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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-2-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:







Sb 1174: Senate Panel Moves Bill To Restore Multilingual K-12 Classrooms
by Kimberly Beltran  |  SI&A Cabinet Report :: http://bit.ly/1nRILOP MAY 01, 2014 (Calif.)   ::  A bill that would repeal the core tenets of a 15-year-old ban on the use of bilingual education in the state’s K-12 school system cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday – passing out of the Senate Education Committee, where it was lauded as being both necessary and overdue. SB 1174 by Sen.


Ab215: Teacher Dismissal Bill Unanimously Supported By Senate Ed Committee
By Theresa Harrington, Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News  | http://bit.ly/R8TwPg 5/01/2014 7:16:03 PM PDT | SACRAMENTO  ::   The Senate Education Committee has given its unanimous support to AB215 by Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, D-Alamo, which would streamline the teacher discipline and dismissal appeal process. The bill would expedite and prioritize cases of egregious misconduct, those

Allegations+Revelations About Miramonte Child Abuse Continue
Allegations in Miramonte molestation case grow by Howard Blume | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1pXSJAj Former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, right, appears in L.A. County Superior Court with attorney Manny Medrano last year. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times / November 15, 2013) May 1, 2014, 6:20 p.m.  ::  Previously

PLAN TO USE ‘NEED INDEX’ TO GO BEFORE LAUSD BOARD + far more than 2¢ from a 4LAKids reader

by LA School Report | http://bit.ly/Si8Qdl Posted on May 1, 2014 12:17 pm ::  In a surprise move, LA Unified school board will consider a resolution that supports the use of an alternative formula, known as the “Student Need Index,” in deciding how to distribute school funds throughout the district. LA School Report has learned that Monica Garcia and Board President Richard Vladovic have agreed


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 5-1-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DISTRICT 1 CANDIDATES FORUM | Thursday, May 1 | 7:00PM | Hamilton High School2014 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 curri