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.

Monday, March 24, 2008

FUN ON THE INTERNET - Find who your elected representatives are

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HOW TO FIND OUT WHO A SCHOOL IN LAUSD'S ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE : Go to this website: http://notebook.lausd.net/schoolsearch/s...

ACRONYMS 101 - or - EPC

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Eduspeak for the Parentally Challenged You've been there ...you don't have a clue what they're talking about. How can you be ...

New Prop. 39 rules OK’d; affect charter facility requests for 2009-10

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from the csba/California School Boards association website March 2008 - Rejecting objections from CSBA and other members of the education...

PUSH FOR CHARTER SCHOOL DIVIDES PALOS VERDES: Some parents want an alternative to schools they say focus on drills. Others fear the loss of state funds to existing schools.

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  By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer March 24, 2008 - Public schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula are among the state...

SAT SUBJECT TESTS ARE A VALUABLE TOOL: Particularly in the case of recent immigrants, they can spotlight students' academic strengths.

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  LA Times Opinion by Van Tran March 24, 2008  - For the many of us who treasure the University of California's tradition of ...

Certifying Parents

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  WALL STREET JOURNAL: REVIEW & OUTLOOK March 22, 2008; Page A24 In the annals of judicial imperialism, we have arrived at ...
Sunday, March 23, 2008

PUT TEACHERS TO THE TEST: Educators should be evaluated based on their students' exam scores + LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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LA Times Opinion by Camille Esch March 23, 2008 - In recent years, reformers have sought to improve our failing public education system b...
Friday, March 21, 2008

The news that didn't fit from March 21st!

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► THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER ON THE BUDGET AND THE DISTRICT I REPRESENT IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY by Mark DeSaulnier, Mem...

What education needs: sensible talk, not noise

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"The delay underscores the low priority that the governor, despite all rhetoric to the contrary, seems to put on education, except i...

The Differences Between Governor Schwarzenegger on the Budget and the District I Represent in the State Assembly

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  By Mark DeSaulnier, Member - California State Assembly from The California Progress Report Contra Costa County was home to contrasti...
Thursday, March 20, 2008

SCHOOL HAZE: Could freeways hold the answer to Los Angeles schools’ pollution problem?

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from Metropolis Online by Suzanne LaBarre March 2008 • Next Generation Posted March 19, 2008 - Los Angeles public schools are in a bi...
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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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