Teacher in L.A. to Diane Ravitch: JOHN DEASY IS THE EDUCATIONAL EQUIVALENT OF DICK CHENEY + Karin Klein’s 2¢ …+ smf’s too!
By dianeravitch from her blog | http://bit.ly/1gya6D5 October 20, 2013 :: This teacher, who requests anonymity for obvious reasons, has noticed a peculiar tendency on the part of editorial boards and business leaders to shower praise on educational leaders who act brusquely, with a maximum show of contempt for those they lead. He calls this the “Dick Cheney” style of leadership.
FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM SAVED, but few other changes to LA schools' $7.3 billion budget
Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1nifIiq Matt Cardy/Getty Images June 17th, 2014, 8:20pm :: Despite a smattering of demonstrations and long hours of public comment, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy's $7.3 billion budget proposal was almost entirely unchanged by the school board during its Tuesday meeting - the last before a vote. The biggest debate
THE LAUSD BUDGET? “Forget it, Scott. It’s Chinatown….”
A 4LAKids reader writes: Hell might freeze over since the LASchoolReport got it right: But in all likelihood, the budget presented last week by Superintendent John Deasy and the spending plan that reflects the new revenue from the state’s Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) will not change significantly after parents, students and community leaders have their say. In fact, there’s very little
THE LAUSD BUDGET: The Superintendent’s “Final” Version
It says “FINAL” in capital letters – why even have a meeting on June 24th to approve it? …and look, stock photos of smiling children! You know it must be good! 2014-15 FINAL BUDGET
LAUSD BOARD REAPPOINTS MAGRUDER TO BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: 3 stories+2¢
LAUSD reappoints member of bond oversight panel after uproar Stuart Magruder, reappointed to LAUSD bond panel, was accused of intruding on instructional decisions Howard Blume | LA Times http://lat.ms/1phTm56 Students at a Los Angeles Unified school are seen playing with their district-issued Apple iPads. (
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-16-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Trusting Tax ExpendituresWritten by Red Queen in L.A., from her blog | http://bit.ly/U3CCmz Monday, 16 Jun 2014 :: As an LAUSD parent of just four-years’ standing, there is a vast, murky gulf of incomprehension regarding this school system, yawning not only to the fore, but way, way into the dim, if recent, past of my own pre-LAUSD-involvement. When L