Not data-driven? Perhaps a key reason David Coleman excluded most literature from Gates Foundation's CCSS racket
Not data-driven? Perhaps a key reason David Coleman excluded most literature from Gates Foundation's CCSS racket
Not data-driven? Perhaps a key reason David Coleman eliminated most literature from @gatesfoundation's #CCSS racket. pic.twitter.com/1qDAGhRTIo— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) March 15, 2014
YESTERDAY
LAUSD Parent writes about John Deasy and Casey Wasserman's deceptive practices
LAUSD Parent Crystal Smith posted this incredible expose of John "let them eat iPads" Deasy and right-wing-meddling-millionaire Casey Wasserman's grand deception of Los Angeles families and educators on the Repairs not iPads facebook page. Reprinted here with permission. The teachers, administrators, parents, but especially the students deserve better By Crystal Smith Does anyone reme
Winning LAUSD breakfast combo: Deasy Drinking Water + LA Fund BIC Muffin Mold!
Winning #LAUSD breakfast combo: Deasy Drinking Water® + @LAFund BIC Muffins! @RepairsNotIPads https://t.co/rWSnNI1bbq pic.twitter.com/OAWrtFvIRF— PESJA Los Angeles (@PESJA_LA) March 14, 2014
Repairs, not iPads presents: Repairs not DEASY Rally!
REPAIRS NOT IPADS FACEBOOK PAGERepairs not Deasy RallyTuesday, March 18, 20 at 4:00pm Chatsworth High School10027 Lurline Ave, Chatsworth, CA 91311 We will be Heard!Repair our SchoolsHands off our Repair and Construction BondRestore our Libraries, Early Education, Adult Education, Physical Education, Arts Education, Counselors, Lower Class Size iPads are not a Civil Right! Repairs not Deasy
Teacher help needed: Hannah Nguyen of Students United for Public Education recruiting students for EmpowerED 2014
We need help Los Angeles teachers! Some of you may already be familiar with Hannah Nguyen. She is the USC student who gained national attention when she called Michelle Rhee out at Rhee's own event. Hannah was recently one of the student panelist at Diane Ravitch's Network for Public Education (NPE) event in Austin. She is in integral part of the national leadership of Students United for Public
MAR 12
Boyle Heights Parents and Students Rally to Save Beloved School
**************************** Media Release March 11, 2014 For Immediate Release Boyle Heights Parents and Students Rally to Save Beloved School333 Beaudry Ave, Los Angeles, CA. 90017 4-6pm For the third week in a row, students and parents from Roosevelt High School's Academy of Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) will take to the streets in protest of LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy's decisi
SKrashen: Yes, let's drop the SAT essay. While we're at it, let's drop the SAT
SKrashen: Yes, let's drop the SAT essay. While we're at it, let's drop the SAT: Sent to the NY Times, March 11 Re: "Can writing be assessed?" March 10. There is no point in testing writing form, i.e. the use ...
MAR 11
Return Dr. Rangel, OUR Principal, back to Maya Angelou High School, Fine Arts Academy!
Return Dr. Rangel, OUR Principal, back to Maya Angelou High School, Fine Arts Academy! #LAUSD http://t.co/2GbsKiHClM pic.twitter.com/FkAOw1Z47Y— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) March 12, 2014 Petition | Rally & Press Conference
MAR 10
Ed Notes Online: Dora Taylor: What is a Charter School
Ed Notes Online: Dora Taylor: What is a Charter School: Dora reminds us of her 2010 piece on charters at the Seattle Education blog. What is a Charter School? The basic difference between a tr...
Did Genethia Hudley-Hayes use John Deasy's ONE WEIRD TRICK to 'earn' [buy] PhD?
L.A. school board candidate accused of falsely claiming doctorate Did Genethia Hudley-Hayes use John Deasy's ONE WEIRD TRICK to "earn" [buy] PhD? #LAUSD #edchat http://t.co/U7GqpbxX7O pic.twitter.com/S6h51rNIhA— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) March 11, 2014
Professional educator Lydia Gutierrez versus profit minded businessman Marshall Tuck
I'm currently not endorsing anyone in the race for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, but there is one individual whose life-long mission to destroy public education must be stopped. Tom Torlakson would have easily won my endorsement had it not been for his support of the abject Pearson plc, News Corp, and Gates Foundation profit pit otherwise known as Common Core State Standa
Once more the tyrannical Deasy regime sacks an excellent administrator whose service to students was peerless
Once more the tyrannical Deasy regime sacks an excellent administrator whose service to students was peerless. #LAUSD pic.twitter.com/xCF4fBVXsj— Robert D. Skeels (@rdsathene) March 10, 2014
MAR 09
Lisa Karahalios calls for iPad CCTP oversight committee to continue
March 5, 2014. Speaking at the CCTP Tech (iPad) Committee, Lisa Karahalios expresses disappointment in Dr. Vladovic's decision to shut down the ad hoc committee. "Given that this is probably the largest public works rollout of technology in schools in history, I think this committee should go forward, and it shouldn't just be an ad hoc committee, I think it should be an official committee of