UPDATE: SUPERINTENDENT REJECTS APPLICANTS TO REPLACE AQUINO; LAUSD Re-posts Job Posting
by smf December 17th, 2013 :: After review of applications for the job of Deputy Superintendent of Instruction posted last September none of the applicants were acceptable to the superintendent - so the job was reposted yesterday. UPDATE TO: 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
GIVING TWICE-AS-MANY KIDS HALF-AS-MUCH MUSIC EDUCATION? The latest LAUSD SNAFU?
Eloise Porter, President, Los Angeles City Elementary Schools Music Assoc writes 4LAKids Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:14 PM So it seems the powers-that-be at LAUSD care not for children--only for numbers. In the latest effort to be 'fair' in assigning the correct number of arts semesters based on enrollment numbers in our elementary schools, the District, in its great wisdom, is again creating
Charters Get Kids Cubicle-Ready
Samantha Winslow | LaborNotes | http://bit.ly/19au9ok A Rocketship charter: Is it a school or a miniature call center? While experimenting on working-class kids, Silicon Valley elites send their kids to private schools like Waldorf Peninsula, whose philosophy is to avoid computers, arguing that they hurt children's development. December 13, 2013 :: From Silicon Valley, the Rocketship
Moody's: CHARTER SCHOOLS POSE GREATEST CREDIT CHALLENGE TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ECONOMICALLY WEAK URBAN AREAS
Global Credit Research by Moody’s Investor Service | http://bit.ly/1fB4zbf New York,October 15, 2013 -- The dramatic rise in charter school enrollments over the past decade is likely to create negative credit pressure on school districts in economically weak urban areas, says Moody's Investors Service in a new report. Charter schools tend to proliferate in areas where school districts already
HOW TO START A REVOLUTION: Diane Ravitch and the Angry Rebellion against Common Core
Wielding her influential blog as a weapon, this 75-year-old activist has created a powerful network united by revulsion against top-down, elite policymaking by Mark Funkhouser | Governing Institute | http://bit.ly/1dJnKhb December 16, 2013 :: Since the Common Core State Standards for education were first proposed in 2009, 45 states have adopted them. As major public-policy
ACT NOW AND NAME A REPLACEMENT L.A. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER: The late Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte's District 1 constituents deserve a voice on crucial issues.
Holding a special election would waste time and money. Op-Ed in the LA Times By David Tokofsky and Jackie Goldberg | http://lat.ms/1cyqOKR School board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte died this month. (Los Angeles Times / July 2, 2013) December 16, 2013 :: There has been great consternation in recent days over the best way to select an interim school board member to complete the term
Gov. Brown States Opposition For Federal & State Standards, Standardized Testing For Schools …And Explains Why
GOV, JERRY BROWN OPPOSES GOVERNMENT IMPOSED STANDARDS FOR SCHOOLS In an on-stage interview, the California governor says some educational experiences can't be captured in standardized testing. By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/18O4U5w Gov. Jerry Brown addresses a conference
12-16-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: After LaMotte: POLITICS OF L.A. SCHOOL BOARD MAY SHIFT Annie Gilbertson, Education Reporter/ Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1bTRZTG Damian Dovarganes/AP - Deceased Los Angeles school board member Marguerite Lamotte [Listen to the radio story] December 16th, 2013, 6:00am :: The Los Angeles school board is scheduled to decide Tuesday how to fill
