4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

This 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.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

High School Principal in L.A. Sparks Student, Staff Protests

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Published Online: August 20, 2007 Students rally outside of the Santee Education Complex in Los Angeles , Cali f. , on Aug. 7. —C...

REGGIE AND THE POOL PROBLEM

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Editorial: LA Downtown News | Aug 20, 2007 We're still annoyed by what happened at the Miguel Contreras Learning Center pool,...
Monday, August 20, 2007

PRO-CON: Is No Child Left Behind Act working?

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PRO-CON is a feature in the Kansas City Star. This exchange appeared on Aug 13, 2007. Is No Child Left Behind Act workin...
Sunday, August 19, 2007

WITH SO MANY SCHOOL OPTIONS, CONFUSED PARENTS NOW ARE HIRING CONSULTANTS TO HELP THEM PICK THE RIGHT EDUCATIONAL ANSWER FOR THEIR CHILDREN

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by BARBARA CORREA, Staff Writer | LA Daily News Sunday, August 19, 2007 - When the time came for Arthur Thompson, a single father in ...

MONEY ALONE WON'T HELP SCHOOLS

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by Dan Walters | The Sacramento Bee. August 18, 2007 - One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's early acts as California governor was to se...

SCHOOLS CHIEF SEEKS END TO LEARNING GAP: Jack O'Connell earns praise for his candor on a sensitive subject.

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Follow up on : STATE SUPERINTENDENT JACK O'CONNELL RELEASES 2007 STAR RESULTS SHOWING ENCOURAGING, TROUBLING TRENDS also from the pot ...
Saturday, August 18, 2007

The news that didn't fit from Aug 19th!

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► UNION'S 'BIG IDEA' FOR LAUSD: Proposed charter-like model would give schools more control - "Los Angeles Unified'...

49 DAYS WITHOUT A BUDGET: School Finance 101 for and by the arithmetically challenged

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by smf/4LAKids August 19, 2007 - We are now 49 days without a state budget. We have been reading about preschool programs that are i...

UNION'S 'BIG IDEA' FOR LAUSD: Proposed charter-like model would give schools more control

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by Naush Boghossian, Staff Writer LA Daily News August 18, 2007 - Los Angeles Unified's teachers union stepped into district-refor...

LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTES TO CUT COSTS FOR LAUSD: But the teacher's union opposes the proposal, which would shuffle instructors after winter break.

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By Paul Clinton, Daily Breeze Staff Writer August 14, 2007 - Despite objections from its powerful teachers union, Los Angeles Unif...
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Scott Folsom is a parent and parent leader in LAUSD. He is the former President of Los Angeles 10th District PTSA and represents PTA as Vice-chair the LAUSD Construction Bond Citizen's Oversight Committee. Scott is a member of the California State PTA Board on Managers. He serves on various school district advisory and policy committees and is or has been a PTA officer and/or governance council member at three LAUSD schools. He is an elected neighborhood councilmember of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in Northeast LA, representing Mount Washington. www.asnc.us • In this forum his opinions are his own and your opinions and feedback are invited. • Quoted and/or cited content copyright © the original author and/or publisher. All other material copyright © 4LAKids. • To SUBSCRIBE to the weekly 4LAKids e-mail newsletter e-mail: 4LAKids-subscribe@topica.email-publisher.com - or -TO ADD YOUR OR ANOTHER'S NAME TO THE 4LAKids SUBCRIPTION LIST E-MAIL smfolsom@aol.com with "SUBSCRIBE" AS THE SUBJECT. Thank you.
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