Saturday, September 26, 2009

Ed Sec on 'No Child Left Behind': 'WE ARE LYING TO CHILDREN AND PARENTS' - Duncan Calls for Reform of Bush-Era Education System; Critic Notes Lack of Action So Far

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Duncan: "[NCLB] unfairly labeled many schools as failures even when they were making progress," he said. "It places too mu...

The news that didn't fit from Sept 27th

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$1.5 BILLION UP FOR GRABS: …but it's not about the money! a 4LAKids Spreadsheet 24 NEW SCHOOLS SUBJECT TO PSC R.. A DOZEN LAUSD SCHO...

GARFIELD HIGH IS ELIGIBLE FOR TAKEOVER: Control of the East L.A. school, setting for 'Stand and Deliver,' could shift because of its low academic standing [+ more]

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By Howard Blume | LA Times September 26, 2009 -- Garfield High, which became nationally known as the real-life setting for the film "...
Friday, September 25, 2009

$1.5 BILLION UP FOR GRABS

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…but it's not about the money! a 4LAKids Spreadsheet 24 NEW SCHOOLS SUBJEC...

A DOZEN LAUSD SCHOOLS COULD BE TAKEN OVER BY INDEPENDENT OPERATORS UNDER NEW PLAN …it’s actually three dozen, but who’s counting?

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By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer | LA Daily News 09/25/2009 02:16:10 PM PDT -- A dozen low performing Los Angeles Unified schools could be t...

…The other shoe drops: IN ADDITION TO THE TWELVE ‘FOCUS SCHOOLS’ THERE ARE TWENTY-FOUR NEW SCHOOLS ‘UP FOR GRABS’

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FROM AN LAUSD POWERPOINT, comments by smf …the legal basis and authority  for transferring operation of the 24 new  schools, which are not...

9/25 SUPERINTENDENT’S UPDATE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

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from the LAUSD Website Public School Choice 9-25-09 Update

LIST PUBLISHED OF ‘TAKEOVER’ OR ‘FOCUS’ SCHOOLS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE – as chosen by the superintendent

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FROM THE LAUSD WEBSITE The choice of the twelve was ultimately his – as evidenced by the telling first person singular pronoun in the acco...

GARFIELD HIGH AMONG 12 SCHOOLS AVAILABALE TO OUTSIDE BIDDERS

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  by Howard Blume | LA Times LA NOW! blog September 25, 2009 |  8:41 am Garfield High, which became nationally known as the real-life ...

NYC SCHOOLS ARE OVERCROWDED: City classrooms overflowing with students

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Leonie Haimson, President of CLASS SIZE MATTERS, forwards the following – apropos of how well mayors run school districts: BY Rachel Monah...

Re: A CLOCKWORK BUBBLE

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City Council President Garcetti writes from his Blackberry, correcting 4LAKids’ mis / over / or under-understanding of the City of LA Budge...

MOST PARENTS WON’T HAVE KIDS GET H1N1 FLU SHOTS, STUDY FINDS: A national survey suggests parents are confused about the risks of the virus and its vaccine + UMHS PRESS RELEASE

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Complete report By Melissa Healy | LA Times September 25, 2009 -- Germ-spreading schoolchildren are expected to be the focus of a massiv...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

KEY TO IMPROVING SCHOOLS LIES WITHIN THE CLASSROOMS

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OP-ED By Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte in the LA Daily News Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte is a member of the Los Angeles Board of Educa...

COALITION FILES LEGAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF STATE TUITION LAW

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by Carla Rivera | LA Times LA NOW Blog September 24, 2009 |  5:26 pm A coalition of 80 civil rights, student and community organizations...

LAUSD UNION AGREES TO FURLOUGHS: About 1,100 bus drivers will take six unpaid days off this fiscal year to help offset the budget shortfall. It is the first time in recent history that a district union has accepted such a concession.

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By Jason Song | LA Times September 23, 2009 -- In what Los Angeles school district officials hope is the first of several concessions by l...

CALIFORNIA DROPOUT RESEARCH PROJECT, CAHSEE POLICY ANALYSIS REPORTS RELEASED

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September 24, 2009 NEW: CDRP Policy Brief and Report 16 High School Dropouts and the Economic Losses from Juvenile Crime in California ...

FREE SPEECH AMONG LAUSD CUTS – Board of Ed cuts back on public input

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LA Daily News Editorial Sept 24 -- To say "Shame on the school board," is very tempting. The Los Angeles Unified School Distri...

UC & CSU WILL GRANT DEGREES TO THOSE SENT TO INTERNMENT CAMPS

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | from the NY Times September 24, 2009 -- California State University is set to begin granting honorary degrees to f...

DROPOUTS COSTING CALIFORNIA $1.1 BILLION ANNUALLY IN JUVENILE CRIME COSTS: Study finds that cutting the dropout rate in half would save $550 million and prevent 30,000 juvenile crimes a year. Law enforcement urges more dropout-prevention programs.

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  4LAKids will post a link to the report when it becomes available.   REPORT : High School Dropouts and the Economic Losses from Juvenile...

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS SAY UTLA BETRAYED THEM

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En español: Maestros Sustitutos dicen que Sindicato de Profesores los Traicionó   by Andres Chavez, San Fernando Valley Sun Staff Report...
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