Two More Stories On The Closing/Destaffing Of Lausd Libraries
from LAUSD IN THE NEWS /THE DISTRICT’S CLIPPING SERVICE Report: No Librarians At Half Of LAUSD Middle, Elementary School Libraries February 24, 2014 6:10 PM LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Budget cuts in the Los Angeles Unified School District have left about half of the 600 elementary and middle school libraries throughout the city without librarians, according to a report. As campuses across the
CALIFORNIA NEEDS THE YOUNG IF IT’S TO THRIVE: Age, not race or ethnicity, matters most for the state's future prosperity.
Op-Ed By Dowell Myers in the LA Times | http://lat.ms/1fCkrvt February 25, 2014 :: California is the world's largest experiment in social diversity. It has had no majority racial ethnic group since 1999, when whites fell below 50% of the population. In March, Latinos will become the largest group here, making up 39% of state residents, according to demographers in the state Department of
Scherzo! Barukhzy! Fantoccini! TWO SPELLING BEES END WITH EPIC TIES
Two pairs of spelling contestants duel for hours, forcing judges to suspend competition for a while. In one case, organizers ran out of words. By Matt Pearce | LA Times | http://lat.ms/NuyfNZ Sophia Hoffman, 11, and Kush Sharma, 13, remain tied after more than 60 rounds of spelling at the Jackson County Spelling Bee in Kansas City, Mo. (Jackson County Spelling Bee / February 22, 2014)
Former Mayor Tony Endorses Hudley-Hayes For Open Lausd Board Seat
by Vanessa Romo, LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1cLzVvZ Posted on February 24, 2014 :: Former mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has thrown himself into the District 1 special election race by endorsing Genethia Hudley-Hayes, one of 13 candidates running to join the LA Unified School Board. Former Mayor Villaraigosa >> Hudley-Hayes, who served as school board president until she lost her
IF YOU BUILD IT: "What if you could bring back shop class but this time orient the projects around things that the community needed?"
Oakland's Emily Pilloton retools shop class with conscience by Jessica Zack in the San Francisco Chronicle | http://bit.ly/1fnqYvg Mikaela James, 9, gains guidance from architect Emily Pilloton while using a miter saw during a class on how to fix things. Photo: Leah Millis, The Chronicle February 23, 2014 :: In a clip from her 2010 TED Talk that opens the new documentary "If
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-24-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Many L.A. Unified School Libraries, Lacking Staff, Are Forced To ShutBudget cuts leave about half of L.A. Unified's elementary and middle schools without librarians, and thousands of students without books. By Teresa Watanabe, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1jtWS8w Hands raised :: Raising their hands, Alexa Martinez, 7, back row, left; Jennifer Hernandez, 6