Thursday, January 29, 2015

Is ‘Smarter Balanced” an unfunded state mandate? …or just a brand of margarine?: 5 DISTRICTS+CSBA FILE $1 BILLION CLAIM OVER TEST COSTS

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The LAO estimated earlier this month that the state owes schools between $4 billion and $5 billion in unpaid mandate claims. by Tom Ch...

STATES, FEDS FOCUS ON PARENT ENGAGEMENT

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  by Alisha Kirby|  SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet |  http://bit.ly/1Lf8YRz Janua...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

SCHOOLS ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO IMMUNIZE STUDENTS + HOW TO SPOT MEASLES WHEN YOU SEE IT: Once easily recognized, signs of measles elude young doctors

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90% of persons who are unvaccinated or not immune from previously having measles will get sick if exposed to the virus – which is ai...

HELP+NCLB: FROM TESTING2TEACHERS & SENATOR (and former Education Secretary) LAMAR ALEXANDER - with guns a-blazin’!

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  FROM TESTING TO TEACHERS By Caitlin Emma –in Politico Morning Ed | http://politi.co/1zUrb3l 1/27/2015 | 10:01 EST ::  The Senate HE...

CORTINES: UTLA’S ‘UNREALISTIC’ PAY DEMANDS WILL LEAD TO ‘CATASTROPHIC’ LAYOFFS

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SEE: CORTINES’ NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE EMAIL TO EMPLOYEES & LABOR PARTNERS: |  http://bit.ly/15NeomP L.A. Unified...

From the Superintendent: GOVERNOR’S JANUARY BUDGET UPDATE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS

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smf: lest there be any confusion: The Governor’s Budget Proposal is for NEXT TEAR (School year 2015-16); the pp2 Budget Update is for the...
Monday, January 26, 2015

CORTINES’ NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: “It is regrettable that the UTLA leadership has gone in an entirely different direction….”

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…The line it is drawn, the curse it is cast… by email from the Office of the Superintendent

MiSiS: SUPERINTENDENT’S WEEKLY UPDATE – week ending July 23, 2015

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Friday, January 23, 2015

THE EDUCATION WORDS THE PRESIDENT DIDN’T SAY IN THE STATE O’ TH’ UNION

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(Flickr/Penny Bentley/Creative Commons) Emily Richmond |EWA’s The Educated Reporter | http://bit.ly/15ylgnd January 21, 2015 For the p...
Thursday, January 22, 2015

EVERYBODY HATES PEARSON

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    by Jennifer Reingold | Fortune Magazine | http://for.tn/1yKJS8g This story is from the February 2015 issue of Fortune. January...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S OFFICE FAULTS LOCAL CONTROL ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN ROLL-OUTS

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Source: Legislative Analyst's Office The LAO cites an example of how a district might approach one goal – ensuring students are pr...