Monday, September 29, 2008

JOHNSON COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL MOVES TO HOLLYWOOD: The South L.A. school gives troubled students a last chance. Staffers fear relocation will undermine its mission.

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natasha azzaam cheCks out an assignment ● Photo by Francine Orr/LAT story By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Septembe...

ATTRITION HINDERS URBAN SCHOOL CHIEFS

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LA Times | From the Associated Press September 29, 2008 -- ST. LOUIS — St. Louis is looking for its eighth school superintendent since 2...

SYSTEMS, NOT SUPERHEROES

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  ¶ Crises create heroes. ¶ Clearly, the time has come to abandon the notion that “Superhero” leaders are the solution to all of our i...
Sunday, September 28, 2008

SCHOOL GARDEN IS ALIVE WITH ENERGY

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By George B. Sanchez, Staff Writer | LA Daily News Sept 28, 2008 - NORTH HOLLYWOOD - There is a hidden garden near the intersection of the...

LAUSD TEACHERS THREATEN STRIKE + UTLA DECLARES AN IMPASSE IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

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LAUSD teachers threaten strike from KABC-TV Online Sunday, September 28, 2008 -- LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Teachers employed by the Los An...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

The news that doesn’t fit from September 28th

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EARLY BEDTIMES WORK, TOO, FOR SLEEP-DEPRIVED TEENS + SLEEP ISSUE FOR HIGH-SCHOOLERS WON'T REST BACKGROUND: Scientific Studies and...
Friday, September 26, 2008

EARLY BEDTIMES WORK, TOO, FOR SLEEP-DEPRIVED TEENS + SLEEP ISSUE FOR HIGH-SCHOOLERS WON'T REST

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BACKGROUND : Scientific Studies and Observed Reality (done correctly, the same thing!) show that adolescents are not morning people. ...

STATE, LAUSD, SOUTH BAY DROPOUT FIGURES IMPROVE – State Improves 3%, LAUSD 5%

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  ¶ Los Angeles Unified showed a drop to 27.5 percent. ¶ Critics have said districts are under-counting dropouts.  Mayor Antonio Villara...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

SAN FERNANDO, SYLMAR, ARLETA HIGH SCHOOLS WILL RECEIVE BENEFIT OF $2.2 MILLION TO IMPROVE GRADUATION RATES

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by Diana Martinez, Editor | San Fernando Valley Sun Thursday, 25 September 2008  -- Ellen Pais, Executive Director of the Urban Education ...

L.A. UNIFIED CLERKS MUST DO WINDOWS: School district office workers whose jobs were cut must show computer competence for a shot at reemployment. For some, it's a tall order

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by Jason Song, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 25, 2008 -- Seventy-one-year-old Peggy McIntyre needs to learn as much as she can ...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

THE STATE BUDGET AND THE SCHOOLS

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posted to the LA Times Homeroom Blog  by Mary MacVean Sept 24 -- Jack O'Connell, the state's education chief, says it's a re...

Dangerous Thinking: RESTRUCTURING INNER-CITY SCHOOLS FOR THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

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by Reggie Dylan / Revolution / SF Bay Area Independent Web Collective Tuesday Sep 23rd, 2008 3:30 PM -- Locke High School in Watts made...