4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
Tablets in Education: FORMER L.A. SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT SAYS USING BONDS TO BUY IPADS ILLEGAL – Supt Johnston’s letter, BOC Chairman English’s reply + smf’s 2¢
by D.B. Hebbard Talking New Media | The digital publishing industry website http://bit.ly/1cumkWu February 28, 2014 | 8:05 am :: More school districts are bringing tablets to the classroom. It is a good goal to bring technology into schools, the question many school districts are facing is how to pay for it, and how to implement it. On the vendor side of things, selling tablets to schools is
Utla Race Gets National Attention
Posted by LA School Report | February 28, 2014 While LA School Report has been paying close attention to the elections taking place at UTLA, the nations second largest teachers union, the competition hasn’t attracted much outside attention – that is until recently. Now, education blogger, Anthony Cody at Edweek-Teacher, has launched a series of Question-and-Answers with the 10 candidates vying
DESPITE GROWING iPAD PROGRAM, LA SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SEEKS TO EXPAND COMPUTER LABB
Two-thirds of all bond funds spent on computers outside the iPad/CCTP program is spent in one board district. Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1jIw4Se February 27th, 2014, 2:21pm :: Los Angeles Unified school board member Tamar Galatzan wants to spend $290,000 in bond money for computer labs for five of her San Fernando district's elementary schools. The new
Mad Libs Education Reform
Retweeted by @the Chalk Face | http://bit.ly/1mS6trk See Also: By the numbers: HOW TO TELL IF YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INFECTED BY THE BROAD VIRUS | http://bit.ly/jqDocs #17: A (self-anointed, politically connected) group called NCTQ comes to town a few months before your teachers’ contract is up for negotiation and writes a Mad Libs evaluation of your districts’ teachers (for about $
Teachers: LA SCHOOLS’ ARTS+MUSIC EDUCATION BUDGET ‘A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION’
●●smf: I would say half-as-much Arts Ed to twice-as-many students is two steps in two wrong directions! (When you multiply fractions you get less.) Mary Plummer, Education Reporter | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1hg6pA7 Ken Scarboro/KPCC February 26th, 2014, 5:01am :: Los Angeles Unified School district is proposing to cut the
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Libraries Are Vital To Student Success
CSFDaily Titan Opinion By Michael Chen in the Cal State Fullerton Daily Titan | http://bit.ly/1o50Nci February 25, 2014 :: The importance of libraries cannot be understated. Thousands of students across the state use libraries as a quiet haven to study, conduct research and to collaborate with their fellow classmates. Taking that away from any student would be devastating to their academic
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
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U.S. Textbooks Are Pulled Into International Clash
A dispute over the name of a sea pits Japan's economic clout against Korean Americans' growing political influence. By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1fNAFhv February 23, 2014, 8:57 p.m. :: WASHINGTON — It's not the usual question considered in U.S. state capitols: What to call the body of water between Japan and the Korean peninsula? Virginia's governor is poised to
Many L.A. Unified School Libraries, Lacking Staff, Are Forced To Shut
Budget 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; Helen Hernandez, 7; and Noe Ortiz, 6, are eager to answer a question from library aide Cindy
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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