THE COMMON CORE MAKES MATH MORE COMPLICATED. HERE’S WHY. + Stephen Colbert explains it all for you
by Libby Nelson | Vox.com | http://bit.ly/1f5FY1O A teacher goes over fractions in a fourth grade math class in Takoma Park, Maryland. Fourth and fifth grade math teachers in the state are training themselves to teach to Common Core standards.Linda Davidson / The Washington Post via Getty Images April 20, 2014, 8:30 a.m. ET :: You might not know what a number sentence is. Neither does
Lawmakers Reject Brown’S Online Learning Proposal
by Kimberly Beltran, SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet | http://bit.ly/1lEB2PQ APRIL 23, 2014 (Calif.) :: A key budget panel on Tuesday rejected Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest plan to revamped the K-12 independent study program and create more opportunities for students to use modern technology as part of their academic day. The Assembly Budget
Republican Governor Hopeful Neel Kashkari Proposes Major Education Overhaul
The GOP candidate for governor would throw out much of the education code, send funds directly to schools rather than to districts and let most public schools run like charters. By Seema Mehta, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1ifabpE April 22, 2014 :: Saying that better schools are critical for California's prosperity, GOP gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari proposes changing the way education
L.A. ETHICS COMMISSION SUSPENDS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS IN CITY+LAUSD ELECTIONS IN THE WAKE OF McCUTCHEON v. FEC
by email from the Ethics Commission What this means is that individuals can now give up to $1,100 to each and every candidate in an election, rather than a limit of a total of $1,100 to all candidates in an election. Billionaires, PAC’s, Special Interest Groups and Scrooge McDuck will still figure out a way to give kazillion$ of dollar$ to whomever they want! AGGREGATE
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-21-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DISTRICT ATTORNEY REVIEWS LAUSD INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON iPAD CONTRACT; ELECTS NOT TO PROSECUTEBy Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1lyzF9T Students try out iPads provided by L.A. Unified early in the school year. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times) April 21, 2014, 2:27 p.m. :: The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has reviewed an