L.A. TEACHERS UNION NEEDS TO GET ON BOARD L.A. Times Op-Ed – by Ray Reisler and Leslie Gilbert-Lurie | http://lat.ms/qAUEg3 UTLA has been defensive, adversarial and obstructionist in response to a wide range of school reform efforts. It needs to start collaborating. Teachers and parents ...
AS OBAMA AND BOEHNER TWEET, AMERICA BURNS ITS KIDS’ FUTURES -- Paul Whitefield, Opinion LA/LA Times | http://bit.ly/nGssHt July 7, 2011 | 1:52 pm "Dear (prospective employer): I just gradated hi school and need me a job. Cud you pleese tell me if you have any jobs I can do? Yours' truely, James Chicago, ...
(Too Few) PROGRAMS TRY TO SAVE STUDENTS FROM ‘SUMMER SLIDE’ IN ACADEMICS By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/pPGz92 Children — particularly those from lower-income families — lose months of reading and math skills during vacation, studies show. Schools are offering summer camp-style programs to make learning ...
