4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
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
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Weigh in: NEW NATIONAL ARTS EDUCATION STANDARDS ALMOST FINAL
Mary Plummer, Education Reporter | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1c1pBME Ken Scarboro/KPCC | Los Angeles Unified School District elementary students practice during a music class. February 17th, 2014, 5:30am :: The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards is nearing completion of a new set of PreK-12 arts standards - the first revamp
LCFF: Promise of CA’s New School Finance Law Hinges On Parents
by 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: Feb 14, 2014 :: SAN FRANCISCO – Getting parents more involved in their children’s education
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ONE CHILD AT A TIME: Custom Learning in the Digital Age
This radio documentary was broadcast on KPCC/89,3 at 11AM on Feb 17th, President's Day. You weren’t the car with me – but I thought I’d share. Any offering that contains scholarly references to Dr. Benjamin Bloom (of Bloom’s Taxonomy) and Dick Dale (of Dick Dale and the DelTones) can’t possibly be all bad! Transcript| http://bit.ly/1oKQrBs Stephen Smith: From APM, American
Video: DR. STEPHEN KRASHEN DEFENDS SCHOOL LIBRARIES AT LAUSD BOARD MEETING
Posted by Robert D. Skeels to solidaridad | http://bit.ly/1e2DSst Dr. Krashen, Professor Emeritus of USC, and world renowned language acquisition expert speaks in support of more libraries and librarians in LAUSD. February 11, 2014.
Susan Sontag And The Lausd Middle School Library Crisis
BY Penka Skachkova The Blog/The Huffington Post | http://huff.to/N334cn 2/12/2014 9:39 am EST :: In her essay Pilgrimage in The New Yorker, Susan Sontag recalled that when she went to North Hollywood High School she was an avid reader, and as a teenager in Los Angeles even met one of her literary idols, Thomas Mann. Reading transformed her into becoming one of the most famous literati
Lao Report Supports Eliminating Dedicated Funding For Career Tech Programs
Report also recommends against Gov. Brown’s proposal to set the percentage of Prop 98 funds reserved for the Local Control Funding Formula. By Susan Frey | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/1jL5MkX February 14th, 2014 :: A new report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office supports Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal to move two more categorical programs that support career
Proposed Initiative Would Give School Districts Back Their Property Taxes
By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/1oHxHTh February 14th, 2014 :: The parent activists who formed Educate Our State say it’s time for the state to stop robbing Peter to pay Paul. Peter, in their view, being the schools and the theft being billions in property taxes.
Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics On The Left
“N0w?” Really? NYTimes now has reporters on the story! By AL BAKER, New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1eIoGkb Kimberly Celifarco with one of her kindergarten students, Gerson Perez, 5, at Public School 253 in Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times FEB. 17, 2014 /page A1 :: The Common Core has been applauded by education leaders and promoted by the Obama administration as a
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Nine-Hour School Day Is The Norm – And A National Model – At Oakland Middle School
By Susan Frey EdSource Today from - Inside Bay Area http://bit.ly/1oEjkz5 2/16/2014 12:00:00 AM PST | OAKLAND :: On a recent Thursday afternoon in Ashur Bratt's class, about 20 middle school students stood tall on tables and chairs and flung their arms out from their sides, looking very pleased with themselves. "How do you feel?" Bratt asked as students raised their arms, competing to
BILL SEEKS TO BAN USE OF SCHOOL BOND MONEY FOR iPADS
By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1j29fZh Students in Karen Finkel's class at Broadacres Elementary school in Carson explore the possibilities with their new LAUSD provided iPads in August. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times / August 27, 2013) February 14, 2014, 5:40 p.m. :: A new bill introduced Friday would prohibit California school districts from using voter-approved
REPAIRS NOT iPADS? The world is watching …and there’s an app for that!
by smf for 4LAKids 16 Feb 2014 :: The Repair Not iPads Facebook Page [http://on.fb.me/1gr3YtW] has grabbed the notice of the powers-that-be at a Beaudry; folks in the Facilities Services Division and LAUSD Maintenance & Operations are watching. Folks in Superintendent’s office and the boardmember’s offices are watching. The Bond Oversight Committee is watching. The local and national
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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