Saturday, April 18, 2015

AB 817: AN ATTACK ON STUDENT PRIVACY RIGHTS – EVEN BEFORE THEY TAKE EFFECT!

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By smf for 4LAKidsNews 18 April 2015 :: EdWeek reports that a spate of recent laws and policies intended to better protect the privacy of ...
Friday, April 17, 2015

BURBANK SCHOOL BOARD HIRES HILL ON 4-0 VOTE, BUT NOT BEFORE BOARD MEMBER KEMP SCOLDS TEACHERS, RESIGNS AND WALKS OUT OF MEETING

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by Kelly Corrigan | The Burbank Leader – an LA Times publication | http://bit.ly/1CWZrGV Before the Burbank Unified school board hire...

Video of Board of Ed Meeting: BURBANK HIRES CONTROVERSIAL NEW SUPERINTENDENT

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Matt Hill to be paid $241,ooo – current superintendent’s salary is $205,000 and started at $185,000 from schoolhouselive | http://bit....

STUDENTS WOULD BENEFIT IF LAUSD KEPT CURRICULUM, PEARSON EXEC SAYS. Sir Michael Barber: “It’s a brilliant product”

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By Howard Blume | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1FStDF9 17 April 2015  ::  A top official from Pearson said Thursday that students would benef...

3 new stories: L.A. SCHOOLS iPAD PROGRAM SUBJECT OF INQURY BY SEC

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"The particular use of the bond proceeds is not material” (to investors), the district wrote. Contract between LAU...

LAUSD BOARD APPROVAL OF NEW SPENDING ON HEALTHCARE PROMPTS REVOLT

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By Thomas Himes , Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1E9SDNc 4/14/15, 8:32 PM PDT | Updated: 4/16/15  :: Los Angeles Unified’s board a...

MATT HILL APPOINTED BURBANK USD SUPERINTENDENT AMID NEW+CONTINUING CONTROVERSY

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●● smf: 17 April 2015 :: KPCC reports that the Burbank School Board appointed Matt Hill as Burbank superintendent at their meeting last nigh...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

LAUSD’s MATT HILL A FINALIST FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF BURBANK SCHOOLS + smf’s 2¢

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Posted on by Vanessa Romo | LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1D4o2tJ Matt Hill April 15, 2015 4:01 pm   ::  One of the last top tie...

LAWSUIT IN THE WORKS? :: DISTRICT EXPELS PEARSON FROM APPLE/PEARSON/LAUSD ‘iPADS FOR ALL’ CONTRACT: “APPLE AND PEARSON PROMISED A STATE-OF-THE-ART SOLUTION, THEY HAVE YET TO DELIVER IT”

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LAUSD ditching Pearson iPad program software, demanding multimillion dollar refund by Annie Gilbertson KPCC | http://bit.ly/1EIpffI   ...

The education of Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg & Joel Klein: TABLET COMPUTERS AND AN ONLINE CURRICULUM WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP REVOLUTIONIZE SCHOOLS. That hasn’t happened

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NEWS CORP’s $1 BILLION PLAN TO OVERHAUL EDUCATION IS RIDDLED WITH FAILURES by Laura Colby | Bloomberg Business | http://bloom.bg/1HtV4...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

LAUSD’s INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE TASK FORCE HOLDS FIRST MEETING

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LAUSD Press Release | http://bit.ly/1ajtWjD WHAT’S IN A NAME?: The Instructional Technology Initiative is the program formerly known as ...

Teacher tenure, Seniority layoffs: NEW USC DORNSIFE COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS AND SCIENCES/LOS ANGELES TIMES POLL :: Findings, 2 articles +smf’s 2¢

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Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research | http://bit.ly/1Cvz7Vt   April 10, 2015  ::  On behalf of the University of Southern California Dor...