Friday, May 16, 2014

HOLLYWOOD HIGH RECOGNIZED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORICAL PLACES.

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by smf for 4LAKidsNews 16 May 2014  :: This afternoon a bronze plaque was unveiled on the front steps of the Hollywood High School Librar...

CORE WAIVER VIDEO: The California Office to Reform Education explains it all for you …or what if seven superintendents formed their own school board and reported directly to the US Dept of Ed?

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by smf for 4LAKidsNews 16 May 2014  ::  Last week at the PTA convention the California Office to Reform Education – composed of the superi...

From the AALA Update: GOV. BROWN PRESENTS MAY BUDGET REVISION + LAUSD SCHOOLS DOMINATE NATIONAL ACADEMIC DECATHLON

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From the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Weekly Update Week of May 19, 2014 | http://bit.ly/1j2xus5 GOVERNOR BROWN PRESENTS MAY B...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

UNPACKING THE MAY REVISE: Proposed pension fund fix, New formula to identify low-income kids, No mention of transitional kindergarten expansion

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The State is constitutionally responsible for the CalSTRS program – but Brown proposes to pass almost all the costs of fixing it to schoo...

It’s A Small World meets Godzilla v. King Kong: PEARSON CONTRACT FOR COMMON CORE TESTING FACES LEGAL CHALLENGE + smf’s 2¢

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By Sean Cavanagh | Education Week | http://bit.ly/1iLDwZw Another blogger reblogged an earlier version of th...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

First impressions: THE GOVERNOR’S MAY REVISE BUDGET + May Revision Budget Document

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via email/in order received from ESEA Cabinet Report May 13, 2014 No major improvements for schools in May Revise by Tom Chorneau ...

LAUSD AND THE RITUALISTIC KILLING OF SCHOOL

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Written by Odysseus Bostick - THE BOSTIC REPORT in LA CityWatch | http://bit.ly/1jCOx4D 13 May 2014   ::   If the Los Angeles Unified Sc...
Monday, May 12, 2014

LAUSD’s MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL WINS ONLINE DECATHLON

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by LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1slWrPW John Marshall High School Posted on May 9, 2014 2:31 pm ::   LA Unified has claimed a se...

LA SCHOOLS BUDGET DISCUSSION: More teachers, custodians, health services, technology

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  Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/RAJXIU Lee LeFever/Flickr May 12th, 2014, 5:00am  ::  The Los Angeles...

STATE’S NEW COMPUTERIZED EXAM TRYOUT PLAGUED BY GLITCHES: New exams, given for the first time on computers, really have been a test. But not always of Math and English.

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At Fredrick Douglass Academy High School, Principal LaKeyshua Washington banters with senior Charles Rachal, 19, in the computer lab. I...

FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS TWITTER PARTY THIS AFTERNOON: Parents are worth more than spare change! + smf’s 2¢

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received by e-mail --- ----- Original message -------- From: Families In Schools < smendoza@familiesinschools.org > Date: 05...
Sunday, May 11, 2014

Duncan: “Achievement gaps among ethnic groups have not narrowed.”: NATIONAL REPORT CARD FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SHOWS STAGNATION IN MATH+READING + smf’s 2¢

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Commenting on the 2013 NAEP 'report card' for US hi12th graders, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said,''achievement gaps ...