Wednesday, December 23, 2009

UNION SUES LAUSD OVER CHARTER SCHOOLS/SINDICATO DEMANADA A LAUSD POR ESCUELAS CHARTER

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Union Sues LAUSD over Charter Schools Written by Andres Chavez, San Fernando Sun Staff Reporter Wed...

THE TURNAROUND FALLACY: School turnaround efforts have consistently fallen far short of hopes and expectations.

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By Andy Smarick | EducationNext | Winter 2010 / Vol. 10, No. 1 The following is edited content; full version at http://bit.ly/36pmcA ...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

UTLA FILES LAWSUIT ON SCHOOL GIVEAWAYS: Ed Code states that schools can’t convert to charters without majority teacher approval. + Ed Code §47605 + smf's 2¢

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UTLA Press Release | http://bit.ly/6Uxeqq 21 December -- At a press conference today, UTLA announced that the union is filing a lawsuit ...

TEACHER'S UNION SUES OVER CHARTER SCHOOL

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By Dennis Romero in LA Weekly News Blog | http://bit.ly/7CUGJy Tue., Dec. 22 2009 @ 6:04AM -- United Teachers Los Angeles filed suit a...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Breaking News 12/21: UTLA SUES OVER NEW SCHOOLS GIVEAWAY

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  Union sues LA school district over charter plan San Jose Mercury News - ‎3 hours ago‎ AP LOS ANGELES —A teachers union has sued the...

Follow the $: SCHWARZENEGGER + ROMERO SPELL ED REFORM C-H-A-R-T-E-R-S

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by Steven Harmon | Contra Costa Times excerpted from Governor's ties to charter schools driving Race to Top goals? http://bit.ly/8ZR...

TWO VIEWS OF RACE TO THE TOP FROM THE BAY AREA: “Threatens standards” or “on course to ‘win’”?

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"Race to top" bill may threaten Palo Alto education standards by Sophie Cornfield in the Paly Voice, the voice of online journal...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

BEVERLY HILLS SCHOOLS TO CUT NONRESIDENTS

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  By JENNIFER STEINHAUER | New York Times December 21, 2009 -- BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Daniel Kahn has never lived in this city, but ...

RIVERSIDE USD DOES NOT BUY INTO RACE TO THE TOP; Superintendent says among large Southern California districts only Long Beach plans to participate

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By DAYNA STRAEHLEY | Riverside  Press-Enterprise | http://bit.ly/7NNt6e 10:00 PM PST on Friday, December 18, 2009 -- Saying they don...

STATE UNIVERSITY FEE HIKES ARE A TEST MANY FAMILIES CAN'T PASS: As California's promise of affordable higher education slips out of reach for many, some parents urge making a noise in Sacramento.

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By Carla Rivera | LA Times | http://bit.ly/7UOEaF December 20, 2009 -- The budget crisis afflicting California State University could not ...

HIGHER ED: As state reneges on a promise, students hurt their own cause

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Santa Rosa Press Democrat Editorial Photo: NOAH BERGER / Associated Press  - A broken light marks the chancellor’s residence at UC Ber...

HAWAII EDUCATION TALKS FAIL; SCHOOL CLOSURES GO ON

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by The Associated Press 12/6 --- Honolulu – Hawaii schools will stay closed on many Fridays after negotiators broke off talks to restore i...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

SBX5–4: RttT COMPROMISE HEADS TO ASSEMBLY + smf's 2¢

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by John Fensterwald in The Educated Guess December 17th, 2009 -- Removing the annual cap on charter schools is out; giving parents in fail...

THE BEST SCHOOL DISTRICT SOME BILLIONAIRES CAN BUY? Some Qs, fewer As, more Qs, some outrage and an org chart

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Excerpted from the AALA Update – with  smf's 2¢ 4LAKids is publishing the following excerpt - with our 2¢ worth - from the Dec 14...

TEACHERS LEARN TOO + CYBER-BULLYING LESSONS

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Letters to the LA Times | December 19, 2009 Teachers learn too Re “Controlling a classroom isn’t as easy as ABC,” Dec. 14 I am a...

US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION REPORT CARD

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from Leaders and Laggards State Report Cards http://bit.ly/5M8pr5 California Academic Achievement Student performance in California is...
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BRIEFLY: CA ED NEWS 12/18

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from UCLA IDEA CA News Roundup Does grading bias apply to education reports? 12-17-2009 By Bob Williams/Teacher Magazine(subscript...

RttT/NCLB v 2.0: STATE SENATE PASSES NEW COMPROMISE EDUCATION BILL

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Calif. Senate passes new compromise education bill By JULIET WILLIAMS | Associated Press Dec. 18 -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state Senat...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

12/19 for 12/20: TOMORROW'S LAUSD NEWS TODAY

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from Google News LA schools chief orders weak new teachers ousted Los Angeles Times - Jason Song , Jason Felch – 12/19 for 12/20 Tea...

RttT/NCLB v.2.0: MEIER: 'THE ALTERNATIVE?' TRANSPARENCY & HONEST DATA

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by Deborah Meier - from the Bridging Differences EdWeek blog exchange between Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier Meier is currently on th...