LAUSD’s MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL WINS ONLINE DECATHLON
by LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1slWrPW John Marshall High School Posted on May 9, 2014 2:31 pm :: LA Unified has claimed a second victory in a major academic competition. Marshall High School won the 2014 U.S. Academic Decathlon Online competition, scoring 39,461 out of a possible 48,000 points. The win follows El Camino Real Charter High School’s victory in the 2014 U.S.Academic
LA SCHOOLS BUDGET DISCUSSION: More teachers, custodians, health services, technology
Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/RAJXIU Lee LeFever/Flickr May 12th, 2014, 5:00am :: The Los Angeles Unified school board is scheduled to discuss Superintendent John Deasy's 2014-2015 proposed budget at its meeting Tuesday - and it promises hours of debate over long lists of competing wants. lest you missed it: Regular LAUSD Board
STATE’S NEW COMPUTERIZED EXAM TRYOUT PLAGUED BY GLITCHES: New exams, given for the first time on computers, really have been a test. But not always of Math and English.
At Fredrick Douglass Academy High School, Principal LaKeyshua Washington banters with senior Charles Rachal, 19, in the computer lab. ICEF had been reluctant to invest in technology upgrades in the former church the group leases for Douglass. (Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times) HOWARD BLUME | Education - Los Angeles Times http://lat.ms/1l4dCmp May 11, 2014 | 10:58 :: Educators
FAMILIES IN SCHOOLS TWITTER PARTY THIS AFTERNOON: Parents are worth more than spare change! + smf’s 2¢
received by e-mail -------- Original message -------- From: Families In Schools <smendoza@familiesinschools.org> Date: 05/11/2014 5:04 PM (GMT-08:00) Subject: Reminder: Twitter Party 05/12 - Parents are worth more than spare change! You are invited Join the #Yes2Parents Twitter Party! Monday, May 12th, 2014
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-11-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Duncan: “Achievement gaps among ethnic groups have not narrowed.”: NATIONAL REPORT CARD FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS SHOWS STAGNATION IN MATH+READING + smf’s 2¢Commenting on the 2013 NAEP 'report card' for US hi12th graders, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said,''achievement gaps among ethnic groups have not narrowed.' By Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Mo
