4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
AUG 08
Academic Performance In State, Los Angeles County Drops For First Time In Years
By Rob Kuznia, Staff Writer, L.A. Newspaper Group | http://bit.ly/1cyVX5F (8-8-13)--RIALTO-METRO--Students studying for their Star test scores Thursday August 8, 2013 in Shannon McCrate's third grade class at Myers Elementary School in Rialto.LaFonzo Carter/Staff Photographer Database: Database: California STAR program test results for local schools, districts 8/8/2013 11:00:00 AM PDT /
Superintendent John Deasy Urges Lausd Staff To ‘Stay Calm’ In The Face Of Change
By Dakota Smith, Staff Writer, L.A. Newspaper Group | http://bit.ly/1352HVK 8/8/2013 01:52:48 PM PDT / Updated: 10:38:09 PM PDT :: In his annual back-to-school address, Los Angeles schools superintendent John Deasy on Thursday sought to reassure teachers and principals as the nation's second-largest school district undergoes major classroom changes in the coming year. Speaking to hundreds
Calling The Irony Police
By smf for LAKids News August 8, 2013 :: L.A. Times Cinema Critic Kenneth Turan wrote of the city’s noir reputation: “Los Angeles is the city of sunshine and light, the city that's like a day at the beach, the city that ... you get my drift. That line of chat may work with the suckers, the tourists and the rubes, but if you live here, you know there's a corrosive darkness lurking below the
FLIPPED OUT: New School – How the digital revolution is turning education upside-down
In the Digital Age, learning is no longer fundamental—at least as it was defined by the old school. Now, some basics of education are being rethought, and the meaning of “homeroom” has changed forever. By Jennifer Miller, Spirit Magazine –the inflight publication of Southwest Airlines | http://bit.ly/19QSoqi ●●smf notes: I am travelling to
AUG 07
The morning news on: THE LAUSD/CORE WAIVER FROM NCLB
L.A.'s is among districts exempt from No Child Left Behind rules LAUSD joins seven other school districts in California allowed to operate under rules favorably viewed by the Obama administration. By Howard Blume | LA Times | http://lat.ms/175i3q9 August 6, 2013, 9:22 p.m. :: The Los Angeles Unified School District, and seven others in California, will have more freedom to spend millions
AUG 06
One Year Only Ca/Core Nclb Waiver Includes ‘Unique’ Oversight Panel
Posted on LA School Report by Brianna Sacks | http://bit.ly/16sI2b2 August 6, 2013 :: Child In granting eight CA school districts a No Left Behind waiver, the federal government is creating for the first time an oversight body to measure schools’ progress. ¿The Seal of Approval?>> Education Secretary Arne Duncan called the panel “unique” among the waivers granted to 39 states and the
LAUSD included: U.S. DEPT OF EDUCATION GRANTS CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS’ NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND WAIVER
By Michele McNeil, Education Week K-12 Politics Blog | http://bit.ly/13ZRb7M August 6, 2013 4:05 PM EDT :: The U.S. Department of Education today granted an unprecedented waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act to eight California districts that together educate 1 million students, upending a long tradition of state-based school accountability. The first-of-its-kind waiver essentially allows
LAUSD LAUNCHING (i)PADS /3 stories + additional reading
L.A. teachers give their new iPads a test drive LAUSD instructors gather at six schools this week to train on iPads, which 31,000 students and 1,500 teachers in 47 schools will begin using this year. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/15FWtvF Deputy Supt. Jaime Aquino gives teacher Rhonda Marie Smith a high-five during iPad training at Roosevelt High School. (Al Seib, Los
AUG 05
Utla Urged To Allay Public Distrust
An L.A. school board member tells UTLA activists that the union must fight public perceptions that it protects bad teachers. By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times | L.A. teachers union urged to improve training for bad teachers - latimes.com http://lat.ms/15zpeKE United Teachers-Los Angeles members gather at a Los Angeles hotel for a weekend of workshops, speakers and political
AUG 03
APPLE HANDED PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR E-BOOKS PRICE-FIXING RULING + smf’s 2¢
by Tiffany Kaiser –Daily Tech | http://bit.ly/1cyEgS8 August 2, 2013 2:43 PM :: hearing to discuss remedies and hold a trial on damages will take place on August 9 (Source: telegraph.co.uk)>> Apple lost the ebooks battle earlier this month when a judge ruled that the tech giant had conspired to raise prices, and now, Apple has been handed some potential consequences as a
Opening the tap on the School-to-Prison Pipeline: KIDS BULLIED FOR YEARS MORE LIKELY TO GO TO PRISON
By Janice Wood, Associate News Editor.Psych Central NEWS (The American Psychological Association) Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. | http://bit.ly/16r5Y0c August 1, 2013 :: People who are repeatedly bullied as kids and teens are “significantly” more likely to go to prison, according to new research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 121st Annual Convention. The study