LOS ANGELES UNIFIED PARENTS, TEACHERS CRITICIZE iPAD ROLLOUT, CALL FOR SCHOOL REPAIRS
By Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1dkE32N Julie Carson, a GED teacher at North Valley Occupational Center, speaks at a gathering of parents, teachers and students at Esperanza Elementary School in Los Angeles, Wednesday, February 19, 2014, to express their frustration that Superintendent John Deasy is redirecting construction bond funds to buy iPads instead of funding
School SmARTS: PTA PROGRAM CREATES PARENT ADVOCATES
By Susan Frey | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/1cEFigj February 19th, 2014 | With 117 years of promoting parent involvement under its collective belt, the PTA thinks it has the right formula for training parents in their new watchdog role under California’s reformed school finance and accountability system. < From left, Ruth Gomez, Lisa Lacambra, Marivic Quiba and Isela
John Marshall High School: ACADEMIC DECATHLON PUTS THE WORK IN TEAMWORK
Marshall team members forge friendships, gain confidence and learn as they train for the statewide competition after winning the L.A. Unified contest. By Alicia Banks, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1cED2FT Academic Decathlon coach Larry Welch talks to members of the John Marshall High School team. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) February 22, 2014, 3:00 p.m. :: Kenneth Huh and his parents
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-22-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: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 BOARDUS 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 Dis