Saturday, July 26, 2014

UNION INVITES TEACHERS, PARENTS AND THE PUBLIC TO THE BARGAINING TABLE WITH LAUSD

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By Thomas Himes , Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1ou6N2a 7/24/14, 11:22 PM PDT  ::  After meeting with Los Angeles Unified officia...

FEDS BACK ENGLISH LEARNER LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE OF CALIFORNIA, allegation is that 2% of qualified kids slip through the cracks

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By John Fensterwald, EdSource today | http://bit.ly/1ntTFtB July 24, 2014 | The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has...

JUDGE FINDS “EVIDENCE ESTABLISHING FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT” …BUT ALLOWS MAGNOLIA CHARTERS TO REMAIN OPEN

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…either LAUSD staff overreacted or the Board of Ed underreacted. Whichever it was the charter schools get out of jail free. by Vaness...

CENSORED. CENSORED. CENSORED. + SOULVINE UNCHAINED

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The L.A. Wave’s always outspoken “Soulvine” columnist Betty Pleasant  has never been afraid of going one step too far, that is how the ga...

DISTRICT ONE RACE NOW ALSO A REFERENDUM ON DIRTY POLITICS

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Ridley-Thomas/Alex Johnson’s smear tactics are a disservice not only to George McKenna, but to the children, parents and residents of Dis...

GEORGE McKENNA CAMPAIGN UNDER ATTACK: Community Outraged over lies, innuendo and propaganda

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by Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. – Executive Editor of the Los Angles Sentinel | this article also appears in the LA Watts Times of July 24 |   htt...

NEW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FORMS IN L.A. SCHOOL BOARD RACE: PAC is controlled by Dan Chang, who headed Deasy’s nonprofit foundation created to raise money for LAUSD

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By Howard Blume , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1poPXOz George McKenna, left, is running to fill the LAUSD seat vacated when Trustee Margu...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014

An appeal for support from Dr. McKenna

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smf writes: 4LAKids is not political organization. While I plead guilty to the practice of politics, no one could ever allege organizatio...

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOHNSON AND McKENNA

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Written by The Red Queen in L.A. in her blog | http://bit.ly/1jXu8JB "The most curious part of the thing was, that the trees and th...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

FIRE BURNS GREEN DOT CHARTER SCHOOL CAMPUS …as ‘Mystery Drone’ hovers overhead

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Fire has Animo South Los Angeles Charter High looking for a new location before school starts Aug.12   -   School called total loss after...
Saturday, July 19, 2014

VERGARA RULING BECOMES A CAMPAIGN ISSUE …at least in Tuck’s mind + smf’s 2¢

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By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1rdYjNb July 17, 2014 |State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Mar...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Because right-wing talk-radio hosts have all the answers: MAKE THE BORDER KIDS AMERICANS + smf’s 2¢

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By HUGH HEWITT, from Politico Magazine | http://politi.co/1mYCd0a July 17, 2014  ::  Approximately 90,000 minors have entered the country...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

BEFORE BUYING TECHNOLOGY, ASKING ‘WHY?’

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By Ross Brenneman , Education Week Teacher |  http://bit.ly/1mZsR3D —Ross Brenneman Published Online: June 18, 2014 /Includes correcti...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

HOW MUSIC ED POWERS THE STEAM MOVEMENT

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By Richard Naithram, NEA Today Online | http://bit.ly/Wb0zcQ July 16, 2014 ::   With many of the nation’s education leaders focused on th...

ARNE DUNCAN FLUBBED ON COMMON CORE …AND THEN HE MADE IT WORSE

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Opinion by Karin Klein , member of the L.A. Times editorial board,  in the Times | http://lat.ms/1jy0yKh Randi Weingarten, president of ...