4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
L.A. UNIFIED BOND OVERSIGHT PANEL WANTS iPAD CRITIC REAPPOINTED
School board member Galatzan defends her move to oust a critic of the iPad program by Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1k7FNEH May 29, 2014 7:08 PM :: The committee that oversees school bond spending in Los Angeles has called for the reinstatement of iPad project critic Stuart Magruder. Magruder surrendered his seat last week after the L.A. Board of Education refused to reappoint
MAY 29
$9 Billion State School Construction Bond Moves Towards November Ballot
By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/1nGmMsN The proposed $9 billion bond measure would include $6 billion for K-12 districts to renovate and build new school facilities. Source: Flickr May 28th, 2014 :: The Assembly Appropriations Committee has finally put a dollar figure to a school construction bond measure that it wants to place on the November ballot: $9 billion. Voter
Frustrated La School Board Members’ Message To Administrators: Provide Detailed Arts Budget
Mary Plummer | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1tqzWtN Mary Plummer/KPCC | School board members Steve Zimmer and Monica Ratliff during an April 29, 2014 school board committee meeting. May 28th, 2014, 3:58pm :: Los Angeles Unified School board members on Tuesday repeatedly called for more information on how administrators are providing arts education, saying they've been largely shut
Board District One: SEVEN CANDIDATES VIE FOR LAUSD BOARD SEAT IN WIDE-OPEN CONTEST
Staying power of LAUSD Supt. John Deasy's policies could be affected by who wins seat on Board of Education by Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1kNW1Si May 28, 2014 | 9:59 PM :: The Los Angeles teachers union and a powerful group of civic leaders are sitting out Tuesday's key race for a seat on the Board of Education in what has become a spirited, wide-open contest among seven
Kayser Introduces Motion To Re-Appoint Stuart Magruder To The Oversight Committee
by email from the office of LAUSD boardmember Bennett Kayser May 28, 2014 4:51 PM :: In the name of independence, citizen volunteers and an informed LAUSD bond oversite committee, we have submitted the language below for first hearing at the 6/10 Reg Bd mtg and for action at the 6/17 Special Board Mtg. Mr. Kayser- Reappointment of Mr. Magruder to the School Construction Bond Oversight
MAY 27
School Librarians A Rare Find In California Public Schools
By Lillian Mongeau, Ed Source | http://bit.ly/1jXUGt9 School librarian Shannon Englebrecht reminds Tori Reese, 8, that she has several books overdue.Englebrecht allows students at Charles Drew Preparatory Academy, a public school in San Francisco, to check out as many books as they want. Credit: LillianMongeau, EdSource May 26th, 2014 :: Shannon Englebrecht, who works for the San
MAY 26
Stoner Parents Win, Lausd Removes Co-Located Charter
by Michael Janofsky, Managing editor LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1pcPXWD CWC Mar Vista Charter School May 23, 2014, 2:07 pm :: Parents of students at Stoner Elementary School, who have been fighting to get the co-located Citizens of the World Charter School Mar Vista (CWC) off their campus, have succeeded in their quest. A letter from LA Unified has informed them the charter “will
L.A. Unified Shifting ‘Teacher Jails’ Into Homes
By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1jWl7zs UTLA President-elect Alex Caputo-Pearl said the change "was brought about by the pressure generated over the last few months from parents, school communities and educators." (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times) May 26, 2014, 4:57 pm :: As of Tuesday, Los Angeles teachers suspended amid misconduct investigations will be allowed to
Editorial - CONGRESS’ ASSIGNMENT: SCHOOL REFORM. Why not start with No Child Left Behind?
Los Angeles Times Editorial | http://lat.ms/1tdNl8k President Obama is seen visiting a school in Maryland. Congress is considering several education bills this year. (Chip Somodevilla / EPA) May 26, 2014 :: School reform shouldn't be this hard Congress is taking up a large number of education bills this year. Unfortunately, the issue it is ignoring — as it has for years — is the one that
MAY 25
From the far side of the pond: EDUCATION’S CULTURE OF OVERWORK IS TURNING CHILDREN AND TEACHERS INTO GHOSTS
If schools slowed down and focused on a deeper kind of flourishing, they might be more productive (if not very Goveian) by Melissa Benn, The Guardian, http://bit.ly/1lLwrtM ●●smf’s translation: GOVEIAN: of or pertaining to the Rt. Hon. Michael Gove, British Conservative Party politician, the Secretary of State for Education and the Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath. Gove’s is