4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
Dr. Deasy explains it all for you: RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE A STUDENT MEMBER ON THE LAUSD BOARD OF EDUCATION + 2¢ here + 2¢ there
Board Informative from the Superintendent A Beaudry insider (name withheld to protect the innocent) opines: “Wowzer! Talk about bureaucratizing, politicizing and monetizing a molehill”. Oakland is a “surrounding” district to LAUSD? Is this confusion semantic or geographic? “…at least one nonvoting pupil member” is minimal compliance. Gosh forbid/heaven forefend LAUSD
Transcript Of Washington Post Reporter Lyndsey Layton’S March 2014 Interview With Bill Gates
Gates sees himself as a neutral benevolent who is outside of (above?) the political process, and he clearly resents the idea that anyone would question his motives in funding CCSS by deutsch29/Mercedes Schneider – from her blog | On June 7, 2014, Washington Post reporter Lyndsey Layton published a blockbuster article largely based on a 28-minute interview she had with Gates following
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. (
JUN 16
Trusting Tax Expenditures
Written 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 Los Angeles voters passed Proposition BB in 1997, I was just giving
JUN 15
The Kids Crossing The Border
The new crisis at the border: undocumented and unaccompanied minors TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD | http://lat.ms/1jsiznz Immigration authorities have opened a shelter at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas to house a rising number of unaccompanied minors who have been crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. (Department of Health and Human Services) June 15, 2014 :: Facing a massive rise in the
A Textbook Case Of Meddling In California
TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD | http://lat.ms/1y4tXzP June 15, 2014 :: For all the criticism that's (justifiably) leveled at Texas over its right-wing rewrite of its history textbooks, California is surely the nation's capital of legislative interference with what should be the job of academics. The latest effort comes from Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena). His AB 1912would pressure the state
JUN 14
LAUSD’s JOHN DEASY WANTS TO HELP WRITE NEW TEACHER TENURE LAWS + smf’s 2¢
By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1ixpbB9 LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy wants to create a coalition that will rewrite teacher tenure laws. (File photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News) 6/11/14, 9:13 PM PDT | UPDATED: 6/13/14 :: The chief administrator of California’s largest school system Tuesday called on the state’s governor, attorney general and
When The L.A. Unified Watchdog Watches To Closely
Steve Lopez, LOS ANGELES TIMES |http://lat.ms/1y16y2o Students at Broadacres Elementary school in Carson explore the possibilities with their new LAUSD provided iPads in August. The district wants to tap about $1 billion in bond money to provide every student, teacher and administrator with a digital tablet. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles
