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.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

LA Daily News on iPadGate: DEASY SHOOTS HIS iPAD OUT (2 stories)

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LAUSD’S John Deasy shoots his iPad out By Doug McIntyre , Los Angeles Daily News |  http://bit.ly/YXjnh8 ...

IPadGate :: Denial is the longest river: LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY SAYS HE IS NOT SCRAPPING DISTRICT’S $1 BILLION iPAD PROGRAM

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By City News Service  from the LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/1tCWOt7 Posted: 08/25/14, 10:58 PM PDT | Updated: 7AM 8/26 | LOS ANGELES  :: ...

REV. JESSE JACKSON SWEARS IN LAUSD BOARD MEMBER GEORGE McKENNA

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By Thomas Himes , Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1qgWq1d George McKenna 8/26/14, 5:25 PM PDT  ::  The Rev. Jesse Jackson swor...

iPadGate: CALLS GROW FOR WIDER INQUIRY INTO L.A. UNIFIED iPAD PROJECT

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By Howard Blume, Teresa Watanabe, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1nCxzl8 L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy has defended the bidding process for...

Radio chat: STAKEHOLDERS REACT TO LAUSD CANCELLING iPAD CONTRACT

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  from KPCC AirTalk with Larry Mantle for  August 26th, 2014 | | 89.3 | | http://bit.ly/VNm96J Photo by Lexie Flickinger/Brad Flickinge...

Steve Lopez: CAN DEASY SURVIVE LAUSD’s iPAD FIASCO?

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Superintendent’s pullback on the iPad program is a defining moment in his tenure   by Columnist Steve Lopez | Los Angeles Times |...

The story goes national/from National Public Radio: THE LAUSD/APPLE/PEARSON iPAD SCANDAL – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

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by Annie Gilbertson on NPR Morning Edition | NPR Education |  http://n.pr/1tJqmV6 Download the story | 3 min 23 sec Los Angeles ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Put down that iPad and get some sleep!: PEDIATRICIANS SAY SCHOOL SHOULD START LATER FOR TEEN’S HEALTH

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by Nancy Shute | Shots - Health News : NPR http://n.pr/1t9CiBW August 25, 2014 1:18 PM ET  ::  About 40 percent of high schools start be...

iPadGate - from AppleInsider: LA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SUSPENDS iPAD DEAL, FACES ACCUSATIONS THAT OFFICIALS HAD CLOSE TIES WITH APPLE

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By Neil Hughes | Apple Insider | http://bit.ly/VLXorv Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 06:49 am PT (09:49 am ET)  ::  Though it was much-touted w...

IPadGate Updated: LA SCHOOLS CANCEL iPAD CONTRACTS AFTER KPCC PUBLISHES INTERNAL EMAILS

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Annie Gilbertson  | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/XP1S2a   Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy speaks during a press conference at South R...

iPadGate: PUBLISHING GIANT PEARSON SAYS LA SCHOOL OFFICIALS’ EMAILS PART OF PILOT PROJECT

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Annie Gilbertson | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/XP3Hfx FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images August 25, 06:56 PM  ::  Pearson broke its weeken...
Monday, August 25, 2014

iPadGate: DEASY CANCELLED iPAD PROGRAM AFTER RECORDS SHOWED TIES TO VENDORS

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By Howard Blume , LA Times  | http://lat.ms/1BXrk53 Tiannah Dizadare smiles as she and a school mate explore the possibilities with th...

The MiSiS CriSiS: JEFFERSON HIGH STUDENTS SIT IN AND WALK OUT IN PROTEST (6 stories)

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Mismanagement and Human Error are blamed   … or was it John Deasy and Matt Hill? South LA high school students stage sit-in to protest mis...

iPadGate: DEASY ADANDONS LAUSD/APPLE/PEARSON CONTRACT

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by e-mail from the office of the superintendent Sent: Monday, August 25, 2014 5:23 PM Subject: NEW RFP FOR THE CCTP Please see att...

A Clockwork iPad: FROM THE INTERSECTION OF BALDERDASH AND IMPLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY

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in which smf of 4LAKids comments upon this morning’s L.A. Times article: LAUSD OFFICIALS HAD CLOSE TIES WITH APPLE, PEARSON EXECS, RECORDS ...

iPadGate: LAUSD OFFICIALS HAD CLOSE TIES WITH APPLE, PEARSON EXECS, RECORDS SHOW

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L.A. Unified officials and Apple and Pearson execs began discussing a computer effort two years before it was put out for bid By Howar...

iPADDED IN LAUSD: The smoking gun of the done deal. What’s next?

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by smf for 4LAKidsNews | Monday morning, 25 August 2014 The following graphic is from reporter Annie Gilbertson of KPCC’s recent revelatio...

LAUSD’s iPad project: HOW IT STARTED …BEFORE THE BIDDING BEGAN

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by Annie Gilbertson KPCC 89.3 Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/1pXVT5u Walking in the street while texting: Los Angeles Unified School Dis...
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