Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Taft High School: TOWN HALL MEETING TO DISCUSS CHAMPS CHARTER - 7pm Tuesday, 22 April

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Town Hall Meeting Set to Discuss CHAMPS Charter; Guests include Canter, Cortines and Duffy;  All are urged to attend A town hall m...

VALLEY FLUNK THE BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING 7pm Thursday evening April 24th

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California State PTA says " Flunk the Budget, Not our Children " A PTA campaign to stop the 10% cut to Education and Childr...
Monday, April 21, 2008

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEEK PRIVATE MONEY JUST TO COVER THE BASICS

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  Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times High school students wash cars at Peninsula High School to raise money for the Peninsula Edu...

THE NEED FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS

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  L.A. Unifed should treat the public campuses as partners, not threats. [If the LA Times and/or Mayor Riordan are going to spell ...

L.A. RETHINKING ITS ANTI-GANG PROGRAMS

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  As Villaraigosa plans to drop L.A. Bridges, the effectiveness of such initiatives remains unknown. By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Time...

ALLEGATIONS FOLLOWED EDUCATOR AS HE CLIMBED THE LADDER

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An assistant principal charged in the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old student rose through the ranks of the L.A. school district despite accus...

Editorial: PAY INCENTIVE CAN LURE TEACHERS TO POOR SCHOOLS

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San Jose Mercury News Editorial 04/21/2008 — California faces a shortage of math and science teachers, but it's not evenly spread. In ...
Sunday, April 20, 2008

THE NEWS THAT DOESN’T FIT FROM APRIL 20

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  · S-CHIP - PRESIDENT IS REBUFFED ON PROGRAM FOR CHILDRENS HEALTHCARE · PRIMARY LURES THOSE TOO YOUNG TO VOTE   · STUDENTS JOIN EFF...
Saturday, April 19, 2008

S-CHIP - PRESIDENT IS REBUFFED ON PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN

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  By ROBERT PEAR | ny tIMES April 19, 2008 — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration violated federal law last year when it restricted sta...

PRIMARY LURES THOSE TOO YOUNG TO VOTE

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  by  JACQUES STEINBERG - NY Times April 19, 2008 -FLOURTOWN, Pa. — The primary race between Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and B...

STUDENTS JOIN EFFORTS TO FIGHT SCHOOL CUTS

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GOAL OF RALLIES, ROAD TRIPS: PREVENT LAYOFFS By Dana Hull and Sharon Noguchi | San Jose Mercury News 04/19/2008 -- San Jose...

OTHER STATES WOO CALIFORNIA TEACHERS AMID WAVE OF PINK SLIPS

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By ALLISON HOFFMAN – the associated press 18 April 08 -- SAN DIEGO (AP) — Precious Jackson has two years of teaching under her belt and tw...

HUNDREDS IN SAN DIEGO JOIN MARCH TO PROTEST EDUCATION CUTS

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By Kristina Davis | UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 19, 2008  -- SAN DIEGO – Teachers, parents and students marched by the hundreds Satur...

PARENTS SIGNAL LAWSUIT AGAINST L.A. SCHOOLS AFTER BREWER DENIES REQUEST: Group of mostly Black parents retain civil rights attorney in battle against i-Division program

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By OLU ALEMORU, Staff Writer | Los Angeles Wave newspapers 17.APR.08 - WESTCHESTER — Parents fighting to hold a re-election that tagged t...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP'S UNFINISHED AGENDA

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  Integrating Individual and Organizational Development Learning is not workshops and courses and strategic retreats. It is not schoo...

SCHWARZENEGGER’S BROKEN PROMISES ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND A NEW STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF CUTS

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  By Robert Cruickshank | California Progress Report April 17, 2008 - California higher education has not been having a good decade. Wh...

L.A. TEACHERS UNION TARGETS PACT ON CHARTERS

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By Naush Boghossian, Staff Writer |  LA Daily News 4/17/2008 - Launching a pitched battle against Los Angeles Unified over plans to dole o...