4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
YESTERDAY
Eli Broad: A BETTER WAY TO TRAIN TEACHERS + smf’s 2¢ and some mail
Too few aspiring classroom teachers receive the training and support they need to be effective. L,A. Times Op-Ed by Eli Broad | http://lat.ms/13zm4pe Clarksdale High School students study math in Clarksdale, Miss. (Rogelio V. Solis / Associated Press / February 15, 2013) July 3, 2013 :: If America's medical schools were failing to offer their students the academic content and
MOTION PICTURE AND RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS VOICE PIRACY CONCERNS OVER LAUSD iPAD PROGRAM
The MPAA and RIAA are looking to spread their anti-pirating message through the initiative that will give every LAUSD student an iPad. Gina Hall - L.A. Biz http://bit.ly/17XWMnp Jul 3, 2013, 12:29pm PDT :: The Los Angeles Unified School District may suffer from overcrowding and low test scores, but maybe it'll get better when they give every kid an iPad. While parents may
JUL 04
Take No Vacation From Making Schools Better
SUMMER SCHOOL: LAUSD offers just 170 credit-recovery classes at 16 of its nearly 100 high schools—the smallest offering ever. 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 July 1-5, 2013 | http://bit.ly/12JMJcz 7-03-2013 :: Many adults carry memories of “the last day of school.” After an
“DEASY IGNORES THE FIRST RULE OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT…” + Stress, Zealotry, Hubris and Gravity as applied to fecal matter
from The Agitated Education Aggregator Daily - Shared by Larry Ferlazzo | http://bit.ly/1baofRL Thursday, Jul. 4, 2013 The quote is from an article in Scholastic Administrator | John Thompson: A Teacher's POV http://bit.ly/12JtzDu Thompson: Reform Stress Has Negative Effects On Kids & Educators July 3, 2013 :: NPR's [Michel] Martin, in Superintendent's Effort To Do Right By His Kids
THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE: from “When in the Course of human events...” to “…our lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor”.
NPR Morning Edition | http://n.pr/17NAPnB July 4, 2013 :: For the past 20 years Morning Edition has asked NPR hosts and reporters to read the document on the Fourth, as a reminder of our country's history. This year, we decided to ask visitors at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to give it a try. Download this MP3 - (Right Click) Read along: IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The
JUL 03
PARENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS FILE LAWSUIT CHALLENGING NEW CHARTER SCHOOL LAW IN WASHINGTON STATE + smf’s 2¢
by seattleducation2011 | http://wp.me/pNbRQ-2XS July 3, 2013 :: A coalition of parents, educators, and community groups has filed a Complaint in King County Superior Court challenging the constitutionality of Initiative 1240, Washington’s new Charter School Act. The Complaint asserts that the Charter School Act violates the Washington Constitution by improperly diverting public school
JUL 02
Finland’S Education Ambassador Spreads The Word
Pasi Sahlberg was Finland's chief inspector of schools … until it was decided teachers did not need value-added assessment and surveillance. Now his job is global spokesman for the Finnish message. Profile by Peter Wilby, | The Guardian http://bit.ly/14P3cyW Pasi Sahlberg believes that (British Ed Secretary Michael) Gove's education reforms are a backward step. Photograph: Graham
from the department of crappy student journalism: LAUSD BOARD OF ED’S NEW PRESIDENT IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
by Lauren Madow Deputy Editor| Neon Tommy - the online publication of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism | http://bit.ly/10yvs9J LAUSD Board of Ed has a new leader (Colin, via Wikimedia Commons) July 2, 2013 | 4:08 p.m. PDT :: On mayor Eric Garcetti's second day in office, the L.A. Unified Board of Education chose Richard Vladovic, currently
New Member Ratliff Is Key Vote For Vladovic As L.A. Board President
By Howard Blume | latimes.com http://lat.ms/15eCjXE Newly elected L.A. school board member Monica Ratliff, right, hugs her mother, Yolanda Asenjo Padilla Ratliff, who administered the oath of office to her daughter -- first in Spanish, then in English. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times / July 2, 2013) July 2, 2013, 4:42 p.m. :: The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday ushered in
Richard Vladovic Elected La Unified School Board President
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/13kf6Wb Maya Sugarman/KPCC:: Monica Garcia's term as LAUSD Board President is ending after six years. July 2nd, 2013 Update 1:08 p.m :: Los Angeles Unified’s Board of Education elected Richard Vladovic — the board’s San Pedro-area representative — to be its next board president on Tuesday “I’m humbled. When I began as a playground
LAUSD BOARD TAPS RICHARD VLADOVIC AS NEW PRESIDENT + All the little birdies: tweet, tweet, tweet!
LAUSD board taps Richard Vladovic as new president By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/12kjvSH Richard Vladovic (Daily News file photo) 7/02/2013 - 03:31:17 PM PDT :: Signaling a shift in focus, the Los Angeles Unified school board today elected teachers union ally Richard Vladovic as its president, ending the six-year tenure of reformer Monica Garcia.
INFUSION OF (one-time) MONEY FOR CAREER EDUCATION IN NEW STATE BUDGET
●●smf: One-Time-Money may be a kiss of death …but a kiss is still a kiss By John Fensterwald | EdSouce Today | http://bit.ly/13ok2bf Photo from Flickr. July 2nd, 2013 :: Programs that prepare students for college and careers are about to get a jolt of one-time state money that supporters are counting on to lead to a permanent and sustainable expansion of programs. The state
Editorial …or Political Theater Review?: MINI-DRAMAS AT L.A. UNIFIED
Can a changed school board and Supt. Deasy focus on what's best for the students? BY THE L.A. Times Editorial Board | http://lat.ms/11X1LAg At today's Los Angeles Unified School District meeting newly elected school board member Monica Ratliff will take her seat, changing the balance of power on the board. Above: LAUSD Supt. John Deasy, right, and board member Steven Zimmer enjoy a light
JUL 01
The Trouble With The Common Core
Unfortunately there's been too little honest conversation and too little democracy in the development of the Common Core. Editorial by the editors of Rethinking Schools | Volume 27 No.4 - Summer 2013 | Rethinking Schools Online http://bit.ly/16KWKKQ Art: Ethan Heitner It isn't easy to find common ground on the Common Core. Already hailed as the “next big thing” in education reform, the
Vladovic Or Zimmer Likely Pick For Lausd School Board President
Smart money has it LAUSD Board Chair will come from the far end of the alphabet by Hillel Aron in LA Schools Report | http://bit.ly/10w3ag1 Dr. Vladovic could be the next Board President Posted on July 1, 2013 :: There hasn’t been as much chatter as might be expected on the eve of a School Board vote on who will be the next President, but the most likely candidates to replace Board
L.A. County Must Pay Millions To Lausd
…could this be be a windfall and continuing funding stream for cash-strapped LAUSD M&O? By Christina Villacorte, Staff Writer | LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/11ZPW95 7/01/2013 08:05:33 PM PDT An appeals court has ordered Los Angeles County to refund the Los Angeles Unified School District millions of dollars in redevelopment area property tax revenues that it had inaccurately withheld
®eform/Ground zero: AT CRENSHAW HIGH, THOSE LEFT BEHIND ARE SKEPTICAL OF CHANGES
An overhaul meant to address poor achievement required teachers to reapply for their jobs. Opponents say officials wanted to create a more compliant faculty. By Stephen Ceasar. L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/19OpveU Students help teacher Alex Caputo-Pearl, a teacher at Crenshaw High, carry his belongings to his car. Caputo-Pearl was not rehired at the school for next year. He said he will
JUN 30
Chicago, NYC + DC: THE REAL IMPACT OF EDUCATION ®EFORM ON THREE URBAN DISTRICTS
from the AALA update of July 1 | http://bit.ly/19MmsRf 27 June 2013 :: The Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), a national campaign launched by the Economic Policy Institute to focus on how socioeconomic status impacts schools, recently released a study entitled Market-Oriented Education Reforms’ Rhetoric Trumps Reality (www.boldapproach.org). The authors were Dr. Elaine Weiss, the
Brown’S Line-Item-Vetoes Eliminate Equalization Money For Special Ed, Online Learning In Higher Ed
By Tom Chorneau, SI&A Cabinet Report | http://bit.ly/13fFUqD Friday, June 28, 2013 :: Among the line-item vetoes imposed on the final state budget by Gov. Jerry Brown is one that will eliminate what was hoped to be a first step in equalizing funding among special education programs statewide. Just as the new budget seeks to streamline a complex funding system for schools overall, the 2013
JUN 29
2 Lausd Officials Demoted, Principal Leaves Over Handling Of Sex Abuse Complaints
By Barbara Jones, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/1cCeolo LAUSD elementary school teacher Robert Pimentel, 57, during an arraignment for sex abuse charges at L.A. County Superior court in Long Beach, Calif., on January 24, 2013. 6/29/2013 4:12:49 PM PDT :: Two senior Los Angeles Unified administrators have been demoted and a principal has left the district following a two-month
MAYOR TONY LEAVES HIS MARK ON L.A. SCHOOLS II*: The exit interview with notes, fact checking and background …and many more questions left unanswered than answered.
* smf: Neither the Times reporters nor I wrote that headline about Tony “leaving his mark”; headline writers write that stuff. But the ball has been served and I’m returning service in a cheap shot into the far corner of the court: Tomcats leave their marks …and it ain’t a good thing! Interview with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa conducted by Howard Blume and Teresa Watanabe/Transcipt and
Antonio Villaraigosa Leaves His Mark On L.A. Schools
The mayor vowed to turn the district into an incubator of education reform. In his two terms, during which his nonprofit took over more than a dozen campuses, he's had mixed results. By Teresa Watanabe and Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/12cpVTL Jordan High student Alejandra Suarez, center, met L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during his visits to her school. This fall, she’ll be
University Of North Dakota Donates $25,000 To Lausd Aviation School
By Dana Bartholomew, Staff Writer, LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/17JTvIe 6/27/2013 06:02:35 PM PDT/Updated: 6/27/2013 08:33:59 PM PDT :: A University of North Dakota group is giving thousands of dollars to a top-flight LAUSD mechanics school that trains students at Van Nuys Airport for high-paying jobs in aviation. The University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation on Saturday will present