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Thursday, January 16, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-16-14

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Review Finds Hundreds Of La School Libraries Without Staff, Shuttered
Annie Gilbertson  | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1j1ZA4F Annie Gilbertson/KPCC January 16th, 2014, 6:02am  ::  Libraries across L.A. Unified are closing their doors. Figures out this week show only half of L.A. Unified school libraries have even part-time staff and far fewer have a credentialed librarian. In a district of 768 schools libraries, there are only 98 librarians to


National Education Policy Center’s 8th ANNUAL BUNKUM AWARDS
Recognizing the Lowlights in Educational Research in 2013 National Education Policy Center | School of Education | University of Colorado | http://bit.ly/1gO3jS0 This marks our eighth year of handing out the Bunkum Awards, recognizing the lowlights in educational research over the past year. As long as the bunk keeps flowing, the awards will keep coming. It’s the least we can do. This year’s
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-15-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD IGNORES BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS; GIVES SUPERITENDENT ALL THE iPADS HE THINKS HE NEEDS WHENEVER HE THINKS HE NEEDS THEMBoardmembers Galatzan and Zimmer work out an amendment “…to just leave it up to the superintendent”. L.A. school board moves forward with computer effort The board votes to distribute iPads to 38 more campuses,