 #:00AM :: It's
no secret that in searching for a home, parents scrutinize nearby
schools. The wealthy can afford to live in neighborhoods with smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-83376496160973632902016-05-08T17:02:00.000-07:002016-05-08T17:02:35.051-07:00LAPD INVESTIGATING APPARENT GRADE TAMPERING AT WEST L.A. CHARTER SCHOOL
by Zahira Torres and Corina Knoll | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1SXmOgh
May 6, 2016 5:36PM :: Los Angeles police are investigating how a charter high school's computer system was used to change student grades, after the University of Miami noticed something seemed amiss about an applicant's transcripts.
After
the university alerted New West smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-54619260356505909202016-05-05T13:22:00.002-07:002016-05-05T13:22:57.981-07:00DO CHARTER SCHOOLS REALLY DO BETTER? LET'S LOOK AT LOS ANGELES
by Alan Singer in the Huffington Post Education Blog | http://huff.to/24vfpvZ
my opinions, of course, are my own
05/05/2016 06:22 am ET
|
Updated
9 hours ago :: Advocates for charters schools like to talk about their unwavering commitment to student success, parental choice and the benefits of privatization, but their main argument for charter schools is that smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-25449924554882318512016-05-02T17:30:00.001-07:002016-05-02T17:30:18.901-07:00TEST SCORES SHOW A DECLINE IN MATH AMONG HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS + RACE & THE STANDARDIZED TESTING WARS
Test Scores Show a Decline in Math Among High School Seniors
By KATE ZERNIKE | New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1NQBFIW
APRIL 27, 2016 :: The
average performance of the nation’s high school seniors dropped in math
from 2013 to 2015, but held steady in reading, according to smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-32524920385916974852016-05-02T17:08:00.000-07:002016-05-02T17:08:09.023-07:00THANK A TEACHERby Carol Kocivar | Ed 100 | by email
Two simple words can make a difference to the teachers in your school: “Thank you.”
These two words alone may not solve the teacher shortage.
They may not be part of the public policy debate on how to recruit and retain high quality teachers.
They may not address the issue of teacher pay.
But for the teachers who work every day in our schools to smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-50478157482653987472016-05-01T15:27:00.002-07:002016-05-01T15:27:43.282-07:00WHY THE NEW SAT ISN'T AS TRANSPARENT AS THE COLLEGE BOARD WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE
Op-Ed by Jay Rosner in the LA Times | http://lat.ms/1SUp3j0
Wes Bausmith / Los Angeles Times
May 1, 2016 :: Several hundred thousand high school
students will take the second administration of the new SAT on May 7.
Students who took the first offering on March 5 are still smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-5328747754111574052016-05-01T15:18:00.000-07:002016-05-01T15:18:07.239-07:00STUDENT TEST SCORES HAVE STALLED NATIONALLY. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?
by Joy Resmovits | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1Y1EPdd
Some
experts say schools are doing about all they can to improve test
scores — and it would take a radical systemic change to make a real
difference.
(Edyta Blaszczyk / Odessa America)
May 1, 2016 :: In the early 2000s, Mark Schneider watched smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-46515249185337120322016-05-01T15:04:00.000-07:002016-05-01T15:30:25.280-07:00Just in time for the California State PTA Convention: OUTBREAK OF CHICKENPOX AMONG UNVACCINATED KIDS IN SAN DIEGO SCHOOLS
Chickenpox outbreak reported at San Diego charter school
CBS News 8/KFMB Channel 8 | http://bit.ly/1VGmg0E
Posted:
Apr 22, 2016 7:22 PM PST
Updated:
Apr 22, 2016 7:23 PM PST | SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A half-dozen
students at a charter school in Linda Vista have been diagnosed with
chickenpox over the past month and a half, San Diego County health
officials reported Friday.smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-39895401678799973162016-04-30T18:11:00.000-07:002016-04-30T22:09:36.174-07:00EITHER 16,000 OR 6,000 SENIORS ARE IN DANGER OF NOT GRADUATING +smf’s 2¢ +a real meaningful opinion about A-thru-G<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-89620577332497116872016-04-30T17:00:00.000-07:002016-04-30T17:00:02.360-07:00GRANADA HILLS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL WINS NATIONAL ACADEMIC DECATHLONFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: received by email
Granada Hills Charter Captures Fifth National Academic Decathlon Title
Press are invited to the Welcome Rally on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. School flagpole at 10535 Zelzah Ave., Granada Hills 91344Contact: Marilyn Koziatek, Community Outreach, (323) 309-4241 mkoziatek@ghchs.comApril
30, 2016– Granada Hills Charter High School garnered its fifth smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-68694475485636186642016-04-18T18:09:00.001-07:002016-04-18T18:09:49.372-07:00HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING CAREER ACADEMY STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ‘THE BIG READ’
from LAUSD Daily by Office of Communications | http://bit.ly/20ScyHZ
Above, City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell greets students from Hollywood High’s Teaching Career Academy
Hollywood High faculty
members, from left, Kelly Bender, Sherri Whitham and Viktorija Lacan
accompany their students to City Hall
By Sherri Whitham Hollywood High School smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-24556906181802520832016-04-18T12:09:00.001-07:002016-04-18T12:09:30.677-07:00The déjà vu of 'Supplement, not supplant": ESSA RULEMAKING DOWN TO THE WIREfrom Politco Morning Ed (via e-mail)
April 18, 2016 :: ESSA RULEMAKING DOWN TO THE WIRE:
A negotiated rulemaking committee on the Every Student Succeeds Act
meets for the third and final time today and Tuesday. The goal:
agreement on assessments, and supplement, not supplant - the language
that says school districts can't use federal Title I dollars to replace
state and local smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-26781509047955781602016-04-18T11:50:00.001-07:002016-04-18T11:50:42.961-07:00Bay Area News Group investigation of K12-run charter schools: I: IS ONLINE CHARTER SCHOOL NETWORK CASHING IN ON FAILURE? + II: CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL ACADEMIES' OPERATOR EXPLOITS CHARTER, CHARITY LAWS FOR MONEY
California Virtual Academies: Is online charter school network cashing in on failure?
by Jessica Calefati, Bay Area News Group/San Jose Mercury News | http://bayareane.ws/1SgVshb
What our investigation found:
Teachers employed by K12 Inc.'s charter schools may be asked to inflate attendance and enrollment records used to determine taxpayer funding.
Fewer than half of the smfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07274713309220069575noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29227273.post-89380073033723143232016-04-17T17:24:00.001-07:002016-04-17T17:27:38.267-07:00CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT UNLIKELY TO GRANT REVIEW OF VERGARA REVERSAL<!--[if !mso]>
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