4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

This page is a compendium of items of interest - news stories, scurrilous rumors, links, academic papers, damnable prevarications, rants and amusing anecdotes - about LAUSD and/or public education that didn't - or haven't yet - made it into the "real" 4LAKids blog and weekly e-newsletter at http://www.4LAKids.blogspot.com . 4LAKidsNews will be updated at arbitrary random intervals.

Friday, May 25, 2012

STATEMENT BY RAMON CORTINES REGARDING SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS

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LAUSD, reblogged from Pasadena Star-News http://bit.ly/Lj6H9M Ex-LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines denies sexual-harassment claim, admits...

The Condition of Education 2012: U.S. STUDENTS GET SERIOUS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL

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  By Sarah D. Sparks , Edweek.org | http://bit.ly/KLA6H7 Published Online: May 24, 2012  ::  High school students work harder and are mo...

California School Boards Association: VOTE FOR BOTH TAX PLANS - Battle between 'purists and pragmatists'

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By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess | http://bit.ly/LMClyB Posted on 5/22/12 • The state PTA backs the tax initiative financed by civil ...

A – G: FAILING TO PLAN IS PLANNING TO FAIL

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AALA Update: Week of May 28, 2012 | http://bit.ly/KGKBZV   The Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) represents Mi...

PARENTS RALLY TO KEEP PRINCIPAL AT CARPENTER: Joe Martinez commits to stay at school for another year, despite opportunities for a promotion elsewhere.

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By Mike Szymanski , Studio City Patch | http://bit.ly/JIRAlr 25 May  ::  This week, the super-popular principal of Carpenter Community Ch...

SCHOOL DISTRICTS CUT MORE NURSES

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By Tamara Audi, Wall Street Journal | http://on.wsj.com/LmOuVg May 24, 2012, 7:24 p.m. ET :: LOS ANGELES—The battle for shrinking school-b...

THE LAUSD SOCIAL MEDIA SURVEY

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John Deasy ‏ @ DrDeasyLAUSD tweets Click here to take the # LAUSD 's first Social Media Survey! We appreciate your participati...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

LATEST LAUSD GRADUATES ‘ARE BLAZING NEW TRAILS’

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  By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer , LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/KSJEzA Cesar Chavez Learning Academies' Social Justice Human...

ETHICS ANYONE?

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by smf for 4LAKids News May 24 2012 – Lewiston, ME :: THIS AMERICAN LIFE, the NPR produced program from Chicago, did an episode on monogam...

California’s Budget Crisis Part XII: IT'S SUMMER. TIME FOR A CALIFORNIA BUDGET CRISIS + more

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Tracy Gordon |  Brookings Institution / reblogged repeatedly | http://bit.ly/JUDROH   May 17, 2012 12:40pm  ::  Summer is here and that ca...

CALIFORNIA WANTS OWN 'NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND' RULES

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San Francisco Chronicle Editorial | http://bit.ly/JUB5sG Arne Duncan | T. Rob Brown / Associated Press Wednesday, May 23, 2012  ::  The ...

ROMNEY MAKES HIS CASE ON EDUCATION: Attacks Obama Ed policies, blames teacher’s unions + Randi Weingarten responds

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Mitt Romney, in a speech to the Latino Coalition in Washington, attacks Obama's education policies and blames teachers unions' influ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

FUNDING INCREASES FOR SCHOOL MEALS AMID EDUCATION BUDGET CUTS

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By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/w0MlFb Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC - Chinese chicken salad with three sides...

COLORADO IS LATEST TO RECONSIDER ZERO-TOLERANCE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICIES

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  Shortly after a 6-year-old boy was suspended for singing a pop song to a girl — deemed sexual harassment — Colorado moved to ease discip...

Updated: L.A. UNIFIED TO SETTLE HARASSMENT CLAIM AGAINST CORTINES + Other coverage

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The district will pay $200,000 plus benefits worth up to $300,000 in return for Scot Graham's resignation. The ex-superintendent denies ...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIM AGAINST EX-LAUSD CHIEF SETTLED FOR $200,000

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BY Howard Blume | LA Times | http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/cortines-harassment-claim-settlement.html May 23, 2012 |  2:0...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIM AGAINST EX-LAUSD CHIEF SETTLED FOR $200,000

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BY Howard Blume | LA Times | http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/cortines-harassment-claim-settlement.html May 23, 2012 |  2:0...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIM AGAINST EX-LAUSD CHIEF SETTLLED FOR $200,000

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BY Howard Blume | LA Times | http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/cortines-harassment-claim-settlement.html May 23, 2012 |  2:0...

SEXUAL HARASSMENT CLAIM AGAINST EX-LAUSD CHIEF SETTLLED FOR $200,000

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BY Howard Blume | LA Times | http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/cortines-harassment-claim-settlement.html May 23, 2012 |  2:0...
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Scott Folsom is a parent and parent leader in LAUSD. He is the former President of Los Angeles 10th District PTSA and represents PTA as Vice-chair the LAUSD Construction Bond Citizen's Oversight Committee. Scott is a member of the California State PTA Board on Managers. He serves on various school district advisory and policy committees and is or has been a PTA officer and/or governance council member at three LAUSD schools. He is an elected neighborhood councilmember of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in Northeast LA, representing Mount Washington. www.asnc.us • In this forum his opinions are his own and your opinions and feedback are invited. • Quoted and/or cited content copyright © the original author and/or publisher. All other material copyright © 4LAKids. • To SUBSCRIBE to the weekly 4LAKids e-mail newsletter e-mail: 4LAKids-subscribe@topica.email-publisher.com - or -TO ADD YOUR OR ANOTHER'S NAME TO THE 4LAKids SUBCRIPTION LIST E-MAIL smfolsom@aol.com with "SUBSCRIBE" AS THE SUBJECT. Thank you.
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