Monday, July 25, 2011

SCHOOL LIBRARIES NEED YOUR HELP - WRITE NOW!

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by Bob Thorpe | Boulevard Sentinel / Eagle Rock-Northeast Los Angeles News | http://bit.ly/n8yyii |    July 2011 - The above picture is ...

HIGH TURNOVER REPORTED AMONG CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS: "…what kind of job has a 50% annual turnover?"

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NOTE: The LATimes first reported this story online on July 19: LOS ANGELES CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER Howard Bl...

ENCOURAGED IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY: Teen moms, gang members and dropouts trade bleak futures for the hope of a better life at Ramona High.

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For Genesis Diaz, a struggling young mother, graduating at the top of her class is only the beginning.   By Kurt Streeter | LA Times | h...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

I hereby move THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION JOINT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ESEA REGULATORY RELIEF …do I hear a second?

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  6/17/2011 - AASA and NSBA released a joint statement calling for regulatory relief. As of today, there are more than 900 signatures from...

College Parenting - Empty nest+Empty wallet: PARENTS ARE DROPPING OUT OF THE COLLEGE COST FIGHT + THE MASTER’S AS THE NEW BATCHELOR’S

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Parents are dropping out of the college cost fight Students have protested throughout the state, but state colleges keep offering less and...

Incomplete grade – LAUSD STILL HAS WORK TO DO TO MAKE SCHOOL REFORM PROCESS FUNCTIONAL

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Daily News Editorial | http://bit.ly/qKfkJa 7/21/2011 -- Los Angeles Unified's landmark Public School Choice program will look differe...

DR. DEASY DOES HIS HOMEWORK! ...or reading other people's mail

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from the Associated Administrators Weekly Update smf: Remember mail? People from before my time wrote letters. Then came the phone and em...

Letter to the editor: REAL LEARNING

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Re " L.A. SCHOOLS TO REVAMP BAN ON SOCIAL PROMOTION  http://bit.ly/ol2Nt3   - July 18 letter to the LA Times | http://lat.ms/qZhkq...
Friday, July 22, 2011

CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL CHOOSES PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR HIS KIDS

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By Valerie Strauss | Washington Post Answer Sheet blog | http://wapo.st/qO3uny 01:46 PM ET, 07/21/2011 - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who ...

SCHOOLS THAT SUSPEND, EXPEL, DENY + Report: Breaking School Rules

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Themes in the News for the week of July 18-22, 2011 by UCLA IDEA | http://bit.ly/oNjVQg 07-22-2011 - A new study by the Council of State G...

THE HARD BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS AND LOW PRIORITIES

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By Gary Ravani – Thoughts of Public Education/TopED | http://bit.ly/qAZ12I 7/21/11 • Perhaps the single best-known piece of social scienc...

THE ATLANTA SCHOOL CHEATING SCANDAL: NY Times Editorial: “Are They Learning?” + Letters to the Editor

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Are They Learning? NY Times Editorial | http://nyti.ms/p6krmt July 17, 2011 - A cheating scandal in which scores of teachers and princip...

STATE, FEARFUL OF MAKING NEW LONG-TERM FUNDING COMMITMENTS, WEIGHS EARLY ED RACE TO THE TOP

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By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess | http://bit.ly/pEFj6L 7/21/11 • California is not among the 36 states and District of Columbia that...