Deasy’s year on the job: L.A. SCHOOLS CHIEF PUSHES TO CHANGE SYSTEM’S CULTURE + smf’s 2¢
Some see John Deasy as a dynamic leader morally driven to give all students a quality education. Others see a relentless taskmaster intolerant of dissent. He admits impatience but otherwise has no apologies. By Teresa Watanabe and Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/HohY3y L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy jokes with Christopher Palma-Cruz, right, and Luisa Garcia at Figueroa Street
LET THEM EAT GOALS
Themes in the News by UCLA IDEA Week of April 2-6, 2012 | http://bit.ly/I68M4T 4-06-2012 :: The nation's public colleges and universities are starving for the resources they need to educate. But instead of getting new capacity, they are given ambitious and lofty goals. This contradiction was nowhere more evident this week than in Santa Monica. A large crowd of protesting students showed up
PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT PROVES NO EASY GOAL
By Sean Cavanagh, Ed Week Vol. 31, Issue 27, Pages 1,16-17 | http://bit.ly/HpEdMc Yohana Martinez of Brookline, Mass., works on math exercises while her daughter, Isabella Martinez, 4, hugs her in a class for Spanish-speaking parents of Boston public school students at the John F. Kennedy Elementary School. The class is part of a program known as “Parent University,” aimed at encouraging
Surprise: PLAINTIFFS CLAIM EVALUATION LAW REQUIRES STUDENT DATA; MAYOR TONY AGREES.
First salvo in suit against LAUSD over Stull Act By John Fensterwald - Educated Guess | http://bit.ly/Hoe5QT 4/06/12 :: Two briefs filed this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court argue that Los Angeles Unified is violating a state law requiring that student progress, including results of standardized test scores, be included in teacher evaluations. “By failing to assess teachers and
NATIONAL PTA SEEKS TO REVERSE DROP IN MEMBERSHIP
By David Crary, Associated Press National Writer, from the LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/Ik30vy This March 8, 2012 photo provided by the National PTA shows National PTA president Betsy Landers, foreground left, and president-elect Otha Thornton, right, at the National PTA Legislative Conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Landers and Thornton both hope the PTA can reverse a steady decline
(notyet)LAUSD’S STUDENT PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PROGRAM + ACCEPTABLE CHEATING POLICY
from notyetLAUSD | http://bit.ly/I3rBsC Student Performance Incentive Program Thursday, March 29, 2012 :: notyetLAUSD is pleased to announce a new incentive program to get students to take ownership and improve their CST scores. notyetLAUSD is modeling this new program based on LAUSD’s current system to promote excellence among its teaching and administrative staff. LAUSD has seen a
DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL PROTEST: Students Suspended After Demanding 'An Education'
Huffington Post | http://huff.to/HvKdk3 Seniors at Detroit's Frederick Douglass Academy Walk Out in Protest: MyFoxDETROIT.com 03/30/2012 4:16 pm Updated: 03/31/2012 9:53 am :: About 50 students were suspended Thursday from the all-boys Frederick Douglass Academy in Detroit, Mich. for walking out of classes in protest, demanding "an education." Among their complaints: a lack of