Sunday, March 24, 2013

Carpenter Community Charter: THE DOWNSIDE OF SUPERSTAR SCHOOLS

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It's no surprise that parents go to great lengths to get their children into the coveted classrooms. But other campuses suffer a loss...

CALIFORNIA VOTERS SPLIT ON JERRY BROWN SCHOOL PLANS + smf’s 2¢: Good policy meets bad process

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Fifty percent agree with the governor's proposal to give more funds to school districts that serve low-income children. A separate Br...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

INCUBATOR SCHOOL IN L.A. SPARKS DISCORD OVER LOCATION, TEACHERS

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The pilot middle school, which is slated to open next year but lacks a site, will teach students how to launch a business in addition to ...
Friday, March 22, 2013

GOOD NEWS FOR ADULT EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA

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from the AALA Update | http://bit.ly/166dFHV 21 March 2013  ::  Members of the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education...

INSTEAD OF CLOSING (or reconstituting, charterizing, privatizing, magnetizing or pilotizing) SCHOOLS - HOW ABOUT THIS?

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Given that school reformers are always talking about the importance of giving parents “school choice,” you’d think they’d listen to the p...

SENATOR PADILLA DROPS HIS TEACHER DISMISSAL BILL, SB10 - IN FAVOR OF ASSEMBLY ED CHAIR BUCHANAN’S AB 375

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By John Fensterwald , EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/13j02aA UPDATE: March 21st, 2013   ::  Two days after Assemblymember J...
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ALLEGATIONS OF COVER-UP + FAILURE TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE @ DE LA TORRE ELEMENTARY IMPLICATE SENIOR LAUSD OFFICIALS

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L.A. Unified officials let abuse allegations slide, lawyers say Two high-level district employees heard but failed to act on accusation...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

ARIA DOHERTY, 14, DIES OF “HUFFING” COMPUTER CLEANER + smf’s 2¢

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Aria Doherty, 14, died on Monday, March 18, 2013, apparently after inhaling computer keyboard duster, a practice known as "huffing,...

THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION

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Commentary By Arthur E. Wise & Michael D. Usdan/Education week | March 13, 2013,  ::  Despite the unified Democratic Party and teache...

MORE FROM TUESDAY’S BOARD MEETING: Magnets Redux + Security in Early Childhood Ed

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LAUSD considers allowing students to enter magnets all year long by Howard Blume, LA Times/LA Now | http://la...

WHY ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA FELL SHORT AS LA’s EDUCATION MAYOR

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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez| Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC | http://bit.ly/YoommQ Damian Dovarganes/AP - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left,...

US DEPT OF ED INSPECTOR GENERAL FINDS INADEQUATE CHARTER SCHOOL OVERSIGHT AT FEDERAL & STATE LEVEL

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by smf for 4LAKidsNews 20 March 2013  ::  In her semi annual report to congress , Kathleen S. Tighe, the Inspector General of the US Depar...