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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-16-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:







1st ANNUAL FERNANDO JONES’ BLUES CAMP LOS ANGELES COMES TO LAUSD!
by smf for 4LAKidsNews At the risk of taking credit where other people did all the work I am pleased to forward this info along on a project I helped set up by introducing my friend Chiara Tellini to my friend Tony White. We also serve who say "Chiara, meet Tony" ...and then just stand back! Your job - and you have no other choice but to accept - is to pass this word on to every music te

DISTRICTS FACE CHALENGE OF PRIORITIZING PUBLIC INPUT ON SCHOOL SPENDING + smf’s 2¢
By Louis Freedberg | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/1iZj3lv April 15th, 2014 | California’s school funding reform law has triggered a burst of outreach efforts to solicit parent and community input in at least some districts – along with a plethora of suggestions about how to spend the additional education funds they will receive from the state. But what is not clear is how these
API SUSPENDED …BUT NOT ACCOUNTABILITY MANDATES + smf’s 2¢
by Kimberly Beltran, SI&A Cabinet Report :: http://bit.ly/1qImMZL APRIL 16, 2014  ::  (Calif.) With scores for the annual Academic Performance Index suspended for the next two years, school districts will still be required to meet accountability mandates set out in the Gov. Jerry Brown’s new Local Control Funding Formula. Under a plan detailed Tuesday, districts will be allowed to use one of


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-15-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Compare+Contrast: PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS OVERRATED + TEACHERS OFTEN BLAME PARENTS FOR PROBLEM STUDENTS + smf’s 2¢Parental Involvement Is Overrated By KEITH ROBINSON and ANGEL L. HARRIS, OpEd in the New York Times |  http://nyti.ms/1ilF0xt April 12, 2014, 2:32 pm ::  Most people, asked whether parental involvement benefits children academically, would s