4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
Trouble in School ®eformland?: EDITOR ALEXANDER RUSSO EXITS L.A. SCHOOL REPORT OVER DIFFERENCES WITH PUBLISHER JAMIE ALTER LYNTON
posted online by LA Times reporter Howard Blume | http://t.co/NEyxinZXdG From: Alexander Russo Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:06 AM Subject: Goodbye & good luck to LA School Report Friends and colleagues: As you may already know, my stint building and running LA School Report ended earlier this month, just short of the site's first anniversary. In December 2011, longtime
Pearson & McGraw-Hill: A VERY PRICEY PINEAPPLE
By GAIL COLLINS, NY Times Op-Ed Columnist | http://nyti.ms/1c9b6Jc April 27, 2012 :: Let’s talk about talking pineapples. Actually (spoiler alert!) I’m going to use the pineapple as a sneaky way to introduce the topic of privatization of public education. I was driven to this. Do you know how difficult it is to get anybody to read about “privatization of education?” It’s hell. A pineapple,
Pearson & McGraw-Hill: AFTER 70 YEARS AS A NONPROFIT, GED TEST SWITCHING TO FOR-PROFIT VENTURE + a second opinion from the NY State Dept of Ed
Jed Kim | | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/15RdzTV Diane Orson/WNPR | Donald Desmond teaches Abdesa Bustina to use a computer at the New Haven Adult and Continuing Education Center. The new GED will be offered only on computer. July 24th, 2013, 6:00am :: For more than 70 years, a nonprofit organization — the American Council on Education — has administered the GED tests to high
Pearson & McGraw Hill: THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BUYS iPAD TROJAN HORSES FOR 30,000 STUDENTS
by larry Press in the CIS 471 blog http://bit.ly/169WfLF Dr. Larry Press, Professor of Information Systems at California State University, Dominguez Hills, has worked in both industry and academia. He has been on the faculties of the University of Lund, Sweden and the University of Southern California, and worked for IBM and the System Development
Pearson and McGraw Hill: GLOBAL EDUCATION AS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
from Globalization 101, a project of the State University of New York | Issues in Depth > Education > Pearson and McGraw-Hill http://bit.ly/16jRzkm Like many education-related services corporations the work of the McGraw-Hill Companies and Pearson Education, expands far beyond education. The intersection of education, technology, and communications creates opportunities to provide a host of
Aftermath …or hangover?: NO CHILD LEFT NEHIND, PART 2
The federal government's micromanagement of schools has rightly led to calls to tweak the program. But it's important that new legislation not toss out the gains. Editirial by The Times editorial board | http://lat.ms/19mTDNR Rep. John Kline (R-Minn.), who helped author a House bill to replace the No Child Left Behind Act, talks to a student at Two Rivers Public Charter School in
JUL 25
LINKED LEARNING STUDY: Career-based teaching leads to more motivated students
Jed Kim | KPCC Pass/Fail | | 89.3 KPCC | http://bit.ly/12NNoeG The James Irvine Foundation released an interactive infographic on Linked Learning on July 22, 2013. (following as a pdf) July 25th, 2013, 6:00am :: Students who attend a high school where study plans are based on preparing for a specific career are more likely to graduate and continue on to postsecondary schools than
Lausd Parents, Teachers Fight Mainstreaming Of Disabled Kids
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer | LA Daily News| http://bit.ly/15hPzKw Protesters line Balboa Boulevard in front of the office of LAUSD board member Tamar Galatzan, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Parents and Teachers United for Action picketed to oppose the district's transitioning of special education students to regular education campuses. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer)
JUL 24
State Rushes First Of Local Control Funding Formula Money Out To Schools
By Tom Chorneau, SI&A Cabinet Report | http://bit.ly/1dUJe9L Wednesday, July 24, 2013 :: A total of $26.7 billion is going out from the controller’s office by July 31, which represents the first regular installment for the fiscal year as well as about $2.1 billion for LCFF activities. But with the money, districts are also being warned that adjustments in entitlements are likely. Officials
JUL 23
How Does Multitasking Change The Way Kids Learn?
by Annie Murphy Paul | MindShift | http://bit.ly/1bdBXpk Flickr: Ben Seidelman | Using tech tools that students are familiar with and already enjoy using is attractive to educators, but getting students focused on the project at hand might be more difficult because of it. May 3, 2013 :: Living rooms, dens, kitchens, even bedrooms: Investigators followed students into the spaces where
AFT Teach 13: SURVEY SHOWS PARENTS SUPPORT STRONG NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS
AFT Teach 2013 Conference Press Release + CONFERENCE HAND OUT | http://bit.ly/12gpCNn ParentsSurvey2013 Slides by 4LAKids July 22, 2013 :: Parents overwhelmingly believe that public schools are the single most important institution for the future of their community and of our nation, and they choose strong neighborhood public schools over expanding choice, charters and vouchers,
AFT Teach 13: COMMON CORE PANEL URGES THOUGHTFUL IMPLEMENTATION + smf’s 2¢
by Mike Rose, AFT Press Release | http://bit.ly/1dSTD5M July 23, 2013 :: A roundtable discussion on the opening day of the AFT TEACH Conference revealed how diverse voices find common threads when it comes to thoughtful, well-supported implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Moderated by AFT vice president Mary Cathryn Ricker, who is also president of the Saint Paul Federation of
AFT Teach 13: RANDI WEINGARTEN’S STEM-WINDER/BARN-BURNER/ROOF-RAISING SPEECH TO THE ASSEMBLED MULTITUDES
Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education: Remarks of AFT President Randi Weingarten in Washington D.C. at the TEACH Conference on July 22, 2013 I. Introduction: The year that was This year, there were many reminders of the role that educators play in the lives of America’s children. Take Rhonda Crosswhite, a sixth-grade teacher at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla.
REBOOTING ONLINE EDUCATION: San Jose State's experience shows that even well-intentioned programs shouldn't be rushed.
Editorial by By The LA Times editorial board | http://lat.ms/1aGPBh3 <
LAUSD, CORE DISTRICTS LEAVE D.C. WITHOUT NCLB WAIVER… but still confident one is coming
By John Fensterwald EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1bbDkoC Rick Miller, left, executive director of the California Office to Reform Education, confers with Michael Fullan in Sacramento earlier this year. Fullan, a Canadian author on education reform, is the architect of the collaboration-focused model of school reform, on which CORE has based its NCLB waiver application. Photo by John
JUL 22
Turning The Tables
from United Teacher: MR. DEASY’S POST-STULL CONFERENCE MEMO by Warren Fletcher in the President’s Perspective column of United Teacher, the newspaper of UTLA | http://bit.ly/1bF5VSu Note to UNITED TEACHER readers: As this issue goes to press, the results of the recent membership-wide “Stull of the Superintendent” had just been tabulated and released by UTLA. Unlike the 36,000 working
JUL 21
Giftedness: AMERICAN EDUCATION AND THE IQ TRAP + smf’s 2¢
For students, one score doesn't tell all. A survey in 2011 found that the predominant method of measuring whether or not students are gifted is assessing their performances in both an IQ test and a standardized academic test. Above: Students at Jackson Elementary School in Santa Ana. (Los Angeles Times / January 16, 2002) By Scott Barry Kaufman, Op-ed in the LA Times | http://lat.ms/
Co-Location: WHY CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE TEARING PUBLIC CAMPUSES APART
by Gary Cohn – Hot Ideas for a Cold Economy – The Frying Pan http://bit.ly/1aBs94W Illustration: Lalo Alcaraz on July 17, 2013 :: For more than 30 years each, Cheryl Smith-Vincent and Cheryl Ortega have shared a passion for teaching public school in Southern California. Smith-Vincent teaches third grade at Miles Avenue Elementary School in Huntington Park; before retiring, Ortega taught