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THE FORTHCOME AMENDED iPAD RESOLUTION LANGUAGE + smf’s 2¢
More and less than you wanted to know, far later than you wanted to know it, about the hybrid CCTP/iPad compromise posted at Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:02 pm, three days after the meeting, vote and passage of the amended revised resolution. see: AMENDED LANGUAGE FORTHCOMING: Everything you need to know about the iPad compromise reached yesterday smf: It is the language of the
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Galatzan’s motion is neither debated nor seconded as Garcia leaves room. tweeted from the pressroom - by @howardblume :: “4 insiders: Informed speculation had been that Villaraigosa worked out deal: Deasy gets endorsement to stay; Vladovic censure dies.” [4:41 PM - 12 Nov 13] The Los Angeles Unified School
by e-mail from Board Agenda BoardAgenda@LAUSD.NET Wed, Nov 13, 2013 3:34 pm Attached is the Stamped Order of Business indicating actions taken by the Board of Education at the Regular Board Meetings of November 12, 2013. smf: Twenty-six hours (and more) after the 1pm meeting no one knows what the compromise agreement – and what the board of ed adopted as amended – was or is. As of
smf writes: Nov. 13, 2013 :: Unreported elsewhere: Last night the LAUSD Board of Education, abrogating/delegating their authority under cover of darkness, approved making the Superintendent the sole+unquestioned decider in where future Prop 39 Charter Schools will be located
NOV 13
L.A. UNIFIED SCHOOLS PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TRIMMED DOWN iPAD PLAN + smf’s 2¢
A tense vote by sharply divided board allows the $1-billion initiative to continue and imposes additional oversight, including evaluation of impact on student achievement. Tuesday's L.A. Unified board meeting marked the first public appearance of Supt. John Deasy in an iPad debate since the contract process began. He had stayed in the background, on the advice of attorneys, because he
NOV 12
RATLIFF SEEKS ALTERNATIVES TO LA UNIFIED’S iPADS FUTURE
by Vanessa Romo, LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1dmoitw November 12, 2013 :: The LA Unified school board will grapple with three separate resolutions regarding the district’s ambitious iPad project at its meeting today, but only Monica Ratliff’s proposal has the potential of drastically changing the course of the district’s ed-tech revolution.
LA SCHOOL BOARD TO VOTE ON FUTURE OF iPAD PROGRAM
Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1bmMCZj Grant Slater/KPCC - Second graders Mark G. and Brandon C. play educational games on iPads at a charter school in Huntington Park. November 12th, 2013, 6:00am :: The Los Angeles Unified School board will vote Tuesday on whether to put its controversial iPad program on hold - or move forward, although at a slower pace than
LAUSD OFFICIALS CONSIDER COMPETING PLANS FOR 41-BILLION iPAD PROJECT
Openness+Transparency 101: The Superintendent’s Saturday “Midnight Surprise” apparently misses the LA Times’ Tuesday print publication deadline By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1e1ykkN School board member Monica Ratliff has proposed slowing down and reconsidering a $1-billion plan to provide iPads to every L.A. Unified student and teacher. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles
from the wonderful folks who brought you Parent Revolution & the Parent Trigger: CELEBRATORY SELF CONGRATULATION!
Why I Wrote the Nation’s First Parent-Trigger Law CommentaryBy Gloria Romero in EdWeek | http://bit.ly/1gGqjoJ November 5, 2013 :: I wrote the nation's first parent-trigger law. I acted because I understood that education is the civil rights issue of our time and the key to the American dream. I'm the daughter of a mother who attained
BE IT RESOLVED: iPads and the general state of craziness!
A longtime 4LAKids reader, a teacher and teacher-of-teachers, e-mails: Mon, Nov 11, 2013 3:04 pm :: The [teachers union and administrators union] survey results clearly indicate that teachers need much more support and training on the use of the iPads in order to feel comfortable with them in the classroom. Whereas iPads are not a constructivist tool but an informational tool, and
LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS SLOW ROLLOUT OF iPADS AMID SECURITY CONCERNS
By Alex Dobuzinskis/REUTERS, from the New York Times | http://reut.rs/1cMpvxP Published: November 10, 2013 at 8:25 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school district is putting the brakes on a project to give an iPad to each student, a $1 billion initiative that is the largest rollout of its kind in the nation and has been plagued by students hacking the devices' security features. District
NOV 10
TEACHER UNION SURVEY SHOWS MIXED SUPPORT FOR iPADS
by Michael Janofsky, LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1ayNhps November 7, 2013 :: A slight plurality of LA Unified teachers said they would favor continuing the iPad program, according to a new UTLA survey that produced mixed results in a district contemplating the next phase of a billion dollar digital device program. The union poll was conducted over a week in late October, with 255
NOV 09
iPads: A MIDNIGHT SURPRISE
by email from: BoardAgenda@LAUSD.NET Sat, Nov 9, 2013 12:06 amAttached is the Revised Order of Business for the Regular Board Meeting of November 12, 2013. The Order of Business was revised to include revised language for Tab 41, Resolution on Common Core Technology Project, and adding Tab 43, Common Core Technology Plan: Phase II and Beyond, Old Business for Action.For information or questions
NOV 08
Kids Count Data Book Stresses Need For Early Education
Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Weekly Update | Week of November 11, 2013 | http://bit.ly/HMiqQl 7 November 2013 :: Since 1989, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has published the KIDS COUNT Data Book which tracks the well-being of the country’s children. It includes data on early childhood development for every state, the District of Columbia and the nation. The Annie E. Casey
NAEP: ONE TEST, THREE SCORING RUBRICS? ….or it isn’t how you play the game, it’s who keeps sccore that counts
California students among worst performers on national assessment of reading and math By Lillian Mongeau |EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1et9Aob