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Monday, July 25, 2011

4LAKids - HIGH TURNOVER REPORTED AMONG CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS: "…what kind of job has a 50% annual turnover?" Answer: McDonald's

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: HIGH TURNOVER REPORTED AMONG CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS: "…what kind of job has a 50% annual turnover?"

HIGH TURNOVER REPORTED AMONG CHARTER SCHOOL TEACHERS: "…what kind of job has a 50% annual turnover?"

NOTE: The LATimes first reported this story online on July 19: LOS ANGELES CHARTER SCHOOLS HAVE HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER Howard Blume - LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/qkf8Ij. 4LAKids reblogged the story here and in the Sunday edition. This expanded version is apparently the first time the LAT has put the story in print. High turnover reported among charter school teachers With so

ENCOURAGED IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY: Teen moms, gang members and dropouts trade bleak futures for the hope of a better life at Ramona High.

For Genesis Diaz, a struggling young mother, graduating at the top of her class is only the beginning. By Kurt Streeter | LA Times | http://lat.ms/nQN9QB Genesis Diaz, 17, and her daughter Amanda, 18 months, took three bus trips every morning to Ramona High. (Mariah Tauger, Los Angeles Times / July 20, 2011) July 20, 2011 - What will become of Genesis? There she is, at her school