Wednesday, January 27, 2010

PARENT POWER + smf’s 2¢

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By Bill Boyarsky | Los Angeles Jewish Journal “Raw power, an unabashed transfer of political power to parents.” That’s how Ben Austin d...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

LAUSD MAY FACE BIGGER BUDGET HOLE: Cuts in state budget plan could mean loss of another $200 million.

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By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer | LA Daily News 01/26/2010 | 08:35:20 PM PST -- Already reeling from a series of financial hits in the pa...

LAUSD PLAN TO SEND STAFF TO QUAKE-RAVAGED HAITI APPROVED

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By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer | LA Daily News 01/26/2010 07:53:57 PM PST - Recognizing the hardship Haiti's massive earthquake will i...

7th AND FINAL STATE OF EDUCATION ADDRESS BY SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INTRUCTION O’CONNELL

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  By Canan Tasci | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Education Now blog Here is the text of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack ...

FEMALE TEACHERS MAY PASS ON MATH ANXIETY TO GIRLS, STUDY FINDS: After a year in the classroom with female teachers who say they are anxious about math, girls are more likely to share that attitude -- and score lower on tests, researchers say.

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STUDY: Social Sciences - Psychological and Cognitive Sciences: Female teachers’ math anxiety affects girls’ math achievement (Sian L....

SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS UNSURE ABOUT ‘RACE TO THE TOP’ FUNDING

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North County Times [North San Diego and Southwest Riverside counties] Jan 23, 2010 -- As the federal government dangles a financial carrot...

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Los Angeles City Section faces $1.4-million budget cut | http://bit.ly/8evznW

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The 20% loss in high school athletic funding is part of reductions required by the LAUSD as it deals with the loss of state funding .- LA...
Monday, January 25, 2010

TEACHERS PUSH GARDENA HIGH REFORMS – proposal ‘met with mixed reactions and some befuddlement’

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By Melissa Pamer Staff Writer | Daily Breeze 01/25/2010 - In response to a reform mandate from the Los Angeles school board, teachers and ...

RECOMMENDATIONS THRICE REMOVED: “As a reminder, advisory votes are only recommendations to me. They are not a binding vote. I will include the results of the advisory vote recommendations in my final recommendations to the board.” PSC UPDATE: SUPERINTENDENT’S LETTER, REVISED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS & ADVISORY VOTE SCHEDULE AND PROTOCOL.

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Those would be the votes of parents. Of teachers and staff. Of students. Of the entire school community. Even the superintendent’s “fina...
Sunday, January 24, 2010

The soft bigotry of low expectations v.2.0: BERKELEY HIGH MAY CUT SCIENCE LAB CLASSES TO FUND PROGRAMS TO FUND PROGRAMS FOR STRUGGLING STUDENTS

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Trying to address a major ethnic and racial achievement gap, the school could divert funds from before- and after-school science labs fil...
Friday, January 22, 2010

The Box Score: HISTORY/LITERATURE/GEOGRAPHY - 0 | CHARTER SCHOOLS - 29

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"Take a look at Arne Duncan's speeches. Over the past six months, he's made nine major policy addresses that have been posted o...

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN HARD TIMES

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see: AT HOME OR IN SCHOOL, CALIFORNIA STUDENTS FACE HARDER TIMES, SURVEY FINDS | http://bit.ly/8ZSexL Tele-Press Conference Announcing...

Dumb superintendent tricks: FORMER L.A. SCHOOLS CHIEF FINED IN BADGE INCIDENT

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by Jason Song | LATimes/LA Now blog January 21, 2010 |  8:38 pm -- A former Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent pleaded no ...

HISTORIC TIME FOR ‘CHOICE’ IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS + DO THE APPLICANTS HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? - Parents, students and teachers are urged to get informed; selected school operators may control schools for five years.

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By Gloria Angelina Castillo, Gloria Alvarez, Paul Aranda Jr, and Eloisa España  | Eastern Group Publications - Eastside Sun / Northeast Sun ...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

‘DESPERATE’ UC STUDENTS SCURRY TO SNAG KEY CLASSES

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By Larry Gordon | LA Times LA Now blog | http://bit.ly/8mgdsp 21 Jan - Some courses have hundreds wait-listed as the new term begins. Many...

UC TO ESTABLISH WAITING LISTS FOR FRESHMAN APPLICANTS

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LA Times/ LA Now blog| http://bit.ly/6RvGIg January 20, 2010 |  3:29 pm -- The University of California will break its tradition and estab...

RttT/NCLB v.2.0: OBAMA PUSHES $1.35 BILLION OF EDUCATION PLAN

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By Mark Silva | LA Times LA Now blog | http://bit.ly/8QTbyI Jan 21 - Speaking from a low-income, high-achieving campus, the president prom...

QUOTE O’ TH’ WEEK: "We've worked hard to get parents more involved in their children's education but how can they help if they don't know there's a problem?”

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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his State of the City Address | http://bit.ly/6p1UEk   smf: Maybe the problem isn’t just at t...

AT HOME OR IN SCHOOL, CALIFORNIA STUDENTS FACE HARDER TIMES, SURVEY FINDS + Survey rollout invite

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Statewide poll of principals reveals an increase in cutbacks and layoffs at schools, and unemployment and homelessness among families. B...

SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SUN INTERVIEW RE: SAN FERNANDO MS ‘CHOICE’ PROPOSAL PT2 http://bit.ly/6yOPBF | EN ESPAÑOL http://bit.ly/4qHdWR

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San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol Thursday, January 21, 2009 - Last week, The San Fernando Valley Sun/El Sol interviewed Laura Tracy, the UTL...