Saturday, May 23, 2009

The news that didn’t fit from May 24

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California, Out of Money, Reels as Voters Rebuff Leaders | The New York Times ~ May 21, 2009 - Direct democracy has once again upended Cali...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Study - CALIFORNIA FOSTER YOUTH: WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

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A report from the Cities Counties and Schools Partnership CCS Partnership is a joint effort of the League of Calif...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

Raw News: THE BALLOT MEASURES DEFEATED + more

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  California voters kill budget measures | Los Angeles Times ~ May 20, 2009 The "big five" elected leaders -- Schwarzene...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Creativity: The Path to Economic Recovery

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Published Online: May 12, 2009 | Published in Print: May 13, 2009 This art...

Bricks in the Wall: GREEN DOT/BROAD ACOLYTES NAMED TO TOP FEDERAL DEPT OF ED POSTS

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from the LA Times California Briefing | May 20, 2009 School reform leader is named PASADENA -- Joanne Weiss...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

SCHOOL TIES: As the gatekeepers of two of Los Angeles’s most coveted schools, Tom and Deedie Hudnut inspire awe and fear.

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By Marshall Heyman | W Magazine | June 2009 Photograph by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin   The athletic field at Harvard-Wes...

Report: DISCIPLINE METHODS ENDANGER DISABLED/SPECIAL ED KIDS

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by Joseph Shapiro | National Public Radio/Morning Edition | Broadcast Tuesday May 19, 2009 Listen Now [4 min 46 sec] add to playlist ...
Monday, May 18, 2009

GAO REPORT LINKS ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND ACCESS TO ARTS EDUCATION

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Access to Arts Education: Inclusion of Additional Questions in Education's Planned Research Would Help Explain Why Instruction Time Has ...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

PARENTS UNITED: LAUSD moms and dads are mad and not going to sit it out anymore

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  LA DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL \ LA Newspaper Group 5/12/2009 - IF there is a bright spot in the otherwise dark picture of public education a...

GOVERNOR’S EDUCATION CUTS RANGE FROM BAD TO WORSE – O’Connell: “The proposals offer a choice between devastating and horrific cuts to public schools.”

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Canan Tasci, Staff Writer | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (LA Newspaper Group)   16 May | In a year when schools have been pummeled by bu...

The news that doesn’t fit from May 17th

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DREAMKEEPERS+TRUTHTELLERS: CALIFORNIA STATE PTA PRESIDENT PAM BRADY’S ADDRESS TO THE DELEGATES at the California State PTA Annual Conventio...

DREAMKEEPERS+TRUTHTELLERS: CALIFORNIA STATE PTA PRESIDENT PAM BRADY’S ADDRESS TO THE DELEGATES at the California State PTA Annual Convention

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  May 1, 2009 -- Good morning. Thank you for taking the time to come to convention! With each day as your state president, I have be...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

AP/EIS ARE STILL BEING CUT: “A LOSE-LOSE PROPOSITION”

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  On May 12, 2009, at 8:14 PM, a RIF'ed AP/EIS wrote: This is a copy of a letter that I sent to the parents at my school. [Despite a...

JOURNALISTS HEAR STIMULUS CONCERNS + STIFLING THE STIMULUS

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    “Frankly, the Administration has not always been clear enough or vocal enough about whether their priorit...

Dan Walters: CALIFORNIA’S NEW DROPOUT RATE RENEWS OLD DEBATE

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The new dropout number, 20.1 percent, is an extrapolation of reports from schools, rather than hard computerized data, which won't be...