Ravitch: IN LOS ANGELES DEASY REFUSES TO RESTORE ARTS FUNDING
By dianeravitch from Diane Ravitch's blog http://bit.ly/1haAa3A January 17, 2014 :: Despite a board resolution in 2012 calling for a restoration of arts funding in Los Angeles, Superintendent John Deasy has refused to prepare a budget complying with the resolution. “In 2012, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to make arts education a core subject in its curriculum. “Four
J’accuse: THE WIRELESS DISCONNECT IN LAUSD
By smf for 4 LAKidsNews 20 Jan 2014 :: The L.A. Time’s Howard Blume writes in his article L.A. SCHOOLS’ iPAD WATCHDOG COMMITTEE SET TO DISBAND on the ongoing iPad fiasco misadventure* in LAUSD: Materials from the most recent meeting of the bond oversight panel were not included in the information packet prepared for the board and the public. These materials included support for the panel's
L.A. SCHOOLS’ iPAD WATCHDOG COMMITTEE SET TO DISBAND
Decision to end schools' iPad panel raises questions about oversight of the program that has had a bumpy rollout. By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/KxL4oH Avery Sheppard checks out his L.A. Unified-provided iPad. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / August 27, 2013) January 19, 2014, 4:57 p.m. :: The watchdog committee for the Los Angeles school district's $1-billion iPad
SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED APPROVES $700,000 iPAD PURCHASE: Offers parents lease-to-own option
Parents who wish to purchase pay $708 @ $20 per month. There is no funding source identified to anything beyond the pilot year By Kelsey Brugger | The Santa Barbara Independent http://bit.ly/1mkrqJl Thursday, January 16, 2014 :: Santa Barbara Unified School District approved a $700,000 iPad Air purchase at Tuesday’s board meeting. Discussed at great length over the past several
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-19-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: HUNDREDS HONOR LAUSD’s LAMOTTE FOR DEDICATION TO EDUCATIONBy Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1aB68lv < Los Angeles Unified school board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, a lifelong educator who represented South Los Angeles since 2001, died Dec. 5, 2013, at age 80. 1/18/14, 5:18 PM PST | :: A public memorial to honor LAUSD b