More ‘ineffective teacher’ testimony, even without Vergara
Troy Christmas, testifying in the Vergara trial. After the first week of the groundbreaking trial Vergara vs. California in a California superior court, lawyers and witnesses talked a lot about ineffective teachers, arcane rules for dismissing them and how much money it costs. One thing they didn’t talk about was Beatriz Vergara. The lawsuit in her name — she’s an LA Unified 10th grader — centers
Union candidates gang up on Fletcher and, of course, Deasy
Bill Gaffney, one of ten candidates for president of UTLA The Los Angeles teachers union election process is long – from February to July – and a lot like a reality show, with multiple voting rounds to knock out candidates/contestants, until finally, there’s only one person left standing. That’s especially true in the race for UTLA president, which has 10 men competing for the chance to lead about
Morning Read: LAUSD orders more iPads for spring testing
LA schools to get 45K more iPads for spring tests Officials at the Los Angeles Unified School District put in order with Apple Thursday to buy 45,000 new devices for student standardized testing in the spring. After weeks of negotiation, the price dropped by more than $200 from earlier rounds to $504 per device – but doesn’t include Pearson education software preloaded on the other devices. KPCC
1-30-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): New report says CA shows little improvement on teacher policiesA new report from the National Council on Teachers Quality finds that California has made marginal, if any, progress on improving state policies that shape effective teachers. For the third straight time, California was given an overall grade