Friday, August 21, 2015

CAHSEE: State Assembly passes exit exam waiver, bill heading to Senate

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by Elizabeth Weise , LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1NAIJXF Posted on August 21, 2015 8:59 am In an emergency vote yesterday, t...

Just sayin’: TWO “PUFF PIECE” STORIES ABOUT PEARSON EDUCATION FROM NPR….

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with the retirement of longtime NPR/PBS education correspondent John Merrow - and the sale of his production company to EdWeek [  http:...

MiSiS HELD UP FOR LA UNIFIED OPENING, BUT FUTURE SNAGS EXPECTED

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by Mike Szymanski , LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1NKU7OC Diane Pappas, in charge of MiSiS Posted on August 19, 2015 1...

Updated: JEB BUSH’S EMBRACE OF COMMON CORE IS A CAMPAIGN LIGHTNING ROD …or not

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By Kathleen Hennessey | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1KaQ9Q9 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush speaks at a forum on education p...

SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXPERIMENT WITH TAKE-HOME INTERNET ACCESS

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  by Alisha Kirby | SI&A Cabinet Report :: http://bit.ly/1Lo4HdZ August 17, 2015 (Mo.)  ::  A St. Louis district is one of many acro...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

BILLIONAIRES FUND EDUCATION NEWS AT LA TIMES

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By diane ravitch, from her blog | http://bit.ly/1Jrzw43 August 18, 2015   ::  Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, you read a stor...

Back@School @CA: THE CAHSEE DEBACLE (2 stories) “By the power vested in me, and a waiver from the legislature, I hereby award you….”

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  State schools chief flunks on exit exam By The Times Editorial Board | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1KvOfFx State schools chief Tom ...

Back2School@LAUSD:/Day 2: A SMOOTH START …AND NOW THE HARD WORK BEGINS

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By Howard Blume and Sonali Kohli |LA Times | http://lat.ms/1J3CXup Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the nation, went...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Back2School@LAUSD: ARNE DUNCAN TELLS CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS WHERE THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR MONEY

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Op-Ed in the LA Times By Arne Duncan | http://lat.ms/1E3u8BD Student Nathanael Juan (3rd from leftt), a junior Engineering students a...

Back2School@LAUSD: L.A. TIMES ANNOUNCES WEEKLY EDUCATION NEWSLETTER …what a concept!

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A letter from the publisher of the Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1gUrnIg Austin Beutner: A renewed emphasis on education at The Times ...

Back2School@LAUSD: HOW BIG ARE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES IN L.A.? An LA Times survey

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By Daniela Gerson | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1PxC3Zh LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBE...

Back2School@LAUSD: THESE LAUSD STUDENTS ARE NOT HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL

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By Teresa Watanabe | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1JfHuv3 Rising Bell High seniors Emily Romero and Dulce Penuelas came in during their ...

Back2School@LAUSD: L.A. UNIFIED LOOKS FOR SMOOTHER START-UP THIS YEAR

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By Howard Blume | L.A, Times | http://lat.ms/1J0mpDD Students Jordann Ventura, 14, left, Karyna Mills, 15, Guillermo Romero, 15, and ...