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Friday, September 13, 2013

4LAKids - AQUINO IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR: Broad Academy Class of ’08, Pearson employee, Teacher of the Year, Chapter Chair

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: AQUINO IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR: Broad Academy Class of ’08, Pearson employee, Teacher of the Year, Chapter Chair:

AQUINO IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR: Broad Academy Class of ’08, Pearson employee, Teacher of the Year, Chapter Chair

More on Dr. Jaime Aquino, who resigned from the #2 post -  “LAUSD’s Highest-Ranking Instructional Leader” - at LAUSD today.

Aquino was the point person on the transition to Common Core and the Common Core Technology Program (iPads for All Initiative)
  • This material is edited/word-butchered from a piece in California’s Children – ironically an article announcing the departure of Aquino’s predecessor, Dr. Judy Elliot  | http://bit.ly/1axs7LH
Deputy Superintendent Jaime Aquino was hired in April for $250,000, less than two weeks after Deasy took over. Even before Aquino assumed Elliott’s job Elliott reported to Aquino.
Aug 29, 2011 :: Judy Elliott (left), chief academic officer for the Los Angeles Unified School District, resigned at the behest of Superintendent John Deasy. Elliott, who had been an appointee of Deasy's predecessor Ramon Cortines, Elliott was hired by LAUSD in June 2008.
The buyout of Elliott's contract was paid for out of a reserve fund "for such purposes" that some members of the LAUSD school board didn't know existed, according to Howard Blume's story in the Times.
Elliott was instrumental in adopting a new reading program and pushing for rapid and more tailored intervention for struggling students. She also spearheaded a new homework policy that Deasy shelved, according to the Times.
In a letter to board members, Elliott wrote that, “at the request of Supt. Deasy, I have resigned to allow him to