Smarter Balanced: NEW CALIFORNIA STANDARDIZED TEST - SCHEDULED TO START NEXT WEEK - POSTPONED FOR A WEEK – with one day’s notice!
One of the contractors running the tests wants more time to “test the load”. Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1gyawDE Photo by Overton 2012 via Wikimedia Commons March 14th, 2014, 4:58pm :: Southern California students will have to wait another week to take a new computerized standardized tests. Testing was set to start on Tuesday, but the test's
Education in California/Dance of The Lemons: THE VERGARA LAWSUIT
®eformers want to make it easier to sack bad teachers From the print edition of The Economist (UK) | http://econ.st/1fv0tyl Mar 15th 2014 | LOS ANGELES JOSH, a young social-studies teacher working in a tough part of Los Angeles, had been on the job for less than a year when word came that it might not last much longer. Its public finances in ruins, California was slashing budgets and
LAUSD IN THE NEWS: from Thursday March 13, 2014 + smf’s 1½¢
4LAKids is having a small computer problem this AM and is posting/Tweeting/Facebooking the morning email LAUSD in the News feed directly to the 4LAKidsNews Page. ●● Were smf to add his 2¢ it would be to point out – re: L.A. school board approves amended contract for Supt. John Deasy - that the Board of Ed has taken a page from the Broad Academy playbook and has made its interaction with the
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-11-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Striking The Balance In School Budgeting Control Cross & Joftus http://edstrategies.net is a national education consulting firm. The C&J Blog gives partners and associates a way to share insights learned from working with a very diverse set of clients–including small rural districts, large urban districts, states, foundations, and national non