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TEACHERS’ OBSESSION WITH TECHNOLOGY SEE GADGETS WORTH MILLIONS SIT IN CUPBOARDS
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ACROSS THE POND: Millions of pounds (£) of technology is languishing in school cupboards because teachers are being lured into buying the latest gadgets, according to research. By Graeme Paton, Education Editor, The Telegraph (UK) | http://bit.ly/U5lOrG The study was based on an analysis of more than 1,000 research papers on the use of technology in education. Photo: ALAMY 9:03PM
PROP 30 PASSES: Now what?
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STATEMENT FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BENNETT KAYSER REGARDING BUDGET AFTER PASSAGE OF PROP. 30 by Email from LAUSD Office of Communications RESTORATION OF THE FULL SCHOOL YEAR AND FURLOUGH DAYS — NOW WHAT? AALA Update | http://bit.ly/RZWQsU BENNETT KAYSER Board Member
NEW ASSEMBLY EDUCATION CHAIR SKEPTICAL OF PLAN FOR WEIGHTED FUNDING
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By John Fensterwald, EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/RHEn39 November 15th, 2012 | Any bill to change the way that California funds its public schools will have to go through Joan Buchanan, and that could present problems for Gov. Jerry Brown. Buchanan is the new chair of the Assembly Education Committee, and, as she made clear in a lengthy interview with EdSource Today (see transcript following
YALE UNDERGRAD DATA GEEKS SET SIGHTS ON SCHOOL REFORM …using iPads + plain white paper
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Online survey company Panorama Education’s business has exploded, spurred mainly by a contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District. by Thomas MacMillan | The New Haven (CN) Independent | http://bit.ly/XJ6nrS Nov 13, 2012 11:30 am :: With a few taps on an iPad, a New Haven principal may soon determine if her teachers are reaching 9th-grade C-student girls as well as
A TABLET IN EVERY BACKPACK?: Supt. Deasy wants to give each L.A. Unified student a high-tech device. But his plan needs work.
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LA Times Editorial | http://lat.ms/TNbgLz Supt. John Deasy is seen chatting to students at the Hilda L. Solis Learning Academy on the first day of school. (Los Angeles Times / August 14, 2012) November 16, 2012 :: Good for the committee that oversees bond expenditures for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Someone had to slow down Supt. John Deasy's headlong rush to put a tablet
Report from the second candidate forum in the second school board district: MONICA GARCIA STILL MISSING
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by smf for 4LAKidsNews 16 November :: There are now eight declared candidates for school board from school board district #2. Seven of us braved LA traffic, the darkness of night and the slight chance of scattered showers last night to attend a well attended community forum in the Pico Union/Koreatown community. Thank you to the Hosts and Sponsors and Organizers. The District 2 Neighborhood
Tonight in Pico-Union: LAUSD DISTRICT 2 CANDIDATE FORUM
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6pm 2845 West 7th St Will she be there this time?
SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY'S $17.5M REQUEST FOR COMPUTER TABLET FUNDS NIXED
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By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/PWeQVs 11/14/2012 9:34:59 PM PST :: The panel that oversees spending of Los Angeles Unified's bond revenue on Wednesday refused Superintendent John Deasy's request for nearly $17.5 million to jump-start the purchase of computer tablets for every student. The Bond Oversight Committee voted 7-3 for the plan, but that was one vote
NEXT YEAR’S STATE BUDGET DEFICIT THAT COULD BE AS HIGH AS $16 BILLION IS LATEST THREAT TO SCHOOLS, EVEN WITH THE PROMISE OF PROP 30. Tax collections this year nearly $400 million below projections.
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By Kimberly Beltran - SI&A Cabinet Report | http://bit.ly/REe0ek Tuesday, November 13, 2012 :: School administrators statewide are already making plans to restore positions and programs in the wake of Proposition 30’s landmark passage last week. But around the Capitol, attention has turned to the annual revenue forecast, due from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst this week, that also
LAUSD SUPT. DEASY DELAYS PLAN FOR TABLET COMPUTERS + smf’s 2¢
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by Howard Blume LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/TIJAaJ Photo: L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy, shown in September, is pushing to provide tablet computers for all students. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times November 14, 2012 | 3:24 pm :: The group that oversees school-construction bond spending fell short of approving money to buy tablet computers for students in the Los Angeles
LAUSD RESTORES ACADEMIC YEAR AND FULL PAY: The actions were made possible by passage of Proposition 30.
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Board also approves a resolution to charge fees when charters claim more space on traditional campuses than they need. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/ZsAmDC Charter school advocates hold a rally in front of LAUSD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times / November 13, 2012) November 14, 2012, 1:53 a.m. :: The Los
LAUSD RESCINDS FURLOUGHS, EXTENDS YEAR; REJECTS CHARTER MORITORIUM & OVERSIGHT; APPOINTS NEW FACILITIES + FOOD SERVICES EXECS
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LAUSD rescinds furloughs; school will end on June 7 this year By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/UGqu3J Posted: 11/13/2012 12:51:19 PM PST /Updated: 6:58:55 PM PST :: Thanks to voter-approved Proposition 30, Los Angeles Unified students will attend school for 180 days this year, the first time since the 2008 financial crisis that the district's academic calendar
MALDEF JOINS IN FILING DRAFT PLAN TO DESEGREGATE AND IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR LATINO STUDENTS IN TUCSON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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Latino-focused Curriculum Important Part of Plan Press Release by e-mail from Thomas A. Saenz, President & General Counsel, MALDEF (Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund) to 4LAKids 13 Nov, 2012 TUCSON, AZ -On November 9, 2012, MALDEF joined in filing a draft plan with the federal District Court in Fisher, et al., Mendoza, et al. v. Tucson Unified School District (TUSD), that is a blueprint for
Gloria Romero gets it wrong: HALF THE CALIFORNIA ELECTORATE DIDN’T VOTE
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if we are to believe Romero’s fuzzy math: A quarter of eligible voters gave Democrats supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature. But we shouldn’t …see following! By GLORIA ROMERO / op-ed For the Orange County Register | http://bit.ly/Uk0XNh Published: Nov. 9, 2012 Updated: Nov. 12, 2012 6:48 a.m. :: Pundits called it the most important election of our lifetime. Yet, half
TIME TO INVESTIGATE SCHOOL ‘CONSTRUCTION’ BONDS
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Editorial from the San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board |http://bit.ly/ZfXLbA 6 p.m., Nov. 11, 2012 | A story last week on the EdSource website described how school districts around California won approval of 85 of the 106 “construction bonds” on the Nov. 6 ballot. http://bit.ly/WL31Wa If only they really were construction bonds, dedicated to long-term capital improvements such as new
“The money has already been spent”: PROPOSITION 30 WIN NO GUARANTEE OF FISCAL SAFETY FOR CALIFORNIA …or budget security for public education
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California's unstable tax base, debt and falling revenue are among the threats that could upend the budget despite the infusion from the passage of Proposition 30. By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/WVQ0sQ California Gov. Jerry Brown's revenue-raising Proposition 30 was passed by voters, but the funds it's expected to raise had already been factored into the state's
23 CANDIDATES FILE PAPERS TO RUN FOR 3 L.A. SCHOOL BOARD SEATS + List of Candidates
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The March election could change the course of a new teacher evaluation system, the union's dealings with charters and, possibly, the future of Supt. John Deasy. Voters will also pick community college board members. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/SFn0P5 November 11, 2012 :: The race for three Los Angeles school board seats — and an expected showdown between the
L.A. SCHOOLS SCIENCE CENTER STRUGGLES TO KEEP OPEN
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The Christensen Math Science and Technology Center in San Pedro is a beleaguered survivor of the Los Angeles Unified School District's budget cuts. By Dalina Castellanos, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/RO9sTS Nanette Roeland, a science technician at Christensen Math Science and Technology Center in San Pedro, hefts a 20-pound Bourbon Red turkey to show to Western Avenue Elementary students
Vergara v. California: LAWSUIT AGAINST TEACHER TENURE LAWS, SENIORITY RIGHTS ADVANCES + Plaintiff’s Press Release, Court Filings and Background
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--Teresa Watanabe, LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/ZgFAS5 November 9, 2012 | 6:30 pm :: Supporters of a lawsuit to make it easier to remove ineffective teachers hailed a court ruling Friday that will allow them to proceed with efforts to overturn teacher tenure laws and seniority rights. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu rejected efforts to dismiss the lawsuit that seeks
6 stories: WITH PASSAGE OF PROP 30 DEASY TO ASK LAUSD BOARD TO RESTORE SCHOOL YEAR/RESCIND FURLOUGH DAYS
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"There is absolutely zero risk," Deasy said in an interview. - Be afraid. Be very afraid. LAUSD chief seeks to rescind furloughs, restore 180-day calendar By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer LA Newspaper Group/Daily News | http://bit.ly/Qwdm5l 11/09/2012 07:44:53 PM PST :: Just a week after voters approved a package of tax hikes to fund public education, the LAUSD board will