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.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

The news that didn’t fit from February 22

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AFTER BUDGET BATTLE, BASS HAS NEWS FOR HER ALMA MATER: The Assembly speaker, visiting Hamilton High School, says the blueprint includes ...

AFTER BUDGET BATTLE, BASS HAS NEWS FOR HER ALMA MATER: The Assembly speaker, visiting Hamilton High School, says the blueprint includes 'devastating' cuts to education.

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By Catherine Ho | LA Times February 21, 2009 -- As her colleagues attended a budget-signing ceremony in Sacramento, state Assembly Speaker...

GET LIT PLAYERS BRING POETRY’S EMOTIONS TO OTHER LA TEENAGERS

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Troupe performs original works, compares Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with hip-hop artist Talib Kweli, and recites lively versions of Ezra Pou...
Friday, February 20, 2009

CALIFORNIA STATE PTA RESPONDS TO STATE BUDGET

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PRESS RELEASE February 20, 2009 Fo...

NO DAY 107, BUT COUNTING DOWN TO THE NEXT ELECTION

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SacBee CapitolAlert: Shane Goldmacher | Capitol Alert Coordinator Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today will sign the budget package that the ...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

LAUSD BUDGET UPDATE AS OF 2/18/09

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Subject to change based on updates from the State from the office of superintendent Ramón C. Cortines OVERVIEW 1. Based on current p...

Day 106 | 6:17 AM: SENATE APPROVES BUDGET PLAN!

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Senate approves budget plan The state Senate voted early Thursday to approve a massive budget package of tax increases, spending cuts a...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

STATE HELD HOSTAGE

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Sacramento Bee cartoonist Rex Babin
Tuesday, February 17, 2009

STIMULUS BILL PROMOTES STABLE, ADEQUATE FUNDING

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SCHOOL FUNDING UPDATE from National Access Network, Teachers College, Columbia University smf: ‘Adequate’ is never enough and ‘promotes’ i...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

The news that didn’t fit from Feb 15th

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STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS DEEMED FRAGMENTED: Training Still Tends to Take Place Outside Schools Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:0...
Thursday, February 12, 2009

STAFF DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS DEEMED FRAGMENTED: Training Still Tends to Take Place Outside Schools

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By Stephen Sawchuk | EdWeek | Vol. 28, Issue 21, Page 7 11 Feb 2008 – Washington -- Although American teachers spend more working hours...

URBAN DISTRICTS COMPARE NOTES ON OPERATIONS:

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By Dakarai I. Aarons | EdWeek | Vol. 28, Issue 21, Pages 1,14 Published in Print: February 11, 2009 -- Urban school systems are l...

LEGISLATIVE LEADERS, SCHWARZENEGGER REACH TENTATIVE BUDGET DEAL

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Giveth+Taketh away: The plan would cut $8.6 billion in K-14 education funding, but under the deal lawmakers would ask voters to chan...

DEAL REACHED ON $789 BILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE

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Zachary Coile, San Francisco Chronicle Washington Bureau The final package, likely to be approved by week's end, will be less gen...

Steve Zimmer: SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE LOOKS TO APPLY EXPERIENCE AS A TEACHER, COUNSELOR, ACTIVIST

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BY VINCE ECHAVARIA | The Argonaut Thursday, February 12, 2009 - As a 17-year educator, Steve Zimmer is hoping to apply his experience ...
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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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