Saturday, September 27, 2014

BEFORE+BEYOND MIRAMONTE: LAUSD sets new records at bad record keeping …and at keeping their story straight

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L.A. Unified alerted to possible sexual misconduct by Berndt in 1983 Newly released documents show that stud...
Friday, September 26, 2014

AGENDA/ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION, 4:01 p.m. Tuesday, September. 30, 2014

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“It isn’t how you play the game, it’s who keeps score that counts”: REPORT SHOWS VARIATION IN HOW STATES STACK UP AGAINST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

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  By Caralee Adams   in College Bound - Education Week  | http://bit.ly/1rrgAY4 September 22, 2014 12:13 PM :: What states expect studen...

PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION WOULD REDUCE TESTING REQUIREMENTS

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by PBA, from   The Brustein & Manasevit Federal Update  - prepared to inform Brustein & Manasevit, PLLC’s legislative clients of re...

CRENSHAW PRINCIPAL TESTIFIES THAT TEACHERS’ DISMISSALS NOT TIED TO UNION ACTIVITY

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By Stephen Ceasar | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1pvSOFa Alex Caputo-Pearl answers a question during a UTLA forum in June. The union pres...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

CLOSED LAUSD BOARD SESSION GREW OUT OF REQUEST BY RATLIFF

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by Michael Janofsky , LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1BeB1cb Monica Ratliff, LA Unified board member representing district 6 S...

L.A. UNIFIED OVERSIGHT PANEL REJECTS $42 MILLION FOR COMPUTERS

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LAUSD says it needs $25 million in computers immediately to be ready for state tests Bond oversight panel says LAUSD hasn't proved u...

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PUTS BRAKES ON LA SCHOOL OFFICIALS’ REQUEST FOR MORE iPADS FOR TESTING

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Annie Gilbertson    | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1ojGGI1 FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images 2014-09-25 16:37:33 :: Members of a bond ove...

Tweeting from the fault line: LA TIMES’ HOWARD BLUME FROM THURSDAY’S LAUSD BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

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  by the LA Times Education Reporter, live from the Meeting of the School Construction Bond Citizens’ Oversight Committee – a four hour ...

Never again: NEWTOWN STILL STRUGGLING

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from Politico Morning Report by Caitlin Emma | via email 25 Sept 2014  ::  More Newtown, Conn., students are failing classes compared to p...

Letters to the editor: WHAT MAKES GOOD TEACHING IN THE 21st CENTURY?

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LA Times  | http://lat.ms/1wMt8tN Four LAUSD teachers attend a training session in July to improve their skills at using technology i...

COLORADO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WALK OUT TO PROTEST PROPOSED CURRICULUM CHANGES

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By Jenny Deam - LA Times | http://lat.ms/YcD7N0 Students from schools in the Denver suburbs are protesting a proposal by the Jefferso...

PRIVATE GIVING AND THE INSOLVENCY OF CHAOS

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  Written by redqueeninla | http://bit.ly/1u1FfDI Thursday 25 Sep 2014  ::  Last week Google announced it was funding all DonorsChoo...

REPORT CRITICAL OF CHARTER SCHOOL OVERSIGHT

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By Susan Frey | EdSource |  http://bit.ly/1mubj1S   “There needs to be a full reporting of data and finances and a separation of g...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD TO MEET TUESDAY; LIKELY TO DISCUSS DEASY’S FUTURE

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L.A. school board prepares for a widely watched evaluation of its high-profile superintendent By Howard Blume , LA Times | http://lat...

LA SCHOOLS DATA SYSTEM CONCERNS AFTER PORT FIRE, TRANSCRIPT PROBLEMS

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  Annie Gilbertson , | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1rnx5Vd School Police aid in the relocation of students at George De La Torre Junio...

Finally Updated: LAUSD BOARD CALLS SPECIAL CLOSED-DOOR MEETING TO DISCUSS DEASY

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by Jamie Alter Lynton , Publisher , LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1pe0Eny LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy Posted on September 24,...

DELAYED EVACUATION OF SCHOOL NEAR PORT OF L.A. ANGERS PARENTS + smf’s 2¢

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By Ruben Vives, Veronica Rocha |  http://lat.ms/1xfDKo5 Los Angeles fire crews battle a wharf fire at the Port of L.A. where pylons so...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

WHY TEACHING+LEARNING MUSIC MATTERS

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Credit: LA Johnson and Alyson Hurt/NPR Q&A: Why Teaching Music Matters by Cory Turner, National P...