DANIEL PEARL MAGNET STUDENTS CELEBRATE PRIVATE DONATION
By Richard Horgan MediaBistro.com | Journalism 101, Season of Giving |http://bit.ly/zL53gk January 10, 2012 9:15 AM :: Today in Van Nuys, students at the Daniel Pearl Magnet High School will gather to watch Charles Evans Jr.‘s documentary Addiction Incorporated, all about the tobacco industry’s original whistleblower Victor DeNoble. Evans will be in attendance for a Q&A with former LA Times
Ravitch: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND AND THE DAMAGE DONE
By Diane Ravitch/Bridging Differences/Ed Week – reblogged by The Washington Post | http://wapo.st/Axs0bR This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is
LAUSD CHIEF DEASY PROPOSES PARCEL TAX TO STEM BUDGET DEFICIT
By Barbara Jones Daily News Staff Writer/from the Contra Costa Times | http://bit.ly/ymcpkx Posted: 01/10/2012 08:00:37 PM PST :: Facing a budget deficit of more than a half-billion dollars for 2012-13, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy proposed Tuesday putting a $270-a-year parcel tax on the November ballot. If approved by the LAUSD board, this would mark the second time in two
CALIFORNIA REVENUE FALLS BELOW GOVERNOR’S PROJECTIONS
By JUDY LIN, Associated Press from San Francisco Chronicle |http://bit.ly/yJQYnu Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 7:12 PST Sacramento, Calif. (AP) ;; Just a week after Gov. Jerry Brown made his pitch for tax hikes and more spending cuts, the state controller on Tuesday reported that California is collecting less tax revenue than the governor projected and warned lawmakers that more cuts may be needed
Retweet DrDeasy: Projected budget deficit of $543 mil violates the rights of youth. Not a single solitary thing in this budget can and should be reduced.
DrDeasyLAUSD John Deasy Jan 10, 2012 | 9:18PM
FINES, COURT TIME ELIMINATED FOR TARDY, ABSENT STUDENTS
by Rick Rojas, LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/zr0fzn January 10, 2012 | 12:47 pm :: Fines and court time for tardy students will be eliminated in Los Angeles County, according to new guidelines released by the county's top juvenile court judge earlier this month. Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Michael Nash said in rules released last week that courts will now dismiss tickets in which students
DARK DAYS FOR STATE’S EDUCATION BUDGET: Governor Brown hopes to convince Californians to tax themselves to support schools.
By Brooke Wirtschafter-Mom's The Word: Reflections on the life of a mom in Mar Vista/Mar Vista Patch http://bit.ly/xI0EKH 10 Jan 2011 :: January has become the darkest time of the year for public education in California. Every winter for the last several years we’ve seen the state hand down bad news for public schools as wishful budgets made in the endless summer of wrangling in
LA SCHOOLS MULL WAYS TO BOOST ENROLLMENT+L.A. SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS ENDING ENROLLMENT BOUNDARIES+LAUSD PROPOSAL WOULD GET RID OF ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES
LA schools mull ways to boost district enrollment By Associated Press from the San Francisco Chronicle | http://bit.ly/yfuZGd Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | 16:30 PST Los Angeles, CA (AP) :: The Los Angeles Unified school board wants to stem the decade-long decline in enrollment that has cost the district hundreds of millions over dollars in per pupil funding. The school board on Tuesday
LAUSD FACES NEARLY $600 MILLION BUDGET SHORTFALL
Associated Press, from KPCC | http://bit.ly/zJe0Ob Students rally at Pershing Square. Mike Roe/KPCC Jan 10, 2012 - 4:49 p.m. | AP :: The Los Angeles Unified Schools superintendent says the nation's second-largest school district is facing a $543 million budget shortfall for the next academic year. John Deasy told the school board Tuesday that if voters approve Gov. Jerry Brown's tax
LAO: BROWN TAX PLAN MAY OVERSTATE REVENUE
Brown tax hike plan may bring in less than estimated The governor says a sales and income tax hike could bring in $6.9 billion a year. The Legislative Analyst's Office says it's likely to generate just $4.8 billion in 2012-13. By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/x9Za6X Gov. Jerry Brown wants to boost the state sales tax by half a cent and increase levies on incomes of
California State PTA: ARE YOU READY TO HELP RESTORE FUNDING TO OUR SCHOOLS?
e-mail alert/Legislative Update from CA PTA | http://bit.ly/x0hDVq California State PTA is supporting the Our Children, Our Future: Local Schools and Early Education Investment Act. This bold measure will generate approximately $10 billion in new revenues per year to help restore programs and services for children and students, including instruction in the arts and physical education, as
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE LAUSD SCHOOL LUNCH FIASCO? + smf's 2¢
by Dana Woldow‚ BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News » http://bit.ly/zioZL9 Jan. 09‚ 2012 :: The recent Los Angeles Times article revealing that LA Unified School District's new healthier lunch menu was being rejected by many students generated a tidal wave of snark from those who believe schools shouldn't be feeding hungry kids at all, let alone trying to offer them