Saturday, September 25, 2010

GROUP DEMANDING SCHOOL LIBRARY DEFIES ARREST THREATS ON THIRD DAY OF PROTEST

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BY Maudlyne Ihejirika - Chicago Sun Times | http://bit.ly/dmcC2E   Pilsen residents cheer Friday after police removed barricades ...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Political Event Advisory: FACEOFF AT FORUM FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATES - Sept. 29 Evening Gathering at LACOE Presents Larry Aceves and Tom Torlakson

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SOURCE Los Angeles County Office of Education/PRNewswire | http://bit.ly/anRenf DOWNEY, Calif., Sept. 24 WHAT: A forum featuring t...

86-days-and-counting/hold your nose, not your breath!: CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET BREAKTHOUGH ANNOUNCED

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Wyatt Buchanan,Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau | This article appeared on page A - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle | http://bit....

DISTRICTS MISS OUT ON FEDERAL GRANTS: 2 Rural Districts, Charters get money

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By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess | http://bit.ly/aY4BgE Posted on 9/23/10 -- Two charter school groups and two rural districts are th...

The Dream Act: SENATE KICKS OPPORTUNITY OUT OF REACH

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Themes in the News for the week of Sept. 20-24, 2010 By UCLA IDEA - A weekly commentary written by UCLA IDEA on the important issues in educ...

Stuff Happens!: LAPTOPS STOLEN FROM CHARTER SCHOOL + FENCES TORN DOWN AT SOUTH BAY HIGH SCHOOLS

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from LA Times/L.A. NOW | Southern California -- this just in | Category: Education | http://lat.ms/bcEsoM Electronic equipment stolen at...

TWO L.A. NONPROFITS GET $500K EACH IN GRANTS TO CREATE PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY STUDENTS + GROUPS WILL TRY TO REPLICATE HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE IN L.A.

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Two L.A. nonprofits get $500,000 each in grants to create programs for low-income and minority students The 'Promise Grants,'...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

‘VALUE ADDED’ TEACHER RATINGS ADD LITTLE VALUE

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- By Bill Boyarsky | Op-Ed in  The Jewish Journal | http://bit.ly/bL0Tsh smf: FOR A BIT OF THE OLD COMPARE+CONTRAST SEE ALSO THE ...
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SCHOOLWORK: The overblown crisis in American education

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by Nicholas Lemann Talk of the Town/Comment in The New Yorker | http://nyr.kr/a9Ohnl September 27, 2010 -- A hundred years ago, eight an...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

2 LAUSD SCHOOLS SEE TRIPLE-DIGIT GAINS IN API SCORES

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KABC-TV | http://bit.ly/dnGLPI Monday, September 20, 2010 - LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY TEACHERS & PARENT-VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR SELECTED FOR 2010-11 + FIVE LAUSD EDUCATORS WIN LA COUNTY TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

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The TOY Honorees Include Educators From Arcadia, Azusa, Canoga Park, Culver City, Downey, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Manhattan Beach, Param...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Daniel Pearl Magnet High School: A MIGHTY HEART LEAVES A MIGHTY LEGACY

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by Jonathan Dobrer Sept 19, 2010 - Most of us know journalist Daniel Pearl’s name because of how he died. He was executed by the Taliban w...

WILL PACKED TORRANCE CLASSES PUSH THE LEARNING OUT?

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By Rob Kuznia, Daily Breeze Staff Writer | from the Contra Costa Times | http://bit.ly/9EkCfA “The swelling is most pronounced in To...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Edutopia Webinar: CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION - Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 4 p.m. PDT

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Career And Technical Education Date/Time: Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT Presenters: Gary Hoachlander , president ...
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THE MYTH OF A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION

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by Manny Barbara | Thoughts On Public Education (TOP-Ed) - a forum on education policies in California and Silicon Valley sponsored by the ...

CALIF. BUDGET IMPASSE ABOUT TO BECOME THE LONGEST EVER

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By Judy Lin, Associated Press Writer | The Boston Globe | http://bit.ly/a7WoFb Update: Califo...

Zimmer on ‘Value Added’: PARTNERSHIP AND TRUST ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT VALUES WE CAN ADD

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by Steve Zimmer - Member, LAUSD Board of Education in The Huffington Post | http://huff.to/9ALbt3 ●●smf notes: Zimmer is probably t...

A CHANCE TO LEARN FROM RHEE’S MISTAKES

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By Mark Simon | Op-Ed in the Washington Post | http://bit.ly/bXellE Washington, Sunday, September 19, 2010 -- Post editors and reporters a...

Reporter's Notebook: 'WAITING FOR SUPERMAN' AND AMERICAN EDUCATION REFORM. 'An Inconvenient Truth' filmmaker Davis Guggenheim once again taps into a crucial issue with a building consensus.

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By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/dBPBh0   Anthony in the movie "Waiting for Superman." (Paramount Pictures...