4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
Alex Caputo-Pearl: CANDIDATE TO HEAD UTLA FACES LAUSD DISCIPLINE
By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1qGU64f Candidate for UTLA president, Alex Caputo-Pearl, answers a question during a recent candidates forum. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times / March 4, 2014) March 14, 2014, 11:41 a.m. :: Los Angeles school district officials say one of the top candidates for president of the teachers union faces discipline for leaving his campus to
THE CONTINUING ADVENTURES OF THELMA & MARIA: From the Twitterverse
from @HowardBlume: LA Times Education Reporter Howard Blume’s Twitter Feed NOTE: ^^^Reads UP from BOTTOM (#14) to TOP (#1) ^^^ #14 was sent at 8:58 PM on Friday Night 14 Mar 2014 Howard Blume @howardblume 14h Garcetti: "I congratulate her on this exciting new opportunity with LAUSD and am sure our work together will continue." Howard Blume @howardblume 14h Garcetti: ..."that
Vergara v. California: SCHOOLS ON TRIAL
SoCal Insider 328 - Gun Fight/Schools on Trial – YouTube | http://bit.ly/NfJGIJ Aired on Mar 14, 2014 :: PBS SoCal Insider Rick Reiff hosts a debate between former California Majority Leader Gloria Romero and Reagan Duncan of the California Teachers Association over Vergara v. California, a historic court challenge to teacher tenure and job protections. Direct Link to Clip:
Smarter Balanced: ONLINE STANDARDIZED TEST DELAY IS NATIONWIDE + smf’s 2¢
Smarter Balanced Group Delays Field-Testing in 22 States by One Week By Stephen Sawchuk | Curriculum Matters - Education Week http://bit.ly/1hky9kM March 14, 2014 12:00 PM :: One of the two state consortia developing exams aligned with the Common Core State Standards is giving itself an additional week to iron out any glitches before field-testing begins. The Smarter Balanced Assessment
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
MAR 13
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
MAR 11
Webinar – GEARING UP FOR SCHOOL HEALTH: Riding the Path to a Comprehensive School Health Program
by email from SPARK It's hard to enjoy a safe and smooth bike ride to your destination if your tires are low, your brakes are squeaky, and your gear shift is taking the day off. A successful comprehensive school health program (CSHP) is a little like your bicycle, it must have all components working well to achieve the ultimate goal -- healthier students! What's so great about healthier
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-profits. Our aim is to highlight promising practices and current
MAR 10
Agnotology: CULTURAL PRODUCTION OF IGNORANCE PROVIDES RICH FIELD FOR STUDY + smf’s 2¢
Robert Proctor is one of the world's leading experts in agnotology, a neologism signifying the study of the cultural production of ignorance. Irony and using a preposition to end a sentence with: Eric Lawson, who portrayed the rugged Marlboro man in cigarette ads during the late 1970s, died Jan. 10 at his home in San Luis Obispo of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive
The UTLA Presidential Race: CANDIDATES VYING TO LEAD UTLA REFLECT RECENT TEACHER WOES + UTLA STATEMENTS & E4E RESPONSES
The 10 candidates running for president of United Teachers-Los Angeles seek to lead a dispirited and divided teacher corps with common grievances but who lack consensus on how to move forward. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1loK43O Incumbent Warren Fletcher, center, seeks a second and final term as UTLA president for a three-year position that pays $101,000 annually
LA Schools iPads: OFFICIALS CHOSE INCOMPLETE SOFTWARE OVER COMPETITORS
Annie Gilbertson, Education Reporter | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1cq4RE2 Grant Slater/KPCC : A student at KIPP Comienza in Huntington Park plays ST Math to review the week's material. The game tracks his progress and gives him harder activities as he masters skills. It's the type of interactivity L.A. Unified reviewers said they were
MAR 09
Pro/Con: SHOULD TABLETS REPLACE TEXTBOOKS IN K-12 SCHOOLS?
Tablets vs. Textbooks - ProCon.org http://bit.ly/NPdUTQ Tablets-Textbooks ProCon.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit website that presents facts, studies, and pro and con statements on whether or not tablets should replace textbooks in K-12 schools Background: Publishing for the K-12 school market is an $8 billion industry, with three companies - McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Ratliff Is Not The Problem/Ratliff Is The Problem
Ratliff is Not the Problem Written by Sara Roos, LA CityWatch | http://bit.ly/1cMl4y2 7 Mar 2014 - EDUCATION POLITICS :: The new LAUSD District 6 School Board (BOE) member, Monica Ratliff, is being blamed – personally and explicitly and completely unfairly – for at least one school’s pedagogy-free “deployment” of iPads. Following problems earlier this year, iPads were “grounded” at the
District 1 School Board Candidates Debate, Hudley-Hayes Accused Of Resume Padding
School board candidates meet at forum In first faceoff, candidates call for more funding for most needy children. By Los Angeles Wave Wire Services |http://bit.ly/1nwClBY Gary McCarthy/Los Angeles Wave Candidates debate: Former Washington Prep High School Principal George McKenna speaks during Monday’s candidate forum for the Los Angeles Unified school board District 1 seat. To
ARTS AT THE CORE: Dr. Deasy’s elementary arts plan …and a PowerPoint about the budget
from LAUSD, presented w/o comment
MAR 08
KEEP FOX NEWS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM!: Rupert Murdoch, Common Core and the dangerous rise of for-profit public education
Rupert Murdoch and other moguls smell mega-riches in Common Core Standards. They can't be allowed to wreck schools by Erin Osborne | Salon.com | http://bit.ly/1n6Ahnv Monday, Dec 16, 2013 04:43 AM PST :: The Pearson Foundation has agreed to pay $7.7 million to settle allegations that the nonprofit broke New York state law while attempting to profit from Common Core-aligned products. An
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?: Jaime Aquino
By smf for 4LAKidsNews Saturday, March 8, 2014 :: Former LAUSD Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Jaime Aquino, who ankled The District in the brouhaha over iPads and office politics back in September of 2013, has landed on his feet at The New Teacher Center, where he is the NTC’s Executive Vice President of Strategy and Innovation. Aquino, from LA School Report>> Aquino
KANSAS SUPREME COURT FINDS STATE SCHOOL FUNDING UNCONSTITUTIONAL: 2 stories +smf’s 2¢
Court Orders Kansas Legislature to Spend More on Schools By TREVOR GRAFF and JOHN ELIGON, NY Times | http://nyti.ms/1ikxVuR Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas, pictured at an elementary school in January, praised Friday’s ruling for not setting an exact dollar amount that must be spent to create equality among the districts. Credit Craig Hacker for The New York Times MARCH 7, 2014 ::
Arne blinks! FEDERAL OFFICIALS END STAND OFF, GREEN-LIGHT CALIFORNIA TESTING PLAN
Adolfo Guzman-Lopez | | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1nqUNfr AP Photo | Education Secretary Arne Duncan talks about education reform during a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, Friday, May 29, 2009. Duncan said this is a time of educational crisis, as well as economic crisis, and that we will have to educate our way to a