Reporter's Notebook: 'Waiting for Superman' and American education reform - latimes.com

Reporter's Notebook: 'Waiting for Superman' and American education reform - latimes.com

Reporter's Notebook: 'Waiting for Superman' and American education reform By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times 'An Inconvenient Truth' filmmaker Davis Guggenheim once again taps into a crucial issue with a building consensus. Reporter's Notebook: Education documentaries and plays California Board of Education addresses teacher evaluation issue By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times Panel votes to create an online database devoted to efforts around the country to measure education effectiveness L.A. Unified teachers stage protest at Times building Labor leaders say UC benefits changes would hurt lower-income employees By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times Regents are expected to OK increases in the amount employees and the university must pay toward retirement benefits. Union leaders say it would be hard to agree to such increases without pay raises.

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