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.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

CALIFORNIA STATE AUDIT FAULTS L.A. UNIFIED’S ABUSE REPORTING + Audit Report

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By CHRISTINA HOAG Associated Press, from the San Jose Mercury News http://bit.ly/TtShVC 11/29/2012 10:19:10 AM PST/Updated: 11/29/2012 12:...

WHAT HAPPENED TO PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ELECTION NIGHT?

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By Joanne Barkan – Dissent Magazine blog | http://bit.ly/Uei2tP November 26, 2012   ::  Barack Obama’s K-12 “reform” policies have brough...

HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS FLEECE TAXPAYERS

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Arizona Charter School Officials Are Enriching Themselves With Public Funds  by Timothy Noah , senior editor| The New Republic h...
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LURKING IN THE BUSHES: Is the “Florida Education Miracle just another “Texas Education Miracle”?

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…and who do you have to sleep with around here to avoid the next miracle? Julian Vasquez Heilig, Ph.D is an Associate Professor of Edu...

Charter organization apologia+fugue in C minus: THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

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from NACSA | http://bit.ly/UusHCY see also: CHARTER SCHOOL PROPONENTS TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR FOCUS ON SHUTTING DOWN FAILING SCHOOLS: http:...

National Charter Group: 1-in-5 CHARTER SCHOOLS NOT DOING WELL ENOUGH TO STAY OPEN + USAToday + smf’s 2¢

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A group that oversees more than half of the nation's 5,600 charter schools said as many as one in five U.S. charter schools should be...
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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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