Bullets Fly, But The Test Must Go On
By Maggie Terry / commentary in EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1miIFMc This commentary was written the day last month that 10th graders in Los Angeles were due to take the math portion of the California High School Exit Exam. April 9th, 2014 :: Five pops that sounded like fireworks. Short and crisp. Totally misplaced at 8:05 a.m. Who lights fireworks on a Wednesday morning? But it
BAD TEACHERS OR CORRUPT SYSTEM? LAUSD cracks down on alleged misconduct
student journalism by Holly San Nicolas, managing editor of the Hollywood High School Crimson Chronicle | http://bit.ly/1higAkJ ▲Screen capture of pp.7 of the online version of the February 2014 Crimson Chronicle
The authentic local voice for Local Control Funding speaks out …but were they/will they/should they be heard?: LA UNIFIED STUDENTS ASK VLADOVIC TO USE “INDEX” FOR NEEDS
by Michael Janofsky, LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1iNL56x Fremont High students, on their way to see LAUSD Board President Richard Vladovic Posted on April 30, 2014 2:50 pm :: After weeks of trying, a group of students from Fremont High School finally got a meeting yesterday in the office of LA Unified Board President Richard Vladovic to promote their Special Need Index for use in the
Mayday! Mayday!! - Miramonte civil lawsuits in disarray: LAUSD BRINGS IN NEW LAWYERS, ADMITS SHREDDING DOCUMENTS
…OK, this may be semantic overreach; I’m not sure that LAUSD’s defense was ever “in array!” Awry maybe? LAUSD Assigns New Law Firm to Miramonte Child Abuse Cases LAUSD had initially hired the Sedgwick Law Firm, with chief attorney Thomas Delaney at the onset of the Miramonte scandal. By John Cadiz Klemack, KNBC News | NBC Southern California | http://
DISTRICT 1 CANDIDATES FORUM | Thursday, May 1 | 7:00PM | Hamilton High School
2014 Community Town Hall Meeting: LAUSD School Board Candidate Forum A public Q&A about the future of our schools For the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), this is a time of unprecedented changes and challenges. Public debate continues over testing and core curricula, teacher tenure and the role of unions, the introduction of computer tablets and other technologies, breakfast in
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-30-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: 3 stories: ALEX CAPUTO-PEARL ELECTED UTLA PRESIDENTAlex Caputo-Pearl won elected president of the United Teachers Los Angeles, defeating incumbent Warren Fletcher in a runoff vote. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times / March 4, 2014) Alex Caputo-Pearl wins runoff election to head L.A. teachers union Howard Blume , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1u4Q3jS Apr