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, December 27, 2015

EXPANDED LEARNING TIME FOR ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNERS

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by Natalie Gross | Education Writers Association/Latino Ed Beat | http://bit.ly/1OeSCe0 December 22, 2015 :: Can a longer schoo...

Saturday, December 26, 2015

'Concussion' Doctor Bennet Omalu: DON'T LET KIDS PLAY FOOTBALL

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By DR. BENNET OMALU, Op-Ed...

A MASTER CLASS WITH BALLERINA MISTY COPELAND BECOMES A SAN PEDRO HOMECOMING + smf's 2¢

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By Deborah Vankin , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1OQhJ3j Ascendant ballerina Misty ...

Friday, December 25, 2015

HOW L.A. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WOULD REACT TO ANOTHER BOMB THREAT

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by Joy Resmovits Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1QMHqbc 24 Dec 2015 1:...

MORE THAN YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX ABUSE IN PREP SCHOOLS

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THE NY TIMES DECIDED CHRISTMAS DAY IS THE DAY TO WRITE ABOUT SEX ABUSE IN EAST COAST PREP SCHOOLS. I'm not recommending the st...

'Educational Arms Race', Reform or Just Race?: REFORMS TO EASE STUDENTS' STRESS DIVIDE A HIGH PERFORMING NEW JERSEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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