Monday, March 29, 2010

JONATHAN KOZOL SHARES FRANK INSIGHTS AT GATHERING OF EDUCATORS @ MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS: "No Child Left Behind needs to be abolished."

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"Our children are learning that they are valued for their ability to do well on standardized tests -- not for themselves." ...

ATHLETIC TRAINING CLINIC SET FOR CITY SECTION COACHES

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By  Eric Sondheimer | Varsity Times Insider | LA Times reporters blog about high school sports across the Southland March 29, 2010 | 12:1...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

BLACK LEADERS WANT BROADER CIVIL RIGHTS PROBE OF LAUSD

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By Connie Llanos - Staff Writer | L.A. Daily News 03/28/2010 --  Upset that black students were not included in a recently announced probe...

PARENTS FEAR STUDENTS MAY LOSE PLACEMENT OUTSIDE L.A. UNIFIED: Cortines wants to limit out-of-district permits to help curb budget shortfall. More than 12,200 students now use them.

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     pardon me, your spin is showing/ published in print as: Parents find it harder to ditch L.A. Unified By Carla Rivera | L...

The Texas Board of Ed Rewrites History –or- Molly Ivens warned us there’d be days like this: HISTORY A FLASH POINT AS STATES DEBATE STANDARDS

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  Members of the Texas board of education discussed how schools will teach the Battle of the Alamo of 1836 during a wide-ranging deba...

HEALTH CARE LAW ALSO MAKES OVER STUDENT LENDING – BUT INCREASED SPENDING ON EARLY CHILDHOOD ED IS ELIMINATED, COMMUNITY COLLEGE AID REDUCED

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Early-education advocates are now rethinking their legislative strategy. By Alyson Klein | Ed Week | Vol. 29, Issue 27, Page 21 Mar...

NAEP SCORES: “THE NATION’S REPORT CARD” - California @ “Rock Bottom” in reading; National results are “disappointing”

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NAEP: State shares rock bottom in U.S. reading scores Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, March 25, 2010 - Calif...

JUDGE BLOCKS CLOSING OF 19 NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS

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By SHARON OTTERMAN | New York Times March 26, 2010 -- A judge on Friday blocked the closing of 19 schools for poor performance, findi...

TEXTBOOK CASES: As Texas shows, school book content must not be left to interest groups. California, take note.

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“The problem is that these decisions are left in the hands of politicians and appointed board members who often know little about educati...

TOO MANY STUDENTS FORCED TO RETAKE ALGEBRA

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    By John Fensterwald in The Educated Guess March 24th, 2010 -- California’s pursuit of algebra for all is becoming algebra fore...

THIS JUST IN: Coverage of contract settlement - LA Times/Daily News/NBC/S.F. Chronicle/AP

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  LA Unified, teachers and administrators agree to shorten school year by Jason Song – LATimes/LANow blog March 27, 2010 |  1:24 pm ...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

UTLA + AALA ANNOUNCE TENTATIVE CONTRACT SETTLEMENT, SHORTENED SCHOOL YEARS FOR THIS & NEXT YEAR

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On Friday night UTLA, representing teachers,  and LAUSD reached a tentative two-year contractual agreement for 2009-2011. AALA , represen...

L.A. UNIFIED GIVES UP EFFORT TO GET MORE STATE MONEY TO KEEP STUDENT BATHROOMS CLEAN

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By Howard Blume | LA Times LA Now blog March 26, 2010 |  5:01 pm -- The Los Angeles Unified School District has withdrawn a claim that...
Friday, March 26, 2010

A LESSON ABOUT SPEAKING UP: Immigrant parents must demand improvement at kids' schools. Case in point: L.A. Unified's troubled Markham Middle campus.

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  Hector Tobar | LA Times Columnist   5:23 PM PDT, March 25, 2010 | The parents I met on 104th Street in Watts are immigrants from ...
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