Ripped from the pages of the supermarket tabloids: MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN’S DEATH INSPIRED REALITY STAR OMAROSA TO RUN FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOL BOARD
US Weekly Celebrity News by OMG! Staff | http://usm.ag/1jdrZoM Omarosa says Michael Clarke Duncan's death inspired her to run for the Los Angeles Unified School District school board. Credit: Maury Phillips/WireImage.com February 19, 2014 AT 3:30PM :: Omarosa Manigault is hoping to go from the boardroom to the school board. The provocative star of "The Apprentice" has announced that
PEARSON FOR PROFIT: You Do the Math
by Alan Singer from the Huffington Post | http://huff.to/1gGvJPt I received an email from a kindergarten teacher who wrote, "the Pearson-designed assessments for the enVisionMATH curriculum are confusing to children. Teachers have to reformat all of the graphics . . . I find it unconscionable that we pay Pearson to put out shoddy material which assumes too much symbolic understanding on
INDEPENDENT STUDY: Gov. Brown’s new online learning target
by Tom Chorneau, SI&A Cabinet Report | http://bit.ly/1d0tT7m February 19, 2014 (Calif.) :: After withdrawing an aggressive plan to enhance online learning in K-12 classrooms last year, Gov. Jerry Brown has returned with a less ambitious proposal – but one that may have broader impact. Brown drew national attention in early 2013 for his embrace of flat rate college courses offered online and
2 articles about Sylvia Rousseau: L.A. UNIFIED NAMES CARETAKER FOR VACANT BOARD SEAT IN SECRET SESSION + more than smf’s 2¢
Rousseau will oversee the post left vacant by the death of Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte until it can be filled by an election. Critics say Rousseau's selection in a closed-door meeting lacked transparency By Stephen Ceasar and Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1oS6AFi Sylvia Rousseau, standing in front of a mural at Crenshaw High School in 2009, will be a caretaker for the
13 Candidates File For Board District 1 Election
from CITY OF LOS ANGELES CLERK - ELECTION DIVISION by Order of Filing Date || 2/18/2014 5:47 pm Final: MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT NO. 1 DAVID EARLE MOCH Educator GENETHIA HUDLEY-HAYES Education Consultant GEORGE MCKENNA Retired Principal/Superintendent HATTIE B. MCFRAZIER Retired Educator/Counselor SHERLETT HENDY NEWBILL Teacher/Mother/Coach
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-18-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LCFF: Promise of CA’s New School Finance Law Hinges On Parentsby Peter Schurmann, New America Media, News Report, http://bit.ly/1fw8d3I Above: From left to right, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, Children Now Senior Education Policy Director Samantha Tran and SFUSD Office of Family and Community Engagement Coordinator Ruth Grabowski. Posted: