Sunday, December 21, 2014

PUNISHED TEACHER IN CLASS AGAIN: Eight-month exile over fundraising spotlights union and district differences on the issue of discipline

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By Howard Blume | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1wbn8bf Stuart Lutz, right, a South Gate Middle School art teacher, returned to class Wed...

From the wonderful folks who drew the FBI to LAUSD: PREPARING FOR A RENAISSANCE IN ASSESSMENT

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By smf for 4LAKids Sunday, 21 December, 2014 :: You have to hand it to Pearson. No, really…you have to. It’s in the contract. It’s embe...
Saturday, December 20, 2014

WHISTLEBLOWER CASE COSTS LAUSD A$3.3 MILLION JURY AWARD + smf’s 2¢

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by Vanessa Romo , LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1wOSJo7 December 19, 2014 12:39 pm   ::  LA Unified sustained another legal blow this...
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ANOTHER LAUSD MiSiS COMPUTER GLITCH DELAYS TEACHERS FROM ENTERING GRADES + Weekly MiSiS third-party update

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By Thomas Himes , Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1AqeRX0 Friday 12/19/14, 1:46 PM PST | Updated: Sat  12/20/14  6AM  ::  Another g...

TEACHING ENGLISH LEARNERS THE LANGUAGE OF MATH + smf’s 2¢

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By Laurie Udesky | EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1HfC9z4 December 18, 2014 | As teacher David Ramirez strode around his 7th-grade clas...
Friday, December 19, 2014

TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A BETTER EDUCATION, PARENTS LAUNCH A NEW SCHOOL

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  By Stephen Ceasar , LA Times | http://lat.ms/16AYgVA Supervisor aide Maria Melendrez talks with students in the girls locker ro...

TURKEY ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR U.S. BASED ISLAMIC CLERIC …WHO JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE LARGEST CHARTER SCHOOL PROMOTER IN THE U.S.

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This is a great story, filled with lovely complications and international intrigue. The regime in Turkey is no more a wellspring of Euro...
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2 STORIES: UTLA LOWERS SALARY DEMAND, says pay proposal lowered in hopes of reaching a deal in the next few months

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UTLA drops salary demand to 9 percent over 1 year by LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1AOSZ5v Posted on December 17, 2014 9:16 am   ...

COSTS FOR SPECIAL ED SERVICES CLIMB AS PARENTS FEEL THE PINCH

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Annie Gilbertson , KPCC | http://bit.ly/1AORJ2u Audio from this story ::  3:42 Listen Maya Osborne, right, takes care of her gran...

CORTINES DOUBLES NUMBER OF DIRECT REPORTS IN LAUSD OVERHAUL

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by Vanessa Romo , LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1AOP74L also see: ANOTH ER SUPERINTENDENT, ANOTHER REORGANIZATION ...you can't t...

WASHINGTON STATE’S FIRST CHARTER SCHOOL PLACED ON PROBATION …for failing to live up to its charter

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"Most troubling, though, is that the school's proposed plan was almost entirely deficient."  -  Washington State Charter Sc...
Thursday, December 18, 2014

NO RELIEF FOR LAUSD?

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"There must be some way out of here" said the joker to the thief "There's too much confusion", I can...