Field Poll: 3 out of 5 OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS SUPPORT UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS
News stories/Follow the links: Majority of California voters support universal preschool for 4-year-olds -- Most California voters think the state should increase the availability of preschool for the state’s 4-year-olds, according to a Field Poll conducted in partnership with EdSource. Lillian Mongeau EdSource -- 4/18/14 Californians support state-funded preschool for 4-year-olds, survey
Cartoon: THE 20 STAGES OF READING
by Lynda Berry | The Washington Post | http://wapo.st/Rw7RWt Sep 13, 2013 - If there are stages of grief and steps to recovery; isn't the act of reading a complicated, evolving thing over time?
Serious Reading Takes A Hit From Online Scanning And Skimming, Reseachers Say
By Michael S. Rosenwald, The Washington Post | http://wapo.st/Rw0z4U smf: This article, and the cited book Proust and the Squid comes recommended by former Superintendent Roy Romer. [see this] Romer and I suggest you read it deeply – and in a not-so-subtle message from the author: Proust and the Squid is not available
Same Fight, Another Arena
By smf for 4LAKidsNews April 18, 2014 :: Apparently the way to fund a school bond campaign to relieve overcrowded conditions and fix aging facilities is to pack too-many like-minded potential donors into a too-small room, give them wine and cheese and canapés (and diet Coke) – tell stories about the glory days of yesteryear and shake ‘em down for checks. So it was Thursday night in when
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-16-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: 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 t