Friday, August 27, 2010

Headline in today’s LA Times: AS BAD DATA PILE UP, OPTIONS WANE

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…unfortunately the story wasn’t about the Times’ “Value Added Subtracted” teacher evaluation data scheme!

L.A. SCHOOLS CHIEF VOWS TO USE EVALUATION DATA TO HELP TEACHERS

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-- Howard Blume | LA Times August 25, 2010 |  1:02 pm -- L.A. schools chief Ramon C. Cortines talked about revamping teacher evaluations a...

Cortines: LAUSD’s SUCCESS DEPENDS ON CONTINUED EMBRACING OF REFORMS

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By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer | LA Daily News 08/25/2010 09:08:58 PM PDT -- An emotional Ramon Cortines delivered his last "back to...
Thursday, August 26, 2010

WHERE IS THE VALUE IN ‘VALUE-ADDED’? DOES ‘LOS ANGELES ILLUSTRATE THE PROBLEM’?

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john cromshow, host of KPFK’s “Politics or Pedagogy?” writes 26 August 2010 - I encourage you and those who are concerned to call and/or t...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

“Los Angeles illustrates the problem” -- EDUCATION SECRETARY DUNCAN’S SPEECH TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION TODAY IN LITTLE ROCK

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from the Dept of Ed website August 25, 2010 Good evening. It's an honor to be here tonight under the auspices of the Clinton Found...

“PAGING DR. FREUD, PAGING DR. FREUD …GOVERNOR PATTERSON’S’ SLIP IS SHOWING!”

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New York Governor David Patterson announces that New York has been selected as a winner in Race to the Top v.2.0 : " We thank Preside...

U.S. SCHOOLS CHIEF TO PUSH DISCLOSURE OF SCHOOLS DATA: Education secretary Arne Duncan will call on districts across the nation to make information on teachers public.

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By Jason Song, Los Angeles Times August 25, 2010 -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will call for all states and school districts to ...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Poll: LANGUAGE A BARRIER FOR LATINOS IN SCHOOLS

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By HOPE YEN and CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press Writers AP – In this Monday, July 26, 2010 photo, Doris Chiquito, right, and her ch...
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VALUE-ADDED IS NO MAGIC: Assessing Teacher Effectiveness

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John Rogers, Director, UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access In  the Huffington Post August 24, 2010 11:05 AM ...

LAUSD SOPHOMORES IMPROVE ON STATE'S HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM + Scores

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By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer | Contra Costa Times 08/24/2010 10:29:15 AM PDT -- Nearly two-thirds of Los Angeles Unified sophomores pass...

HEALTHCARE REFORM APPROPRIATIONS UPDATE FROM THE CHILDREN’S ORAL HEALH PROJECT

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CDHP Health Policy Check-Up: The Latest Updates on Children’s Oral Health Policy From Capitol Hill Founded in 1997, the Children's ...

CALIFORNIA LOSES BID FOR RACE TO THE TOP v. 2.o

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Howard Blume – A Times/LA Now blog August 24, 2010 |  8:45 am -- California has fallen short in its bid to win a controversial federal Ra...

DRIVE TO OVERHAUL LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS DELAYED

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By SAM DILLON | New York Times August 23, 2010 -- SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Secretary of Education Arne Duncan set an ambitious goal last...

SHUTTING OUT THE CHARTERS – in which the charter school chief argues that that charter operators can build better schools cheaper than LAUSD …and complains that LAUSD won’t let them have more of the bad expensive schools!

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By Jed Wallace | Op-Ed in the LA Times August 24, 2010 -- The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools cluster, scheduled to open this fall on ...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Test Score Bomb: DON’T NAME NAMES, FIX THE SYSTEM

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The Los Angeles Times teacher rankings bomb has ignited a firestorm of controversy, a little light and a lot of heat.   By Charles ...