Thursday, September 10, 2015

The new Common Core test results: DON’T PLAY THE BLAME GAME!

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  “SBAC SCORES SHOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL REPORT CARDS. PUBLISHING THE SCHOOL’S SCORES IN THE REPORT CARDS WILL MAK...

The new Common Core test results: NEW CALIFORNIA TESTS PRESENT SOBERING PICTURE OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

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By Howard Blume | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1Ke0z15 Students in 11th grade at Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School practice for ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Editorial: LAUSD WON A LAWSUIT — but lost the moral high ground

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  By The Times Editorial Board |  http://lat.ms/1gawbbZ Detail of a historical school desk on display at LAUSD headquarters in Los...

2 MORE ON THE WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON CHARTER SCHOOLS

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Charters Go "Sleepless in Seattle" While Teachers Strike by Alan Singer | Social studies educator,...

DIANE RAVITCH+GERONIMO+F. SCOTT FITZGERALD’S THOUGHTS ON DEASY’S EXPENSE ACCOUNT

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  from Diane Ravitch’s blog | http://bit.ly/1OAtjRy Diane Ravitch writes: Living Large: A Glimpse of John Deasy’s Expense Account ...

¡OMG! THE NEW TEST SCORES ARE LOWER THAN THE OLD TEST SCORES!

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News Story: NEW COMMON CORE TEST RESULTS TO BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC THIS WEEK By smf for 4LAKids- as a public service to Parents, Te...
Tuesday, September 08, 2015

WASHINGTON STATE’S CHARTER LIMBO: More on that charter schools ruling.

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from Politico Morning Ed | By Kimberly Hefling | by email Sept 8, 2015  10:05 AM EDT ::  : More on that charter schools ruling. [ http://...
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More Beutner: LA TIMES PUBLISHER+CEO TO BE REPLACED

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by Jessica Hamlin and KPCC Staff | http://bit.ly/1NgmcyP File: Austin Beutner on stage during the preview of The Broad Stage 2010-201...

JOHN OLIVER’S GUIDE TO “EVERYTHING STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW FOR BACK TO SCHOOL”

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Ed Mazza Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post | http://huff.to/1Ob5TUD   Posted: 09/08/2015 04:12 AM EDT  ::  In many parts of th...

LA Times Editorial: WHAT WILL THE COMMON CORE TEST RESULTS SHOW? Comparing these results with the old ones would be like comparing apples and porcupines

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By The Times Editorial Board | http://lat.ms/1KZkdP9 Yamarko Brown, age 12, works on math problems as part of a trial run of a new...

“DON’T PANIC”, OFFICIALS SAY AS CALIFORNIA BRACES FOR LOWER STUDENT TEST RESULTS …but “Thanks for all the fish?”

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By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1NgadBg State test scores are expected to be lower than in previous years, but officials say t...

CHARTER SCHOOLS SHOULDN’T BE LITMUS TEST FOR NEW CHIEF

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BY Sandy Banks , LA Times Columnist | http://lat.ms/1K67Q2V       Former L.A. Unified Supt. John E. Deasy was a champion of t...

Ed Week: TEACHER EVALUATION – AN ISSUE OVERVIEW

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Teacher evaluations matter a lot—both to teachers and to those holding them accountable. But how can schools measure the performance of a...

LA Times: AUSTIN BEUTNER OUT AS L.A. TIMES PUBLISHER - Broad connection suggested

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By Marc Duvoisin , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1JQ2c1m Austin Beutner was named publisher of The Times in August 2014.   Sept 8, 21...