Preschool, Teacher Training, Investment + Student Health Funding Needed/Top 12 Ed Issues for 2014/The Hard Part will be Implementing LCFF
all from Edsource today | http://bit.ly/JFCp3O Preschool, teacher training and student health funding needed to offset child poverty, report says January 6th, 2014 | By Jane Meredith Adams It’s far too soon to tell if the state’s new education law will improve outcomes for the neediest students, but more investment in the public school system, including quality preschool, teacher training
MEMO SURFACES ON OPTIONS TO FILL VACANT LAUSD BOAD SEAT + smf’s 2¢
by LA School Report Posted on January 6, 2014 :: LA School Report has learned that a deadlock of the LA Unified school board on how to fill the vacant seat could lead to an election. See the County Seal>> Note the lack of the cross above the Hollywood Bowl – where it used to be on the seal. Note the lack of the cross on the image of the Mission San Fernando (which still is a Catholic
LA SCHOOL BOARD TO DEBATE FILLING LAMOTTE’S SEAT – Tonight at 6:15/Live on KLCS
Annie Gilbertson | | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/K1BGJP January 6th, 2014, 6:15am :: The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday will discuss how to fill the seat left vacant after the death of Marguerite LaMotte. They'll weigh two options: appointment or special election. Marguerite LaMotte via lamotte.laschoolboard.org>> L.A. Unified is the
Sandy Banks: L.A. UNIFIED SHOULD APPOINT A SUCCESSOR TO LAMOTTE
Delaying until an election to pick a replacement for Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died last year, risks shortchanging students at a vulnerable time. Op-Ed by LA Times Columnist Sandy Banks | http://lat.ms/1dcspM9 The L.A. Unified board is trying to decide how to replace Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died last year. (Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times / December 17, 2013)
Genethia Hayes & George McKenna: TWO WELL-KNOWN CANDIDATES, SO FAR, ASPIRE TO REPLACE LAMOTTE
By Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1bNkUF2 Interest is heating up among possible replacements for L.A. school board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died in December. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times / March 6, 2007) January 6, 2014, 6:21 p.m. :: An election is not yet even scheduled but already there are two heavyweight contenders ready to vie for the Los Angeles
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The Spectacular Role Of School Libraries In Protecting Students From The Effects Of Poverty
By Dr. Stephen Krashen FROM HIS BLOG SKRASHEN | http://bit.ly/1icpgLt Stephen Krashen is professor emeritus at the University of Southern California,[1] who moved from the linguistics department to the faculty of the School of Education in 1994. He is a linguist, educational researcher, and activist. Saturday, January 4, 2014 Published in: iLeader: Journal of School Library Association of
Public School Choice: WHEN COMPETITORS CONVERGED, COLLABORATION BEGAN IN LOS ANGELES UNIFIED + smf’s 2¢ and more
By Charles Taylor Kerchner / Special to EdSource | http://bit.ly/1gBz4y4 January 5th, 2014 :: Nearly a quarter century ago, two Stanford University professors wrote that market forces could reform public education in ways that government dominated by interest groups, like teachers unions, could not. “Politics, Markets, and America’s Schools” by John Chubb and Terry Moe remains a
1-5-14 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Can a non sequitur be apropos?comic by wiley miller | http://bit.ly/1ezTh5sby smf / 1h 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-4-144LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT THE LAUSD BOARD OF ED NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION …and that decision should be to appoint a representative to fill Marguerite LaMott
