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California Switches Testing Plans …But May Still Risk Losing $3.5 Billion In Federal Funds
By Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury News | http://bit.ly/18fOmsp 11/22/2013 11:29:29 AM PST | California, threatened with the loss of $3.5 billion in federal funds for suspending high-stakes testing next spring, has tweaked its exam plan. But it's not certain that the change, which was not cleared first with U.S. officials, will ease the threat to take away funds. Under the switch, next
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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 smf Nov. 22, 2013 :: That other November 22nd was a Friday also. At 10:30 am I was in my Algebra I class at Hollywood High, up on the second floor of the Science Building – the room overlooking the quad – which was more like a courtyard then. The ugly seventies-modern/functional octagonal student store and hash lines hadn’t been built ...it wasn’t time for that architectural style yet. If
by Tom Chorneau | SI&A Cabinet Report :: http://bit.ly/1aVGoie see: TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS TOGETHER: NEA and AASA Executives Call on Congress to Get Serious About Investing in Education 22 November (Va.) :: New research showing the growing role federal funds play in local school budgets also puts a spotlight on the pending sequestration cuts and the ongoing partisan gridlock that still
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TEACHERS & ADMINISTRATORS TOGETHER: NEA and AASA Executives Call on Congress to Get Serious About Investing in Education
Press Release | http://bit.ly/I84dwS Alexandria, Va. – November 21, 2013 – Today, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and AASA Executive Director Daniel A. Domenech released the following statement: "The austerity policies ushered in by Congress aren’t working. They are harming our students and our economy," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "In fact, the across-the-board cuts, coup
4 STORIES + A PRESS RELEASE ON “TESTING THE TEST”: The headline says students will be tested …that isn’t quite true
Altered state plan will test students in English and math By Howard Blume - latimes.com http://lat.ms/1fqVvYL Students concentrate during an English class at Jordan High School. California officials have altered a statewide testing plan to include both English and math. (Bethany Mollenkof / Los Angeles Times / March 11, 2010)
NOV 21
LAUSD iPAD PROGRAM GETS MIXED REVIEW FROM COMMITTEE
By Barbara Jones, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1h53oUe This Aug. 5, 2013 file photo shows district-supplied iPads during LAUSD teacher iPad training at Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News/File) 11/20/13, 7:15 PM PST :: An advisory panel overseeing Los Angeles Unified’s iPad project signed off Wednesday on a $45 million request
L.A. UNIFIED COMMITTEE VOTES TO CURTAIL EXPANSION OF iPAD PROGRAM
The Bond Oversight committee authorizes $45 million instead of the $135 million sought by district officials. The vote is advisory, but Supt. John Deasy has been unwilling to oppose the panel. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/I6O5vU [The Oversight Committee accepted the recommendations of its Technology Task Force] November 20, 2013, 8:11 p.m. :: A committee that
NOV 20
LAUSD’s iPads: BOND OVERSIGHT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE REPORT & RECOMENDATIONS FOR CCTP PHASE 2: To be presented today
LAUSD BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE / Common Core Technology Project Task Force Report/Phase 2/ 11-18-13 by 4LAKids
iPads: THE STORY CHANGES YET AGAIN AS PARENTS, TEACHERS PROTEST
iPad software licenses expire in three years, L.A. Unified says Renewing licenses could cost $50 to $100 per iPad, about $60 million annually, despite earlier statements that the district would own the software permanently. By Howard Blume and Stephen Ceasar, - latimes.com http://lat.ms/17Lfdfn November 19, 2013, 10:05 p.m. ::
Some Kids “Aren’t Brilliant”? THIS DUNCAN BLUNDER IS BIGGER THAN IT FIRST APPEARS
by email from deutsch29 In May 2010, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at the first annual "Mom Congress" at Georgetown University. Duncan's goal, as reported on the USDOE website, was "to discuss how to effect meaningful change in American education and to mobilize millions of parents to become more involved in their children’s learning." [Emphasis added.] Duncan wa
NOV 17
Detail Of Ipads /Common Core Techology Project Phase 2 Emerge
BOARD BUSINESS: LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Board Moves Forward With Tablet Rollout: Laptop Pilot and Other Revisions Added to Phase 2 from the Common Core Technology Project “Board Business” THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11, 2013 http://bit.ly/1jdXWeq With added material from Board of Ed Report 129-13-14 Common Core Technology Project Phase 2 and Phase 1L The Board of Education
NOV 16
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