Thursday, November 29, 2007

Worth a Listen: from Patt Morrison on KPCC

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LA School District Woes [ Listen ] First it was the payroll debacle that left thousands of LA school teachers overpaid or un...

L.A. Unified warned that it falls short of state standards

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Not to downplay this story - but the letter it is about and the board informative referred to are both from September - and the superi...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

ARE KIDS WORTH THE COST?

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Business Week takes a look at children as just another consumer choice. Broadsheet by Carol Lloyd Nov. 16, 2007 | There's nothing l...

The Great Presidential Mashup: THE DEMOCRATS ON EDUCATION

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from Slate.com : Updated Friday, Sept. 7, 2007 - What have the candidates said on the issues so far? Are they changing their ...
Friday, November 23, 2007

STATE OWES SCHOOLS, SUIT SAYS: Districts join advocates in seeking $1 billion for mandated programs + Background Press Release

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by Judy Lin - Sacramento Bee Wednesday, November 21, 2007 -- Education advocates are expected to file suit today against the state of...

ARE SCHOOLS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?

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Column by Dan Walters - Sacramento Bee Friday, November 23, 2007 - Gary Hart is a former teacher and state legislator who authored many...

SCHOOL PLAN COMES AMID FISCAL CRISIS

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Governor's education panel recommends new outlays, merit pay and other reforms. But lawmakers are facing a $10-billion deficit. ...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007

SHOULD SCHOOLS BE BLOWN UP? LAUSD Superintendent David Brewer on English reclassification, payroll problems and failing schools.

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Superintendent Brewer's Q&A with the LATimes Editorial Board from latimes.com/primarysource N ovember 21, 2007 - Admir...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

High Priority Schools

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The latest version of the Superintendent’s Strategic Plan for High Priority Schools v. 9.0 Nov. 20, 2007 UTLA President...

The Private School Facilities Arms Race

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Monday, November 19, 2007, by Marissa Gluck from Curbed LA [Rendering of Brentwood School's Aquatics Center from Parallax Associates...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

What the "L"

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MEASURE L - which was approved by the voters on March 7, 2007 - was the only part of the mayor's plan for school reform he trusted the ...
Monday, November 12, 2007

Education Meeting Bingo v 2.0

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Education Meeting B I N G O knowledge base test scores think outside the box stan...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

The news that didn't fit from Nov 11th!

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► NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND LOOKS TO BE STALLED : Bush and Kennedy had thought it would be reauthorized this year, but wrangling of friends and f...