Tuesday, April 10, 2007

NY Mayor Attacks Critics of Plan to Fix Schools

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Ruby Washington/The New York Times Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was joined Monday by more than 70 supporters of his plan to reorganize the s...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

LAUSD v. Villaraigosa: The Appeal

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Updated news stories and 4LAKids commentary on the AB1381 appeal have been posted as a special edition of 4LAKids here A continually updated...
Monday, April 02, 2007

First impressions from the appeals court on LAUSD v. Villaraigosa ...and musings from the peanut gallery

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APPEALS COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS ON LA SCHOOLS LAW The Associated Press – from the San Jose Mercury News website April 2, 2007 - 4:13:3...
Sunday, April 01, 2007

PARENTS REBEL AGAINST SCHOOL FUND-RAISERS

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Tired of Being Forced to Sell Wrapping Paper and Raffle Tickets, Some Opt Out While Others Devise More-Effective Alternatives by Jeff D...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Top-to-Bottom Support

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Through intensive mentoring and training for everyone from novice instructors to top district leaders, a long-troubled Califor...
Monday, March 26, 2007

Why I Believe in Public Education

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by Jon Samuels | from the Public Education Network Newsblast In 1832, Alexis de Tocqueville came to America to assess the notion that ...
Friday, March 23, 2007

DEJA VU TIMES TWO: ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR MOVES TO TAKE OVER SCHOOLS - or - Someone check city hall, the mayor's playbook may have been stolen!

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By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY 20 March 2007 - ALBUQUERQUE — Even with students on split schedules to limit crowding, the central court of Ci...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

BINGO STRIKES AGAIN

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I am out of town at a conference, and while I am away Bingo the Homework Eating Dog – whose only known picture is reproduced below – has ha...
Monday, March 19, 2007

UPDATE: THE APPEAL ON AB 1381 MENDOZA v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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The hearing in the court of appeal is scheduled for Monday, April 2, at 9:30 a.m. The court of appeal is located in the Ronald Reagan ...
Sunday, March 18, 2007

SCHOOLS VIE FOR AID, BUT MAY GET LEMONS

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The state has a jackpot of nearly $3 billion to spend, but in L.A. and elsewhere many needy campuses will get nothing. By Howard Blume | ...

Setting the Record Straight: DROPOUTS ARE TRUANTS ACCORDING TO THE LAW

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by Dan Basalone in the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) Newsletter March 12, 2007 — For months, politicians in Lo...