Sunday, June 27, 2010

INVOLVED PARENTS, MORE THAN MONEY, WILL MAKE SCHOOLS BETTER

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Op-Ed by John R. Smith in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel June 9, 2010 -- The K-12 education system across our country has failed to prepar...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Steinberg v. Pérez: LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AT ODDS OVER BUDGET -- Senate president's bipartisan work on earlier budgets has cost him popularity in the Capitol. Labor leaders back freshman Assembly speaker's plan despite its heavy borrowing and questionable legality.

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By Evan Halper and Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times | Reporting from Sacramento June 26, 2010 -- The willingness of Darrell Steinberg, ...

PARENTS AND ORGANIZED LABOR WORK TOGETHER FOR EDUCATION + A-G (re)considered

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Themes in the News for the Week of June 21-25, 2010 By UCLA IDEA Staff 06-25-2010 -- The Los Angeles Unified School District passed a 2010...
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John Deasy and Robert Felner: The NEWS ARCHIVES

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by smf for 4LAKids 25 June: Much is being made in the blogosphere about the client/vendor – student/mentor relationship between new LAUSD ...

Happy New Fiscal Year: TEACHERS IN LA & SF WILL SEE MORE CUTBACKS AND PINK SLIPS IN 2010-2011 + NEW LAUSD DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT COMES WITH MURKY PAST

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Teachers in LA and SF will see more cutbacks and pink slips in 2010-2011 Corey G. Johnson | California Watch Blog | http://bit.ly/bp6Xwl ...
Friday, June 25, 2010

LOCKE HIGH: School Is Turned Around, but $15 Million Cost Gives Pause

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By SAM DILLON | New York Times Michal Czerwonka for The New York Times -- A list of honor roll students posted in the halls Locke High S...

LIBRARIES FADING AS SCHOOL BUDGET CRISIS DEEPENS

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By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP (AP) – 1 day ago 24 June 2010 -- BELLEVUE, Wash. — Students who wished their school librarians a nice summer o...

LAUSD CHIEF: MAJOR CUTS COMING IN NEXT FEW YEARS

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LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines returns to the Patt Morrison program for 'Big Man on Campus | ' photo: Lauren Osen/KPCC Patt...

MAYOR PRESSES LAUSD:He urges school board to take bolder steps to reform new or failing campuses +smf's 2¢

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By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer | LA Daily News Mayor Villaraigosa is pushing for the district to overhaul its School Choice plan tha...

MAYOR WANTS TO CHANGE HOW LAUSD CHOOSES OUTSIDE OPERATORS + VILLARAIGOSA BACKS CHARTER SCHOOL BIDS, RIPS CORTINES + ●● smf's 2¢

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Mayor wants to change how LAUSD chooses outside operators Daily News Wire Services 06/25/2010 -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants Los An...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

PARENTS IN ACTON: Engaging parents in local schools student wellness policies

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from California Project Lean | www.californiaprojectlean.org 24 June 2010 --California Project LEAN (Leaders Encouraging Activity and Nutr...

CONTROVERSIES SURROUND LAUSD’S NEW HIRE JOHN DEASY + DID DEASY TAKE IT EASY? + ROBERT FELNER GOES TO PRISON

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By Patrick Range McDonald ,  LA Weekly Wednesday, Jun. 23 2010 -- Board members of the Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to hire ...

SUPERINTENDENT CORTINES BACKS COMMUNITY PLAN TO IMPROVE TROUBLED FREMONT HIGH: “It was really good of him to agree to our demands…”

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David Doye (far left), who gave an impassioned speech to Fremont High stakeholders, is pictured with godson, Dimitri Herron, Dimitri...

EDITH SHAIN, RETIRED LAUSD KINDERGARTEN & FIRST GRADE TEACHER DIES AT 91; She was the nurse in iconic Times Square V-J Day kissing photo

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She was a married, part-time nurse when she joined the jubilant crowd celebrating V-J Day and was kissed by a young sailor. The photo by Lif...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED CHOOSES KOWBA, A RETIRED NAVY ADMIRAL AND INSIDER, AS SUPERINTENDENT

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Howard Blume | LA Times June 23, 2010 |  A retired Navy officer, William A. Kowba, will become the next superintendent of the San Diego Un...

BOARD OKs LAUSD BUDGET WITH THOUSANDS OF LAYOFFS

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By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer | LA Daily News LA Unified School District contract workers picket in front of LAUSD headquarters before...

In+Out/Coming+Going: A GOLDEN APPLE AND A PINK SLIP + L.A. UNIFIED HIRES GATES FOUNDATION OFFICIAL AS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT

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A golden apple and a pink slip Alhambra High's employee of the year, a popular library worker, finds hims...