Community forums in East San Jose
Posted in A to G CurriculumFewer than 4 out of 10 graduates of the East Side Union High School District, encompassing half of San Jose, qualify for a four-year university. Many of those who didn’t had no idea what courses were needed, before it was too late.
Explaining the A-G requirements required by the CSU and UC systems will be one part of a community dialogue of education that the Silicon Valley Education Foundation is sponsoring this week at four East Side Union High schools. The first is Monday, Aug. 23, at Oak Grove High School from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Parents of students in feeder districts are encouraged to attend as well.
For a full schedule, check here.
LAUSD, teachers negotiating use of test scores
Posted in Teacher Development, Tenure, Turning around failing schools, payThe Los Angeles Times’ impending plan to publish the performance rankings of 6,000 elementary school teachers, based on student test scores, has become the catalyst for sudden negotiations between Los Angeles Unified and its teachers union over teacher evaluations. One likely reason: Incorporating test scores into teachers’ personnel reviews could provide the legal basis in the future to deny releasing the scores, tied to individual teachers, to the public and to the Times.
The Times reported Sunday that United Teachers Los Angeles has accepted Deputy Superintendent John Deasy’s offer to restart talks on performance reviews of teachers. UTLA President A.J. Duffy declined to say whether that should include using test scores, although Duffy, who has flatly ruled out the use of test scores until now, is facing pressure to do so.