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HOW MUCH ARE iPADS REALLY HELPING KIDS IN CLASSROOMS? - The drive to increase technology use in classrooms has many asking whether the investment is more fizzle than bang, and whether it’s too early to tell how wisely the money is being spent. by R A Johnston, Education News | http://bit.ly/1j0b21P Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 :: The drive to increase technology use in
A revamping of California school funding sends more dollars to districts with the neediest children, but it may give the districts too much flexibility. Editorial By The Times editorial board | http://lat.ms/18KYg3k Ponderosa Elementary School in Anaheim has spent extra money trying to boost the academic achievement of its large number of students who are low income and still
By Valerie Strauss Washington Post The Answer Sheet | http://wapo.st/1glUtei November 27 at 9:27 am :: “No one really cares, do they?” That is one of the reasons for why No Child Left Behind won’t be rewritten, according to a new report [follows] on what “education influentials” think will happen in the world of education. Actually, a lot of people care, because it affects what happens in
NOV 28
Politico: ARNE DUNCAN SCHOOLED IN LIMITS OF POWER + Diane Ravitch’s 2¢
By Stephanie Simon- POLITICO.com | http://bit.ly/1iX19ln November 27, 2013 05:06 AM EST :: Arne Duncan brought the most ambitious reform agenda in years to the Department of Education — and a determination to use every lever of power to accomplish it. The results were stunning: In barely a year, more than 100 state laws were passed to open public schools to competition and set tough new
NOV 27
Los Angeles Schools To Try Not Treating Children Like Criminals To See How That Goes
Scott Shackford|Reason.com/Hit+Run Blog | http://bit.ly/18ox8cj Credit: Rsinner / Foter.com / CC BY-NC Nov. 27, 2013 11:10 am :: Los Angeles Unified School District has stumbled upon a revolutionary concept in disciplining young schoolchildren: Maybe don’t treat them the way the police department treats parolees? That is to say, LAUSD is pulling back on responding to common child
Judge: Miramonte Claims Can Move Forward
AP from KPCC | http://bit.ly/1bWkkFa Krista Kennell/AFP/Getty Images | Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles, California February 6, 2012. November 27th, 2013, 9:48am :: A Los Angeles judge has ruled that parents can proceed with their own claims of emotional distress related to abuses at Miramonte Elementary School, where a third-grade teacher was accused of spoon-feeding
How Apple, Google, Cisco Are Competing For The $5 Billion K-12 Ed-Tech Market
….if it is a $5 billion market, Apple/Pearson has already nailed 10% of it with their deal with LAUSD! by Preeti Upadhyaya , Technology Reporter- Silicon Valley Business Journal | http://bit.ly/1iTVFYB Updated: Nov 26, 2013, 1:37pm PST :: Next year, K-12 schools across the United States will begin implementing Common Core State Standards, an education initiative that
Local Control Funding Formula: CREDIBILITY GAP COULD ERODE LONG-TERM PROMISE OF NEW FUNDING SYSTEM
Commentary By Arun Ramanathan |EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/IiRN5 November 27th, 2013 :: English is my second language. I spent the early part of my life in India speaking my native tongue. When we immigrated to the West, I went to school to learn English. Arun Ramanathan>> After some early struggles, I have reached a fair degree of proficiency in the English language. I can now
California Legislative Leaders Raise School Funding Concerns
Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert: http://bit.ly/1b4qu57 see: TOP LEGISLATORS JOIN CRITICS OF PROPOSED REGS FOR LOCAL CONTROL FUNDING FORMULA AND ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN - http://bit.ly/Il0r3G November 26, 2013 :: Top Democrats in the Legislature have poured cold water on proposed regulations to carry out the landmark overhaul of the state's school-funding formula. Suggesting that the
San Francisco Unified Scrambles For Subs As Teachers Skip School
Jill Tucker | SF Chronicle | http://bit.ly/1a4hzAz Brian Borsos, special education specialist from the S.F. school district office, substitutes at Guadalupe Elementary School. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle Updated 10:16 pm, Tuesday, November 26, 2013 :: More than 600 San Francisco teachers and classroom aides skipped school Tuesday to extend their Thanksgiving holiday, leaving
NOV 26
Be Thankful For Libraries
by John Merrow in Taking Note | http://bit.ly/1blLISe 26. Nov, 2013 :: Like many of you, I gave thanks for our public schools and their teachers during American Education Week, which just ended. Now, during Thanksgiving week, I suggest we give thanks for our public libraries. First of all, they’re everywhere: “If you have ever felt overwhelmed by the ubiquity of McDonald’s, this stat may
Grading the Digital School: IN CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE, STAGNANT SCORES
NY Times: Technology in Schools Faces Questions on Value By MATT RICHTEL, New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1aRmdq4 Jim Wilson/The New York Times: Students using an interactive whiteboard, part of an ambitious technology plan in the Kyrene School District in Arizona. Published: September 3, 2011 | CHANDLER, Ariz. — Amy Furman, a seventh-grade English teacher here, roams among 31
Top Legislators Join Critics Of Proposed Regs For Local Control Funding Formula And Accountability Plan
By John Fensterwald| EdSource Today http://bit.ly/18lOPJw November 25th, 2013 :: In a letter on Monday, leaders of the state Senate and Assembly criticized proposed regulations on state funding for the state’s neediest students as inconsistent with the intent of the new school finance law. Their letter to the State Board of Education [follows], which must adopt the regulations in January
NOV 25
More States Delay Common Core Testing As Concerns Grow
By Valerie Strauss/The Answer Sheet | The Washington Post | http://wapo.st/Ipcn3C November 24 at 2:12 pm :: Massachusetts and Louisiana, both seen as important in the world of school reform, have decided to delay the implementation of high-stakes standardized tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards in the face of growing concern about the initiative. The two states follow nearly 10
Youth Speak Out On What They Want From After-School Arts Programs
By Susan Frey, | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/17N9ymQ
Many Districts Are Giving Their Report Cards A Facelift For Common Core
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez| Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/192OWUU Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC November 25th, 2013, 6:00am :: Long Beach fifth grade teacher Gina Bonetati holds her old report card, left, and the new transitional report card issued by her district. School districts across California are rewriting elementary school report cards to reflect new learning standards known as the
As La Schools Take A Week Off, Parents Take A Deep Breath
Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1aNet8D Molly Bennett/Flickr November 23rd, 2013, 6:00am :: Kids in many school districts are off all Thanksgiving week. What's a working parent to do? About a million public school students in Southern California are out of school all of next week to celebrate Thanksgiving. Schools in Riverside, San Bernardino, Corona-Norco and
L.A.; Unified’S Local Food Push Is Healthy For Area Economy Too
School district's commitment to more local sourcing of the food it serves has boosted business and employment at producers' plants. By Teresa Watanabe. LA Times, http://lat.ms/1clg6sF 9:27 PM PST, November 24, 2013 :: The savory smell of nutmeg and cinnamon wafts through the Azusa bakery, where dozens of workers in blue gloves and hairnets cook up L.A. Unified's newest star product. The "
Program Aims To Get Parents On Their Children’S Academic Team
New Open World Academy in Koreatown is using a new approach to the typical parent-teacher conference to get parents more involved in their children's education. By Stephen Ceasar | LA Times, http://lat.ms/1iKH4P6 New Open World Academy first grade teacher Bianca Sanchez, right, listens for names during a icebreaker game using yarn with parents. (Al Seib, Los Angeles Times / November 13,
NOV 24
Ignoring the speed-bumps: THE CHALLENGE OF AUTHENTICALLY IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICY IN LAUSD
smf: Zero Tolerance, Out-of-School Suspension and Unenlightened Student Discipline Policy often mark the intake point on the School-to-Prison Pipeline. More than two decades of research have confirmed that out-of-school suspensions do not improve student behavior and, in fact, often exacerbate it. Students who are suspended lose valuable instructional time, and are more likely to fall behind in
NOV 23
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
