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Friday, June 27, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-27-14

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Attention All LAUSD Teachers: FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES & “THE CHILDREN OF WILLESDEN LANE”
from Councilmember Jose Huizar’s Downtown Community e-newsletter | http://bit.ly/Vugqmw 27 June 2014  ::  The Music Center is excited to partner with Mona Golabek and The Los Angeles Unified School District to present “The Children of Willesden Lane” project, a special series of performances for middle and high school students November 3-7, 2014.  The performances will take place at


Poll Finds Common Core Opposition Rising In California
By John Fensterwald |EdSource  | http://bit.ly/1jrLsAC Credit: John C. Osborn/EdSource Today June 26, 2014  ::  Here are some key results of the poll of Californians’ views on education conducted by the University of Southern California Rossier School of Education and Policy Analysis for California Education. For more details of the survey, see below. An annual poll of Californians


Including Teachers In The Student Mental-Health Continuum
Commentary By Thomas J. Cottle and Jennifer Greif Green | Education Week http://bit.ly/1qiI2HS Published Online: June 20, 2014  ::  The location changes, but the story is a familiar one: An angry young man*—sometimes a teenager—guns down others in a public place. Whether it's Troutdale, Ore.; Isla Vista, Calif.; or Newtown, Conn., questions soon arise about the mental health of the killer and

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Sacramento Lawmakers in AB 2449: STUDENTS NEED 20 MINUTES TO EAT
by Alisha Kirby | SI&A Cabinet Report ::  http://bit.ly/UOBtQe June 26, 2014  ::  (Calif.) A bill headed for a final vote in the state Senate addresses a problem many kids and parents would like to see resolved: Students not having enough time to eat lunch at school. Twenty minutes, according to the California Department of Education, is considered the minimum “adequate time” to consume a
Retweeting Howard Blume: U.S. STUDENTS BEST AT………..oops, sorry, I dozed off…….. OUR KIDS ARE BEST IN THE WORLD AT BEING SLEEPY!
  U.S. Students Get Top Scores for Sleepiness By Holly Yettick , Education Week |  http://bit.ly/1qA69Qc Published Online: June 10, 2014, Published in Print: June 11, 2014  ::  While U.S. students often catch flak for their performance on large-scale international assessments, they may be approaching world dominance on one such indicator: sleepiness. In


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-26-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Contingent Approval Of The 2014-15 Lausd Arts Education Budgetby smf for 4LAKidsNews, from the office of Boardmember Zimmer At last Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting the following “not an amendment” to the Arts and Music Education Budget detail was offered by Boardmember Steve Zimmer and accepted by the superintendent and the Board of Education witho