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.

Sunday, February 15, 2015

DON’T CONFUSE CHILDREN’S NEEDS WITH ADULT’S POLITICS

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  Written by red queen in la, from her blog | http://bit.ly/1zhgvXF 11 Wednesday Feb 2015   ::   The buzz about town is that UTLA migh...

UTLA FORMS PICKET LINES, REJECTS LOS ANGELES UNIFIED’S PROPOSAL

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By Thomas Himes , Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/19kYZeR Posted: 02/12/15, 7:21 PM PST  ::  After staging protests at schools acro...
Friday, February 13, 2015

Why are we not surprised?: HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES NCLB/ESEA REAUTHORIZATION, WHITE HOUSE SLAMS THE BILL

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both reports excerpted from  from the Brustein & Manasevi  Federal Update  - prepared to inform  B&M PLLC’s legislative clients o...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL LAUNCHES BUREAU OF CHILDREN’S JUSTICE

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e-MAIL from: AttorneyGeneral@doj.ca.gov   Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:10 AM Subject: Attorney General Harris Launches Bur...
Friday, February 06, 2015

MiSiS meets Cruz v. CA: LAWYERS SEEK ORDER TO ADDRESS SCHEDULING ISSUES AT MORE CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOLS, Allege assigned classes are instructional ‘in name only’

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Adolfo Guzman-Lopez , KPCC 89.3 | http://bit.ly/1zXLFcg Audio from this story  ::  0:47 Listen Jefferson High School students Dasi...
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LAUSD DISTRICT 5 CANDIDATES DEBATE: KAYSER, RODRIGUEZ & THOMAS KEEP IT CIVIL + Geronimo's 2¢

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LAUSD District 5 school board candidates face off in debate Mary Plummer KPCC | http://bit.ly/1vwHgeP AUSD Board of Education D...

FROM YOUNG CANCER PATIENT’S PARENTS, A SPECIAL PLEA TO VACCINATE

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Robin Abcarian , Los Angeles Times  | http://lat.ms/16NJCuv Rhett Krawitt can't be vaccinated against measles because of a ...

L.A. Times: LAUSD’s PROGRAM TO GIVE IMMIGRANT STUDENTS LEGAL ADVICE IS ILL-ADVISED

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By The Times Editorial Board | http://lat.ms/1zoOjpb Students depart the Los Angeles Unified School District Immigrant Student Guidance...

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Updated Parent Service Hours Guidelines

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CDE Release: #15-11  | http://bit.ly/1LV6TKU January 29, 2015 Contact: Giorgos Kazanis E-mail: communications@cde.ca.gov ...

LAUSD FOOD SERVICES DIRECTOR REMOVED FROM POSITION; Accusations of fiscal impropriety seem to implicate The LA Fund, Deasy+Chernin’s ‘Robin Hood’ fundraiser

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LAUSD's inspector general accuses food-services guru David Binkle of conflict of interest and mismanagement By Teresa Watanabe LA Ti...
Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Zimmer: THE ANTI KAYSER FLYER ‘A NEW LOW IN CAMPAIGN TACTICS’; CCSA Advocates: ‘THE FACTS OF THE MAILER IN QUESTION ARE INDISPUTABLE’

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Commentary: The anti-Kayser flyer ‘a new low in campaign tactics’   By Steve Zimmer Guest Contributor in LA School Report | http://bit.l...

LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT CALLS FOR CHECK ON LARGE CLASS SIZES

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by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | KPCC/89.3 | http://bit.ly/1z9Eo1V   Audio from this story  ::   0:52 Listen Hundreds of Los Angele...
Tuesday, February 03, 2015

from @howardblume: A BLIZZARD O’ TWEETS ABOUT CLASS SIZE IN LAUSD -*UPDATED* W/CORTINES' INFORMATIVE

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…what would Leonie Haimson  say? LA Times Ed Reporter Howard Blume @howardblume ·  (starting at) 3:39 PM - 3 Feb 2015 Xtra larg...

OBAMA’S 2016 BUDGET: $1 BILLION MORE FOR TITLE 1 + $4 BILLION FOR STEM + $3K PER CHILD FOR CHILDCARE …but whatever happened to Race to the Top?

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By Caitlin Emma With help from Allie Grasgreen and Stephanie Simon  |Politico Morning Ed | http://politi.co/1Dbm277 >> Looking at gr...

COMMON CORE ENTERS THE ARENA OF PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS

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Commentary By Louis Freedberg | Ed Source | http://bit.ly/1DDhapt Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush. Photo Illustration by John C. Osborn/E...
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Scott Folsom is a parent and parent leader in LAUSD. He is the former President of Los Angeles 10th District PTSA and represents PTA as Vice-chair the LAUSD Construction Bond Citizen's Oversight Committee. Scott is a member of the California State PTA Board on Managers. He serves on various school district advisory and policy committees and is or has been a PTA officer and/or governance council member at three LAUSD schools. He is an elected neighborhood councilmember of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in Northeast LA, representing Mount Washington. www.asnc.us • In this forum his opinions are his own and your opinions and feedback are invited. • Quoted and/or cited content copyright © the original author and/or publisher. All other material copyright © 4LAKids. • To SUBSCRIBE to the weekly 4LAKids e-mail newsletter e-mail: 4LAKids-subscribe@topica.email-publisher.com - or -TO ADD YOUR OR ANOTHER'S NAME TO THE 4LAKids SUBCRIPTION LIST E-MAIL smfolsom@aol.com with "SUBSCRIBE" AS THE SUBJECT. Thank you.
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