4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
L.A. UNIFIED HAD REQUESTED GUARD AT CROSSWALK WHERE WOMAN WAS FATALLY HIT. But its request was denied, officials say. + smf’s 2¢
By Matt Stevens, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1gEfJg4 People cross in front of Le Conte Middle School where a woman was struck and killed Tuesday by a big rig while crossing the street with her daughter. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times / February 12, 2014) February 13, 2014, 6:05 p.m. :: The Los Angeles Unified School District sought a guard more than a year ago at a crosswalk near a
THE VIRAL PHOTO OF THE FRUSTRATED GIRL: Don’t blame it on Common Core …It’s the Worst Job in the World!
This photo has been going around on the web for a day or two …going viral: The photo shows a frustrated 7-year-old girl in tears and anguish after she is unable to solve a math equation using the suggested problem-solving method. “I’m a photographer,” a caption accompanying the photo states. “This is my daughter…and this is the first photo
FEB 12
Ab 1432: Spi Torlakson Announces Support For Bill To Require Formal Training For All School Employees On Id And Reporting Of Child Abuse
Release: #14-15 | http://bit.ly/1bpA9KQ February 12, 2014 Contact: Tina Jung E-mail: communications@cde.ca.gov Phone: 916-319-0818 State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Support for AB 1432 SACRAMENTO—California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today his
TUESDAY’S BOARD MEETING: Six votes in search of a censensus
I watched Tuesday’s festivities from the comfort of my couch and my fuzzy slippers, consuming mass quantities of NyQuil and drinking glass after glass of water. (Drown a Cold/Bore a fever.) The phone kept ringing with successively bad-to-worse news. The goings on at Beaudry made nothing any better. The Kleenex supply dwindled. The frightening thing is that the LA (dis)Unified
FEB 11
CALIF RANKS 6th IN US ON AP EXAM PARTICIPATION + smf’s 2¢
The Associated Press FROM The Sacramento Bee | http://bit.ly/LS9Xft | Published: Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 - 1:22 am :: SAN FRANCISCO -- California often ranks near the bottom of national measures of education quality and student achievement, but a new report puts the state ahead of the curve when it comes to the number of public school students enrolling in Advanced Placement classes and
Zimmer’S Plan For Lausd District 1 Vacancy Facing Big Vote
by LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1glP5Ze Posted on February 10, 2014 The LA Unified school board has an unusually long agenda for its monthly meeting on Tuesday, 39 items plus a handful of reports and updates. Each has consequences but few of them carry the import and emotional impact of Steve Zimmer‘s proposal to fill the vacant seat for District 1 on a temporary basis until a new member is
from KPCC: LAUSD WI-FI UPGRADE TO COST $800 MILLION, VERGARA UPDATE + DEASY TO ANNOUNCE ARTS+MUSIC PLAN
Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/w0MlFb LA schools' wifi networks to cost about $800 million Annie Gilbertson | Chris Dag/Flickr February 11th, 2014, 5:01am :: The Los Angeles Unified School District's board is scheduled to green light $66 million in wifi upgrades Tuesday, bringing the total reported costs of wifi upgrades need for its 1:1 iPad proposal to $795 million. With
Ab 1442: Ca Bill Among Many Proposals To Protect Student Data
by Kimberly Beltran, SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet | http://bit.ly/M8KhvQ February 11, 2014 :: (Calif.) When a southern California school district hired a data-mining company last fall to monitor students’ public posts on social media, the move made national headlines and set warning bells off for one state lawmaker, who filed legislation
Q&A: Publicly Funded Preschool ‘Top Priority’ For U.S. Dept. Of Education
By Lillian Mongeau, EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/LS5qK1 February 10th, 2014 Expanding publicly funded care for children under 5 is a top priority for the U.S. Department of Education, said Libby Doggett, the deputy assistant secretary of Policy and Early Learning. Doggett, a Texas native, was appointed in late August 2013 to replace Jacqueline Jones, the first person to hold the
Lausd Responds To Cronyism Allegations In Miramonte Abuse Lawsuits
Previous information from an LAUSD whistle blower alleging cronyism in the district leads to more questions of scandal. For the first time, NBC4 gets answers to questions of LAUSD management and their handling of the Miramonte school sex scandal. By John Cádiz Klemack and Jason Kandel, KNBC News | NBC Southern California http://bit.ly/LS481z Holmquist Responds to LAUSD Miramonte Case...
FEB 10
THE iPAD IS NOT A LAPTOP: iPad Be Nimble, iPad Be Quick
Technology Integration from Edutopia | http://bit.ly/1cpFIne OK, we have all these iPads and we’ll soon have a lot more. If you read below you will note that iPads are not dedicated test platforms or e-textbooks. Who knew? And what are they good for? February 10, 2014 Image credit: Thinkstock One of the most challenging lessons for schools to learn in implementing iPads is that the
Keep Calm And Keep Making A Profit For Pearson
An Interview with Alan J. Singer by Michael Shaughnessy Education Views.org | Educator Resources|Education & Information Age Education News http://bit.ly/1gmOAgm Alan Singer a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post. He is a social studies educator in the Department of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York and the editor of Social
Centinela Valley Schools Chief Paid $663,000 In Compensation In 2013
By Rob Kuznia, The Daily Breeze | http://bit.ly/LPXPLZ ‹ Posted: 02/08/14, 8:33 PM PST | The superintendent of the Centinela Valley high school district negotiated a contract so loaded with out-of-the-ordinary perks that he managed to amass more than $663,000 in total compensation last year. Documents obtained by the Daily Breeze from the Los Angeles County Office of Education show that
NUMBER OF ARTS TEACHERS IN LA COUNTY DOWN 10%, IT IS LAUSD’s CUTS THAT DRAG DOWN COUNTY NUMBERS
Arts at the Core?: The Los Angeles Unified School District has lost about 200 full-time arts teacher positions since the 2010-2011 school year according to CDE. Mary Plummer | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1ggyaao Ken Scarboro/KPCC | Music teacher Linda Mouradian teaches at San Fernando Elementary School. February 10th, 2014, 5
Beyond the bake sale: PUNK ROCK RETURNS TO ITS ROOTS TO BENEFIT MUSIC PROGRAM AT CHINATOWN SCHOOL
Chinatown, a punk destination in the 1970s, hopes to raise money for Castelar Elementary School's music program. By Frank Shyong, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1dC2Rm8 Behind a table of baked goods for sale, Christina Souza Ma, left, and Mamie Hong Weinberg dance to The Baja Bugs. The concert raised money for Castelar Elementary School's music program. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times /
FEB 09
VERGARA v. CALIFORNIA/WEEK 2 : The judge is struggling to stay awake
a compendium of coverage as the plaintiff’s case continues…. Why the Vergara Trial Could Upend Public Education By Hillel Aron, LA Weekly | The Informer | | LA Weekly http://bit.ly/1lPU3TD Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 6:52 AM :: There are no bloody gloves, no celebrity witnesses, no shocking reports on DNA evidence. In fact, a few days ago Judge Rolf Treu was struggling to stay awake
iPADS GOING HOME?: ‘That’s concerning to me,’ says Ratliff
by Vanessa Romo, LA School Report | LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1fPmJou Posted on February 7, 2014 :: Some LA Unified schools may be moving closer to allowing students to take district-bought iPads home again, and that has caught district officials by surprise. The district put an end to the practice in September after students figured out how to bypass the device’s security filters.
Vergara: STOP TENURE TYRANNY AND SHOW SOME LOVE FOR OUR HARDWORKING TEACHERS
a cartoon, an Op-Ed, honesty+satire from Ted Rall | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1d8MmSU Teacher tenure is under attack in California. But how are we going to attract new teachers? Salaries are low, conditions are difficult, the work is exhausting. (Ted Rall / For The Times / February 6, 2014) February 6, 2014, 5:00 a.m. :: My mother retired recently from teaching under pretty much the
L.A. Unified Students Pitch In To Help The Homeless
Some 300 students from 36 high schools take part in a district-wide volunteer day at shelters. By Esmeralda Bermudez | L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1gZUyIA Alondra Morales, 17, of Los Angeles High School, has her hair tucked underneath a hair net by schoolmate Jessica Nibra, 17. The two were preparing to work in the kitchen at the Midnight Mission on skid row in downtown L.A. (Rick Loomis,
FEB 08
Action Alert: ARTS GROUP RECRUITING PARENTS TO PUSH LA UNIFIED TO PRODUCE TARDY ARTS EDUCATION BUDGET
Mary Plummer | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC | http://bit.ly/1o5BDNm Mary Plummer/KPCC February 7th, 2014, 12:28pm :: Shana Habel, Los Angeles Unified's Dance Demonstration Teacher, leads a class of teachers at Cortines high school during a training in summer 2013. Frustrated at the Los Angeles Unified School District's seven month delay in producing a budget for its much ballyhooed arts
John Marshall High Wins Lausd Academic Decathlon
The team takes first place with 55,785.7 out of a possible 65,400 points. Previous winners Granada Hills Charter and El Camino Real Charter - as well as Franklin and Grant - also advance to the state level. By Alicia Banks, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1jm3fxp Marshall High School coach Larry Welch reacts to his team winning the L.A. Unified Academic Decathlon at Hollywood High School on