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.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

COACHELLA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT’S iPAD INITIATIVE BRINGS OPTIMISM AND SKEPTICISM

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by Eric Westervelt NPR Education Correspondent on All Things Considered |All Tech Considered | http://n.pr/1eVtzJx [ Download Audio | 8 ...
Friday, October 25, 2013

SENATOR RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT PROTECTING STUDENT DATA

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“Putting the sensitive information of students in private hands raises a number of important questions about the privacy rights of parents a...

RUMORS REACH FEVER PITCH – AND VIDEO TRUCKS HOVER – BUT LA SUPERINTENDENT DEASY DENIES HE’S RESIGNED

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Annie Gilbertson and Mary Plummer | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1a5QyMQ Jed Kim | Supt. John Deasy addresses school leaders ...

JOHN DEASY TO RESIGN FROM LAUSD AFTER ALMOST 3 YEARS AS SUPERINTENDENT

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The Huffington Post   |  By Anna Almendrala | http://huff.to/1dtFfVX 10/25/2013 3:38 pm EDT  |  Updated:  4:15 pm EDT  ::  After almost th...

CURRICULUM PROMPTS NEW CONCERNS IN L.A. iPAD PLAN

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By Benjamin Herold ,  Education Week |  http://bit.ly/1eQxl6X Students photograph themselves with an iPad during a class at Broadacres E...

AALA: BIG PHILANTHROPY AND EDUCATION

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from the AALA Weekly Update for the week of October 28, 2013 | http://bit.ly/1armyiy 24 October, 2013  ::  Much has been written about the...

UTLA: IT’S TIME. Time for a raise & Time for Deasy to go

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utla president’s perspective; by Warren Fletcher from the October United Teacher | http://bit.ly/18l9ira IT’S...

THE LAUSD iPAD MESS LEADS TO SUPERINTENDENT’S RESIGNATION: Perhaps it’s a generational thing?

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By Allison Cohen Ferraro, Publisher, The Los Feliz Ledger | http://bit.ly/HgYPqT   Thursday, October 24th, 2013 at 10:12 pm   ::  iP...

LCFF: NEW FUNDING SYSTEM REQUIRES EDUCATION LEADERS TO SHIFT THEIR THINKING

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commentary By Ron Bennett, President and CEO of School Services of California in EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/H7hipE October 24th...
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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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