Wednesday, February 13, 2008

CHARTER SCHOOLS: WRONG QUESTIONS, FAUX SOLUTIONS

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  There’s much yet to learn about privately operated public schools; we needn’t be so polarized about them. By Jeffrey R. Henig | B...

3 from LA Business Journal Real Estate Quarterly: MAKING THE GRADE + BELMONT, AMBASSADOR TEACH HARD LESSON + LAUSD HIGH-WIRE ACT WITH ARTS HIGH SCHOOL

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Real Estate Quarterly : MAKING THE GRADE by Daniel Miller | Los Angeles Business Journal Staff 1/28/2008 - It's bigger than Boston'...

Ambassador Schools Cost Soars to $566 Million: LAUSD Officials Attribute Price Increase To Inflation, Cost of Materials

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by Richard Guzmán | LA Downtown News 2/11/08 - The construction budget for the Central Los Angeles New Learning Center No. 1, als...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

SECURE IN THEIR STUDIES: An anti-violence effort at Markham Middle has opened a new chapter for the Watts school's students.

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Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times - Jonathan Arline, an eighth-grader at Markham Middle School, admires his new sneakers. All s...

THE MYTH OF CHARTER SCHOOL SUCCESS: Philanthropists say their donations help create a winning system; two professors say the game is rigged - LA Times Online

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  NOTE: The Times publishes Eli Broad's opinion on the Op-Ed page, regurgitates it (and then some) in their own editorial - and re...

Dust Up Day 1: WHAT IF STUDENTS WANT OUT? - Los Angeles Times Online

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Does the Los Angeles Unified School District provide enough choices for its customers? How can the district make it as easy as possibl...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

THE EXPLODING STAR

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from the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Update Newsletter for the week of February 4, 2008 AALA is concerned that LAUSD is b...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

TECHNOLOGY'S GREATER ROLE IN EDUCATION

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Commentary John Chambers Technology hasn't simply changed the way we obtain and share information; it has changed t...

TALES OUT OF SCHOOL: How a pushy, Type A mother stopped reading Jonathan Kozol and learned to love the public schools

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Books March 2008 Atlantic Monthly by S andra T sing L oh ...