4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
iPad fallout continues: FROM THE HUFF POST + MORE MAIL TO THE LA TIMES
LA Students Outfox Apple, Pearson and School Board by Alan Singer, ocial studies educator, Hofstra University in the Huffington Post | http://huff.to/163086 09/27/2013 2:30 pm "Following news that students at a Los Angeles high school had hacked district-issued iPads and were using them for personal use, district officials have halted home use of the Apple tablets until further notice.
BROWN VETOES SB 344 (Padilla) TO ADD MORE ACCOUNTABILITY TO LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA
By Kimberly Beltran | SI&A Cabinet Report – News & Resources http://bit.ly/1bcSMxE Friday, September 27, 2013 :: In a signal to school officials that the Brown administration is unlikely to burden districts with additional compliance requirements tied to the new Local Control Funding Formula, the governor on Thursday vetoed legislation that would have conditioned the funds with new repor
New Survey Shows Those With Higher Edcation Were More Likely To Receive Arts Education
Mary Plummer | | Pass | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/16vThEw/ Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/16vThEw Maya Sugarman/KPCC - Teachers John Stephens, left, and Debasish Chaudhury lead a class in North Indian music on Friday, Aug. 2 at Cal Arts. September 26th, 2013, 1:45pm :: Only about a third of high school graduates reported taking an arts class or lesson in childhood, according
Editorial+Letters: L.A. UNIFIED’S iPAD PLAN DOESN’T COMPUTE
L.A. TIMES EDITORIAL: The district's failure to resolve questions about theft, breakage and Web security is troubling. By The Times editorial board | http://lat.ms/19LTUoB Students explore the possibilities with their new LAUSD-provided iPads at Broadacres Elementary School. (Los Angeles Times / August 27, 2013) September 27, 2013 :: It has been a year since Los Angeles Unified
L,A. UNIFIED REPORTS 71 iPADS ARE MISSING
The lost iPads [71 of 1,200 = a loss rate of 17%] are from a trial program last year. L.A. Unified officials say security is being tightened and that student hacking is also being addressed. By Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/192XCiP Students work on iPads in April at the Valley Academy of Arts and Sciences in Granada Hills. (Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times)
SEP 26
HOW DID LA STUDENTS BYPASS iPAD SECURITY? Board members ask tough questions + smf’s 2¢
Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/15wjpZT Jed Kim - Science teacher Jodie Capper makes a presentation on her iPad as part of her training. September 25th, 2013, 7:45pm :: Some school board members questioned the Los Angeles Unified School District's control over new iPads on Wednesday, after the first students to get the devices quickly unblocked Internet controls.
WHO PAYS IF L.A. UNIFIED STUDENTS LOSE OR BREAK iPADS?
L.A. Unified board grapples with the question of whether to force parents to pay for damaged or lost iPads. It's uncertain whether responsibility was made clear to all parents. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/185MHSi Senior L.A. Unified officials acknowledge that they haven’t decided on consequences if the $700 iPads are lost or broken. “It’s extremely disconcerting
LAUSD REVIEWING iPAD POLICIES AFTER STUDENT SECURITY BREACH
Boardmember Ratliff concerned that the school board hasn’t been involved in making key policy decisions. ●●see #33 By the numbers: HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INFECTED BY THE BROAD VIRUS By Barbara Jones, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1906WnB 9/25/13, 6:58 PM PDT :: Los Angeles Unified officials vowed Wednesday to ratchet up efforts to prevent a recurrence of
LA UNIFIED BEGINS JOB SEARCH TO REPLACE AQUINO + Job Posting + smf’s 2¢
by Hillel Aron in LA School Report | http://bit.ly/16LKjgD Posted on September 25, 2013 :: The Los Angeles Unified School District has begun the search to replace Deputy Superintendent for Instruction Jamie Aquino, who announced a week and a half ago that he would resign at the end of the year. Jaime Aquino>> The job posting seeks to find “an accomplished and visionary educator with
SEP 25
PARENTAL ADVISORY/CONTAINS EXPLICIT IMAGES: An actual screen capture of an actual Facebook Page from an actual LAUSD iPad!
May not be suitable for the squeamish. A copy of these photos has been placed in student 00016375’s permanent record NOTE: This image was posted as a public service for purely educational value and not to appeal to anyone’s prurient interests. Luckily the LAUSD iPad Police are all over this and hardly any young lives were irretrievably destroyed.
FEDS COME UP WITH WORKAROUND FOR “DOUBLE TESTING” … but No Help for California!
By Catherine Gewertz, EDUCATION WEEK | http://bit.ly/15UKlGl Published Online: September 19, 2013 as: Next Steps Weighed on Federal 'Double-Testing' Relief Published in Print: September 25, 2013, as States Mull Next Steps On Testing Ed. Dept. Outlines Leeway on Assessment Regimes The U.S. Department of Education’s announcement that it will give states the chance to suspend some or all
NO MORE FUN-FUN-FUN AS DADDY DEASY TAKES THE iPADS AWAY! + comments from the peanut gallery
L.A. School District Shocked That Kids Would Figure Out How To Use iPads For Purposes Of Fun By Chris Morran in The Consumerist | http://bit.ly/171w5M5 (kenfagerdotcom) September 25, 2013 :: If you hand out iPads to a bunch of adult employees and tell them the devices can only be used for work purposes, some of them will abide by those
‘Priority Schools’ Plan Is The Latest To Remake Failing L.A. Unified Schools
Annie Gilbertson | | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/15s29oK Annie GIlbertson/KPCC | Jordan High School in Watts is under massive construction. Administrators hope improvement to academics will be equally as dramatic. September 24th, 2013, 6:00am :: On a recent Friday morning at David Starr Jordan High School, students wander in from their Watts neighborhood one and two hours
LAUSD COMPLETES HARASSMENT PROBE OF RICHARD VLADOVIC, Results to remain secret
By Barbara Jones, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1anqyzb (File photo by David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News) 9/24/13, 3:45 PM PDT :: Los Angeles Unified has completed a three-month investigation into allegations that school board President Richard Vladovic bullied and harassed district employees, but the results of the inquiry will not be released, the Daily News has learned.
SEP 24
STUDENTS HACK NEW LAUSD iPADS, VISIT YOU TUBE & (OMG!) FACEBOOK
Roosevelt students get access to unauthorized sites on new iPads Bianca Gomez, left, Humberto Salazar and Doroteo Cruz try out a new iPad at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights last week. This week, The Times has learned, some students had bypassed security systems to access unauthorized websites. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / September 17, 2013)
WILL LAUSD’s iPAD UPGRADE WORK?
By Sam Gliksman, Los Angeles Jewish Journal | http://bit.ly/16pQih2 iPad. Photo by Robert Scoble>> September 24, 2013 :: The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest public school district in the United States, has approved a plan that will provide every K-12 student and teacher in Los Angeles with an iPad by fall 2014. With more than 650,000 students and almost 26,000
SEP 22
From the AALA Newsletter: AALA PRESIDENT ADDRESSES BOARD RE: COMMON CORE BUDGET + AB 484 and COMMON CORE TESTING
From the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Weekly Update Week of September 23, 2013 | http://bit.ly/1b3CpGQ AB 484 + COMMON CORE TESTING - An Overview Sept 19, 2013 :: The California Legislature has passed AB 484, the controversial bill sponsored by Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, which aims to overhaul the state’s