TWO L.A. UNIFIED SCHOOLS WIN $100,000 GRANTS FROM TARGET
-- Rick Rojas | la tIMES/la nOW | http://lat.ms/yDWdEK January 25, 2012 | 7:42 pm :: Two Los Angeles Unif-ed schools, nominated by viewers of Ellen DeGeneres' daytime talk show, have received $100,000 grants from Target, the district announced Wednesday. Crenshaw High School and Enadia Way Elementary School were two of 50 schools selected to receive the grant money that comes without
CALIFORNIA’S WHITE ELEPHANT BUDGET GIVES SCHOOLS THE GIFT OF UNCERTAINTY
by Beth Chagonjian‚ Beyond Chron/School Beat | http://bit.ly/zBXhIq Jan. 26‚ 2012 :: Governor Brown's budget was recently (and inadvertently) released online. Unfortunately, what was revealed was a budget full of speculation and "what ifs" that could potentially leave schools and education in a worse condition than that in which they currently find themselves. How could this be so? This year
Doe v. CA: LAWSUIT TO BAN PUBLIC SCHOOL FEES CLEARS KEY HURDLE
BY Howard Blume, LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/A9fFxE January 26, 2012 | 1:51 pm :: State officials failed Thursday to get a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to enforce the principle that California students have a right to a free education through high school. The lawsuit arose over the widespread practice of making students pay fees for some classes, activities and certain exams.
BOYS PULL OUT KNIFE, GUN IN 7th GRADE GLASS AT MAYOR’S SCHOOL
Robert J. Lopez | LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/zgLJDu January 26, 2012 | 4:05 pm :: Security was beefed up at Samuel Gompers Middle School in South Los Angeles on Thursday after two boys pulled out a knife and gun during an argument in a 7th-grade class. The boys began arguing Wednesday afternoon when one of them pulled out a knife, prompting the other to grab a backpack and take out a gun,
EDUCATION TOWN HALL: Community fumes over schools
By Susan Abram, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/ABOwX9 LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy and board member Tamar Galatzan answer questions from Daily News columnist Doug McIntyre at a town hall at El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. (David Crane/Staff Photographer) 01/25/2012 09:32:24 PM PST :: WOODLAND HILLS - Venting anger over rising
Doe v. CA: CALIFORNIA HAS FAILED TO PROTECT CHILDREN’S RIGHT TO FREE EDUCATION, LAWSUIT SAYS
By Tami Abdollah | Blog: Pass / Fail - kpcc 89.3 FM | http://bit.ly/ykzxBm dave_mcmt/Flickr 7:36 p.m. :: When a 16-year-old Orange County sophomore couldn’t afford to buy her Spanish class workbook, the teacher wrote her name on the whiteboard up front, and there it remained for weeks. Her story, and a similar tale of a 14-year-old Orange County student, are the basis of a more than
COST-CUTTING CHANGES SET FOR LAUSD
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/AldpB2 01/24/2012 07:08:46 PM PST :: Superintendent John Deasy is taking the first steps in restructuring Los Angeles Unified, with a plan that would thin the district's administrative ranks and redirect resources to improving classroom instruction. Under a draft of the proposed reorganization obtained by the Daily News, [
GENDER EQUITY: DOING THE MATH - As boys and girls become more equal in math skills, everyone benefits.
LA Times Op-Ed By Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers | http://lat.ms/yL12GV Teacher Maria Duarte goes over fractions and division with her fourth grade math class at Los Angeles Elementary School. (Los Angeles Times / June 17, 2011) January 24, 2012 :: Do boys lose out when girls start to do better in math? Do girls' successes lead to a "boy crisis"? An important new study says the answer is
STAMP OUT ‘EARLY START’ NOW! - Avoid More Chaos at LA Unified!
Diana L. Chapman MY TURN – LA CITY WATCH | http://bit.ly/zRgTXQ 01.23.2012 :: So let me get this straight: Los Angeles Unified School District allowed so many charters that now it has to woo students back to its own campuses, overhauled its entire lunch menu to make healthy food for kids who won’t eat it and now contemplates allowing parents to pick the schools their children attend. Talk
GET YOUR LATTÉ, DONOR’S CHOOSE CARD (and soon) BEER + WINE AT STARBUCKS: Bake Sale Fundraising for the Socially Networked?
by smf for 4LAKidsNews @DrDeasyLAUSD announced Monday in a blizzard of tweets that his and the Wasserman Foundations' Donor’s Choose fundraiser for teacher projects is getting caffeinated at select Starbucks stores in the city of Los Angeles. And Starbucks announced that they would soon start serving beer, wine and cheese at selected cafés …which I guess become bistros. If you are not