4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
L.A. Unified Finally Hiring Teachers Again
After years of layoffs and hiring freezes, L.A. Unified expects to hire more than 1,300 for next year. And it can even be choosy. By Howard Blume, L.A. Times | Samantha Pulliam, a first-grade teacher at 24th Street Elementary in Los Angeles, goes over a writing lesson with students. Pulliam, 27, began her teaching career at a charter school because no positions were available in
Csba Guidelines For Filling A Vacancy On The Board Of Education
by smf for 4LAKids News 4 January 2013 :: Marguerite LaMotte was the official LAUSD representative to the California School Boards Association. She died while attending a CSBA conference. Perhaps it would do the surviving LAUSD Board of Ed good to acquaint themselves with the following guidelines before they do whatever they are going to do in filling the vacancy on the LAUSD Board. These are
An editorial from the ‘hood: COMMUNITY OVERWHELMING SUPPORTS DR. GEORGE McKENNA FOR LAUSD BOARD APPOINTMENT
Written by KENNETH D. MILLER, Los Angeles Sentinel Assistant Managing Editor | http://bit.ly/1csSBiG Published on Thursday, 2 January 2014 20:03 :: The funeral services for long time and respected educator Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte (left) has been held and the Los Angeles Unified School District Board will reconvene for a special meeting on Jan. 7 to vote on whether an appointment or
NO END TO LAUSD iPAD DEBATE + smf’s 2¢
Mailbag | Paul Thornton, LA Times letters editor | http://lat.ms/1dk8Hc0 Perris middle school students Jacob Quinino, 13, left, Brian Guereque, 12, and Joshua Ortega, 12, use their Chromebooks during lunch break. The school district is paying about $344 for each device. ( Los Angeles Times) January 4, 2014 :: Even the noblest of efforts — such as, say, the Los Angeles Unified School
THE LAUSD BOARD OF ED NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION …and that decision should be to appoint a representative to fill Marguerite LaMotte’s seat.
smf’s 2c in 4LAKidsNews Friday Jan 3, 2014 :: The LA Times editorial board offered some excellent advice to the board of Ed on New Years Eve: Next Tuesday the board needs to decide whether to call an election or make an appointment to fill the seat vacated by the untimely death of Marguerite LaMotte. I am all for elective democracy – and in The Best of All Possible Worlds the board
Letters: COLLEGE, RECRUITERS AND MONEY
letters to the LA Times | http://lat.ms/1cNPToT Students gather in college counselor Teresa Carreto's room at Roosevelt High in L.A.'s Boyle Heights, one of the area campuses receiving relatively few visits from college counselors. (Bob Chamberlin, Los Angeles Times / December 13, 2013) RE: College recruiters give low-income public campuses fewer visits By Larry Gordon Story | December
A New York parent writes to Mrs. Obama: SAVE OUR CHILDREN
by Jill Bernardi, Reblogged from Diane Ravitch’s blog | http://bit.ly/1bDYxBM Jill Berardi is the parent of a child in kindergarten in New York. She is also the assistant principal of Linden Avenue Middle School, Red Hook, New York - in the Hudson Valley. Here she appeals directly to Michelle Obama to take action to help children like her own. January 3, 2014 Dear Mrs. Obama,
AFTER BUNGLED iPAD ROLLOUT, LESSONS FROM L.A. PUT TABLET TECHNOLOGY IN A TIME OUT
By Brenda Iasevoli/The Hechinger Report from EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/KowHTV This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report.
Lcff: State Board Of Education To Vote On New Spending Template
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/JyOxUa Rich Pedroncelli/AP | Gov. Jerry Brown deliver his State of the State address before a joint session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Brown urged lawmakers to help make California great again by taking on major initiatives and funding schools. January 2nd, 2014, 6:00am ::
The New Ged May Be Harder …But It’S Also Costlier As It Moves From Non-Profit Business Model To For-Profit – Courtesy Of Pear$On
GED switching to tougher, computer-based tests in January By Barbara Jones, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/JO1TLH File - Sibusiso Kunene works at a computer during a General Educational Development test preparation class at the Sonia Gutierrez Campus of the Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School in Washington Oct. 22,
Us Dept Of Agriculture Permanently Relaxes Rules On Healthier School Meals
from Reuters via Huffington Post | http://huff.to/1euZ3p3 Posted: 01/02/2014 8:11 pm EST | Updated: 01/02/2014 10:59 pm EST | WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) :: U.S. regulators said on Thursday they were permanently relaxing school meal rules that were designed to combat childhood obesity by reining in calories and portion sizes but aroused complaints the policies caused students to
COURT REVERSES CONVICTIONS OF EX-BEVERLY HILLS SCHOOLS CHIEF + smf’s 2¢
Jeffrey Hubbard was convicted in 2012 of misappropriating public funds, but justices agree with his lawyers that he was not responsible for authorizing payouts. By Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1cqynGa Jeffrey Hubbard, right, in court in 2012; a state appellate court panel has reversed his two felony convictions of misappropriating public funds. (Scott Smeltzer, Daily
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Letter: WHY TENURE MAKES GOOD TEACHERS
Letter to the Editor of the L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/KjPyQD January 1, 2014 Re George Skelton's column: "New Year's resolutions for Sacramento politicos / Dec 30 | http://lat.ms/18Yw4Mj When George Skelton recommended that one of the governor's New Year's resolutions should be to stand up to labor and make it easier to fire "sorry teachers," I wondered if he and others have cons
As Schools Give Students Computers, Price Of L.A.’S Program Stands Out
Districts nationwide are replacing textbooks with computers, but many are finding less costly ways than L.A. Unified's $768 per device. By Howard Blume and Stephen Ceasar | L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/19JZrQN Perris middle school students Jacob Quinino, 13, left, Brian Guereque, 12, and Joshua Ortega, 12, use their Chromebooks during lunch break. The school district is paying about
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College Recruiters Give Low-Income Public Campuses Fewer Visits
Recruiters' patterns mean students at underserved schools may lose out in the competition for college entrance and aid, experts say. By Larry Gordon, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1dnfFQN Students gather in college counselor Teresa Carreto's room at Roosevelt High in L.A.'s Boyle Heights, one of the area campuses receiving relatively few visits from college counselors. (Bob Chamberlin, Los
THIS IS THE COMMON CORE YOU SUPPORT? - or What Must Be Done in the Next Two Years …from two years ago!
by Paul Thomas, @The Chalk Face Blog | http://bit.ly/18VXzGe December 23, 2013 by :: You have plenty of Urban Legend and baseless conspiracy theories swirling around the Common Core, and none of that really serves anyone well. But you also have evidence (and from what I can tell, that doesn’t carry much weight). So for all those who support the Common Core, and tend to ignore the
