4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
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
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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
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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 say, “of course it does.” But evidence from our research suggests otherwise. In fact, most forms of parental
LAO Report: THE 2014-15 BUDGET - Maintaining Education Facilities in California
“ While we commend the administration for highlighting deferred maintenance as a problem, the LAO has concerns with the Governor's specific proposals and recommend the Legislature consider various alternatives. …we believe the state should have a long-term strategy for properly maintaining education facilities. ”
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SANTA MONICA COACH MAY BECOME A HERO FOR EXASPERATED TEACHERS: A teacher at Santa Monica High School was placed on leave Friday after what a district official called an "utterly alarming" confrontation involving the teacher and a student.
By Robin Abcarian, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1nlCHeh April 5, 2014, 6:52 p.m. :: No doubt, the situation was “alarming,” as the school superintendent described it, and deeply upsetting to the students who witnessed it. A well-regarded wrestling coach and science teacher at Santa Monica High School got into an altercation Friday with a male student in his classroom. A video shot by a student on
