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Monday, December 23, 2013

12-23-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:




Appoint or Elect? WHAT A MESS!
McKenna’s the perfect replacement. But….. Opinion By Betty Pleasant, Contributing Editor | The Soulvine /Los Angeles Wave |  http://bit.ly/19mjsPD Thursday, December 19, 2013   ::  It is most disconcerting to look up and find yourself on a list of people supporting something that you don’t support and, to add insult to injury, note that also on that list are people you don’t like and people

ARNE DUNCAN PRAISES LAUSD GAINS IN READING & MATH + smf’s 2¢
U.S. Secretary of Education praises L.A. Unified for school-improvement efforts reflected in 2013 national test scores. By Howard Blume- latimes.com http://lat.ms/19aHWc3 L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy at a school board meeting. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times / October 29, 2013) December 22, 2013, 6:05 p.m.  ::  L.A. Unified is improving faster — in some categories much faster — than


12-22-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: In The ‘Silent Prison’ Of Autism, Ido Speaks Out
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: In The ‘Silent Prison’ Of Autism, Ido Speaks OutThe high school student's 'Ido in Autismland' is part memoir and part protest, a compelling message to educators on how to teach people such as him. By Thomas Curwen/ Photography and video by Genaro Molina |Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1fy6f4x Ido Kedar takes a breather while working out at a local hi