Saturday, April 18, 2009

$3.1-BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS WINDFALL OFFERS A CHANCE TO REFORM CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS, TOP EDUCATION OFFICIAL SAYS

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STATE SUPT. OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION JACK O'CONNELL CALLS ON TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO WORK TOGETHER. By Seema Mehta and Howard Blum...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

THE TWO MAJOR CALIFORNIA TEACHERS UNIONS AGREE THAT THE STATE OWES EDUCATION BILLION$, CTA Goes to the Ballot Box, CFT to the Courts

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The latest on California politics and government Posted by Kevin Yamamura , SACBEE April 16 - The California Teachers Association has...

LAYOFFS WOULD HIT VILLARAIGOSA'S SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY HARD

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CAMPUSES THE MAYOR CONTROLS HAVE LONG SUFFERED FROM HIGH TURNOVER, AND THE CUTS WOULD BOOST INSTABILITY. 'I CAME TO DO WHAT I CONSIDER M...

L.A. ACADEMY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PROPOSED LAUSD TEACHER CUTS

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  by Nadra Kareem | Contributing Writer The Watts Times April 16, 2009 -- Lamar Queen considered applying to three school districts in S...

YouTube: CTA’s YES ON 1A & 1B COMMERCIAL

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4LAKIDS unenthusiastically recommends  YES votes on 1A, 1B & 1C. We don’t like any of them, but they are the best we are going to ge...

NY Times’ Los Angeles Journal: GIVING LESSONS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS

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By JENNIFER STEINHAUER | NEW YORK TIMES Michal Czerwonka for The New York Times - Mitchell Summer, the dean of students at Florence N...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

LA UNIFIED MOVES TO CUT 5000 TEACHERS AND OTHERS

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The board's 4-3 vote closes most of a $596.1-million deficit for next year and will lead to larger classes. But the battle over funding ...

5000? 5400? 6850? The numbers of LAUSD layoffs like the size of the budget deficit and the size of the federal stimulus remains unknown. But however many of them there are they are like, so fired! Or not.

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Update 4/15 | 3pm: Before yesterday’s vote to “save” 1996 elementary school jobs Reduction in Force/RIF/layoff  notices  had be...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

“DO THE RIGHT THING FOR KIDS …AND THE RIGHT THING IS NOT TO PROCEED WITH THIS BUDGET”

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“You have heard from Jackie Goldberg and John Mockler;  you have heard from teachers and parents and student. Listen to them.” smf to the ...

LABOR ORGANIZES AGAINST BUDGET MEASURE 1-A + Strange 1A fellows move their beds closer together

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By Kevin Yamamura | Sacramento Bee Monday, Apr. 13, 2009 - A powerful California public employee union formed a campaign committee Mond...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Coalition of LAUSD Unions & H.O.P.E Parent Coalition Talking Points

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Spend the Stimulus monies to ensure a future for the kids & Deny the District’s self-defeating and rash cuts. ...

The news that doesn’t fit from April 12th

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THE MONEY MYTH IN IMPROVING SCHOOLS Friday, April 10, 2009 5:09 PM by Jay Mathews | Washington Post Education Columnist  April 10, 20...
Friday, April 10, 2009

THE MONEY MYTH IN IMPROVING SCHOOLS

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by Jay Mathews | Washington Post Education Columnist April 10, 2009 — Hard battles lost long ago leave a mark. (The worst for me was ...

SCHOOLS URGED TO GET CREATIVE WITH STIMULUS DOUGH

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Education By EMILY ALPERT | VOICE OF SAN DIEFO Monday, April 6, 2009 | As money from the federal stimulus bill trickles out to sc...

THE OFFICIAL MAY 19th BALLOT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE PTA

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  Measure 1A -- Support . This measure creates a rainy day fund, temporarily extends tax increases, and provides a funding mechanism f...

VILLARAIGOSA ENDORSES MAY19th BALLOT MEASURES

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The latest on California politics and government April 10, 2009 Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegg...

GUARANTEED TO RAISE A SMILE, THE BAND YOU’VE KNOWN FOR ALL THESE YEARS . . .

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GOOD MORNING AMERICA FEATURES SOUTH L.A.’S ICEF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Seven Years After Their First Visit, the Morning Show Returns to Showcase ICEF as a National Model for Reform ICEF Press Release Los An...

NYT: HOLD THE LINE ON SCHOOL REFORM

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New York Times Editorial April 9, 2009 -- The $100 billion in federal stimulus money that Congress has set aside for education could get...
Thursday, April 09, 2009

RULES ALLOWING EXTENDED TIME ON GRADUATION: Advocates Debate Effects of Change in Regulations

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Published Online: March 31, 2009 Published in Print: April 1, 2009 By Catherine Gewertz | Ed Week Federal regulations have open...