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STATE BOARD OF ED HANDED JOB OF DEFINING RULES OF NEW FUNDING SYSTEM + smf’s 2¢
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By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/10ipL1R June 14th, 2013 | The Legislature will vote today on a bill establishing Gov. Brown’s historic school funding system that punts to the State Board of Education some key decisions on how dollars for disadvantaged students must be spent and accounted for. The language for implementing the Local Control Funding Formula is SB 91>>
GROUP URGES TEACHERS’ RAISES BASED ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
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The local chapter of Educators 4 Excellence - part of the warp+weave of ®eform, Inc.– and a component in the new CLASS Coalition, offers a couple of plans …on the very day Superintendent Deasy must reveal the details of his budget proposal prior to next Tuesday’s board meeting. By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/16ju9N8 June 13, 2013, 8:00 a.m. :: A local advocacy group is pushing
ANOTHER PRINCIPAL AT CORTINES HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS - The school formerly known as High School #9 - RESIGNS
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The parents at LAUSD’s flagship school for the visual and performing arts are growing restless as another one bites the dust. from a posting masquerading as communication with all stakeholders on the Cortines VAPA website
INGLEWOOD UNIFIED'S FINANCES WORSEN DESPITE A STATE TAKEOVER AND AN INFUSION OF CASH: There is even talk of dissolution
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By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/11K1Zdi Kindergarten students listen to their teacher as she reads them a story at the Bennett¿Kew Elementary School in Inglewood in December, 2011. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times / June 10, 2013) June 9, 2013, 5:31 p.m. :: Many in Inglewood thought the city's struggling school district had been handed a lifeline last year when the
DIANE RAVITCH’S REPLY TO BEN AUSTIN’S OPEN LETTER TO HER
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by Diane Ravitch, from her blog | http://bit.ly/1bxB8mi 7 June 2013 Diane Ravitch wrote: Earlier today, Ben Austin wrote an open letter to me on Huffington Post. He expressed dismay about my characterization of him and his group Parent Revolution. Read his letter here. << Diane Ravitch Ben Austin>> Here is my
BROWN’S BUDGET COMPROMISE SLOWS PACE OF SCHOOL DEFERRAL REPAYMENT
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By Tom Chorneau, SI&A Cabinet Report | http://bit.ly/14wNCdt Wednesday, June 12, 2013 :: Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders joined Tuesday to applaud agreement on next year’s budget at a Capitol news conference – a plan that would seem to include the lion’s share of what the governor wanted. A close review, however, suggests the governor had to give up a cherished element of his
NEW EDUCATION FUNDING COMES WITH STRINGS: State wants accountability plan, lower class sizes for extra money
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Written by Roberto M. Robledo | The Salinas Californian | http://bit.ly/11H4H33 Gov. Jerry Brown discusses the budget compromise reached with Democratic leaders, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento left, and Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, right, during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento on Tuesday. / AP Jun. 12, 2013 4:34 AM :: According to the US
MICHAEL KIRST, FATHER OF THE LCFF, LOOKS BACK AND AT THE WORK AHEAD
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By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/172AbWg June 12th, 2013 | It was the morning after the evening of the last revision, and the father of the Local Control Funding Formula looked upon all that the governor and Legislature had made, and declared, “Hey, not bad.” Michael Kirst>> Michael Kirst is relishing the all-but-certain passage later this week of the comprehensive
LA Times: BUDGET DEAL MIXES HOPE+RESTRAINT, CEMENTS BROWN’S LEGACY …or at least his reëlection
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California budget accord balances restraint, social services Lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown announce a $96.3-billion deal, with new spending on welfare grants, tuition aid and dental care for poor adults. But they agree to pare some outlays until next year. By Chris Megerian and Anthony York, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/11VWbJt Senate leader Darrell Steinberg is all smiles as he
HOW CALIFORNIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS FARE IN PROPOSED FUNDING DEAL
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Dan Smith in Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert - The latest on California politics and government | http://bit.ly/12keP3S June 10, 2013 - Here is a list of how specific California school districts would fare under a school funding compromise circulating in the Capitol. LAUSD: a lot of noise for a per pupil gain of $364 next year. All Districts
State Controller: MAY REVENUES BEAT GOVERNOR’S ESTIMATES
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Latest News From the California State Controller's Office: Home http://bit.ly/11Fcn5T Controller John Chiang visits with Loyola Marymount University executive MBA students at the State Capitol. See more photos | Controller in the News | Contact the Controller Controller: May Revenues Beat Governor's Estimates Controller John Chiang reported the State's total revenues for May hit $7.27
Imposing Austerity?: BUDGET COMPROMISED REACHED AS REVENUE COLLECTIONS GROW
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Budget compromise calls for LCFF next year, raises base grant for all schools By Tom Chorneau – News & Resources | http://bit.ly/12DMoPK Tuesday, June 11, 2013 :: Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders reached agreement on a budget plan Monday that will usher in sweeping changes to school funding that give local officials far more control over spending decisions. While Brown got
IT’S A DEAL: Brown, top lawmakers raise base funding in finance formula
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By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/117yG4M June 11th, 2013 | In a nod to suburban districts that argued they would be shortchanged, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders negotiated a new version of Brown’s plan for school finance reform that will increase the base funding level for all students and lower the extra dollars for some high-needs students. Late Monday, the
GOODBYE MR. DUFFY: Still-feisty former teachers union chief retires
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A.J. Duffy’s career in education ends after two years at Phoenix High, working with students who need a second chance. He said he could relate. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times IN A BALLCAP & HAWAIIAN SHIRT…? A.J. Duffy -- dressed considerably more casually than on his first day in the classroom in 2011 -- chats with students Emily Cedeno, 17, Jesse Chavez, 19, and others at Phoenix
NEARLY 50 YEARS UNDER A SCHOOL’S SPELL: Violin teacher Mickey Fruchter has been teaching at the Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights since he was 25, drawn to it by the love of his students.
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'I'm like a big uncle,' he says. By Steve Lopez, LA Times columnist | http://lat.ms/16UUWmR June 8, 2013, 3:35 p.m. :: When Mickey Fruchter started teaching at the Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights in 1964, they didn't tell him how much he'd get paid. The violinist simply showed up, did his job and went home, figuring he'd get the going rate of between $4 and $6 an hour. "When I
Briefly from SI&A: LEGISLATION PENDING ON TESTING, CHARTER SCHOOLS, FACILITIES, DISCIPLINE, CTE +CHANGES @ DSA
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SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources http://bit.ly/17Aijl5 Legislation being considered that would subject charter schools to disclosure laws (Friday, June 07, 2013) For the third consecutive year, the Legislature will consider a bill that would make charter schools subject to open meeting laws and public disclosure rules.... Read More... API update not likely before fall; plans to
WHERE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY JOIN
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Themes in the News A weekly commentary written by UCLA IDEA on the important issues in education as covered by the news media. | Week of May 28-31, 2013 | http://bit.ly/102J0wa 5-31-2013 :: In 1911, 400 civic leaders held a national conference in Madison, Wisc., to explore an educational and civic role for public schools that extended far beyond teaching students the defined subject matter of
EdSource Quick Hits: FRESH AIR IMPROVES ATTENDANCE, SENATE GIVES UP ON DELAY OF LCFF, SCHOOL NURSES IN SUPREME COURT
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Quick Hits | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/11P2H4L Study: Improved ventilation in classrooms could reduce student absences June 7th, 2013 | Add a Comment | By Jane Meredith Adams California could significantly improve elementary school student attendance and health by increasing the amount of fresh air coming into classrooms, according to the largest U.S. study to date of ventilation rates in
C.L.A.S.S.: New Coalition Launches with High Hopes, Few Specifics + smf’s 2¢
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Posted to LA Schools Report by Brianna Sacks | http://bit.ly/13vpRkJ Maria Brenes of InnerCity Struggle (in red) and other CLASS members address the audience at yesterday’s kickoff event. June 7, 2013 :: Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a new coalition of eight community groups and education-related organizations, officially debuted on Thursday to resounding cheers and
NEW DATA SHOWS ‘®EFORMERS’ ARE GETTING IT WRONG
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by David Sirota | Perspectives at Moyers and Co. | http://bit.ly/11rqdpr This article first appeared on Salon.com. Michelle Rhee, right, talks to third grader Kmone Feeling during a visit at J.O. Wilson Elementary School on Aug. 23, 2010 in Washington. D.C. Rhee was D.C.'s public schools chancellor at the time. Mayor Adrian Fenty, back second left, and school principal Sheryl Warley, left,
GALATZAN POLLS PARENTS, TEACHERS ON SCHOOL STAFFING LEVELS + smf’s 2¢
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By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/13mLfXY 6/06/2013 09:49:43 PM PDT :: LAUSD board member Tamar Galatzan is polling parents and teachers on their spending priorities if lawmakers approve the Local Control Funding Formula for allocating education dollars. Proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the LCFF would provide districts with a base grant of about $6,800 per student,
DEPUTY MAYOR JOAN SULLIVAN NAMED CEO OF PARTNERSHIP FOR LA SHOOLS (sic)
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By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/11uOMF4 /05/2013 05:59:11 PM PDT :: Joan Sullivan, the education deputy to outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, has been named CEO of the 22-campus Partnership for Los Angles Schools, {aka: “The Mayor’s Partnership”) officials said Wednesday. Sullivan will succeed Marshall Tuck, who is resigning as head of the Partnership, a joint
L.A. UNIFIED OFFERS TO SETTLE 40 ADDITIONAL CLAIMS FROM MIRAMONTE STUDENTS
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The district offers $17 million to settle 40 legal claims involving a teacher who allegedly committed lewd acts against children. A lawyer representing 23 victims calls the offer 'insulting.' By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/13dadsw Mark Berndt, right, was charged in 2012 with 23 counts of lewd conduct involving allegations that he spoon-fed semen to blindfolded
Op-Ed: LAUSD SHOULD HAVE MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS
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By Bennett Kayser Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/17rhf2Q 6/05/2013 04:27:00 PM PDT :: The members of the Board of Education of the Los Angeles Unified School District need to work harder and be more available to the public. I know this because I am a member of the board. Since 2006, board members have had the option of assuming the job as a fulltime, paid position, albeit
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ON THE NEW SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA: California has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve how we fund our schools. We must get it right.
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smf: Yesterday the LAUSD heard from many LAUSD local budget priorities and from one side only on the so-called Local Control Budget Formula and State Education Budget Reforms.| http://t.co/bHDHy3E7KK No public comment was permitted on the LCFF presentation..The Bd of Ed heard from the Governor’s side only, no one spoke to them
“More graduates, fewer inmates”: ENDING OUR PUNISHMENT CULTURE
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Marqueece Harris-Dawson, President and CEO, Community Coalition from the Huffington Post | http://huff.to/11rqonJ 6/04/2013 6:01 pm :: Imagine standing in front of a crowded classroom of 40 teenagers. Some sit on the floor because there are not enough desks and many need to share books. One student looks out the window bobbing his head to pounding music that escapes his oversized headphones,
LAUSD BOARD MEETS (TWICE) TO HEAR BUDGET PRIORITIES
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LAUSD board hears pleas to boost campus hiring, academic programs in 2013-14 By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer, LA Newspaper Group [Daily Breeze/Daily News] | http://bit.ly/13873q8 Pleas for more school funding come amid budget warnings By Howard Blume.LA Times | http://lat.ms/1388GUx UPDATE: LAUSD board postpones
L.A. TIMES WISHY WASHES CHILD WELFARE SCANDAL: There must be zero-tolerance for tragic child deaths from DCFS, the Board of Supes and The Times
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Lessons of the Gabriel Fernandez case Yes, there will always be deaths in the child welfare system. But that doesn't mean we can't, and shouldn't, do better. LA Times Editorial | http://lat.ms/17WIPFV Relatives of Gabriel Fernandez, seen in an undated family photograph, want L.A. County to take child abuse more seriously. (Handout / May 29, 2013) June 4, 2013 :: There is
L.A. STUDENTS TACKLE SOCIAL PROBLEMS FOR ASPEN IDEAS FESTIVAL
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The high school teams' projects include growing and selling healthful food, teaching inland communities about protecting the ocean and giving small children hands-on lessons about plants. By Dalina Castellanos, Los Angeles Times http://lat.ms/11UXpdI Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnet High students Jordan Keligond, left, Isaiah Dunn and Mia Brumfield are part of a team creating an
This just in: YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE SEX …and get STD test results by text message
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LAUSD Students Share HIV/STD Statuses Via Text Message CBS Los Angeles | http://cbsloc.al/141q00g Why is LAUSD helping high school students get STD-test results by text message? AirTalk with Larry Mantle | 89.3 FM Weekdays 11 a.m.-1 p.m. May 30, 2013 3:01 PM :: LOS ANGELES (
MOST CRENSHAW HIGH TEACHERS BEING DISPLACED IN LAUSD REORGANIZATION
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The school is being split into three magnets in an effort to boost test scores and reduce the number of dropouts. Only 29 of the school's 62 teachers were asked to return next year. By Dalina Castellanos, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/17Q554k Marshawn Martindale Jr. of Crenshaw High School joins a rally outside a May 14 school board meeting to demand that Prop. 30 funds be used to