4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
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
DUST OFF THOSE SHELVES: 200 LIBRARY AIDES HEAD BACK TO LA SCHOOLS + smf’s 2¢
Annie Gilbertson | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1lwBFOc Maya Sugarman/KPCC | Sada Mozer, the children's librarian for the Junipero Serra Branch, reads "Oh!" by Josse Goffin to Trinity Street Elementary School fifth graders. June 27th, 2014, 5:00amThe Los Angeles Unified school district is spending $6 million next school year to bring back 192 libraries aides, opening shuttered
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
JUN 26
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
CHICAGO SCHOOL LIBRARIANS CHALLENGE SCHOOL DISTRICT CLAIMS THAT LIBRARY CUTBACKS AREN’T BEING FORCED BY DISTRICT POLICIES + smf”s 2¢
Board members refuse to sign Declaration for the Right to School Libraries at June 25 meeting of the nation's third largest school system George N. Schmidt –Substance News Boardwatch | http://bit.ly/1wCVNlh June 26, 2014 :: A group of Chicago Public Schools librarians surprised the five members of the Chicago Board of Education who showed up for the Board's June 25, 2014 meeting with
Standard & Poor’S Rates Outlook For Charter School Sector As ‘Negative’
By Valerie Strauss | The Washington Post Answer Sheet | http://wapo.st/1o82oR6 June 26 at 6:00 AM :: Standard & Poor’s has issued a new report that extends its “negative” outlook for the charter school sector. Of 214 public charter school ratings done by the agency, 41, or 19 percent, are negative while only 4 — or 2 percent — are positive. Furthermore, it says, funding has not generally “
Where Is The Charter Movement Heading?
by John Merrow in his blog, Taking Note | http://bit.ly/1jp3V0H 26. Jun, 2014 :: How much does a sign reading “CHARTER SCHOOL” reveal about the education being offered inside the building? My answer: About as much as a ’RESTAURANT’ sign reveals about the food it serves. That is, nothing at all. This sad state of affairs makes me wonder whether the charter school movement has been hijacked
Contingent Approval Of The 2014-15 Lausd Arts Education Budget
by 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 without objection. Adoption of the Arts Education line item in the 2014-15 budget is contingent on the
JUN 23
Urgent Action Alert: THE LAUSD BOARD OF ED NEEDS TO HEAR YOUR SUPPORT FOR ARTS+MUSIC ED BY 3PM TUESDAY!
Ask your Board of Education representative to hold back his or her vote on the budget until LAUSD can ensure every student will have access to a complete education that includes the arts. by e-mail from Arts for LA: June 23, 2014 Dear 4LAKids Reader: I'm writing with an urgent request on behalf of the students in LAUSD. Tomorrow (June 24), the LAUSD Board of Education will vote on a
JUN 22
Op-Ed: WORLD WAR I, A WAR TOO EASY TO FORGET
In the rush to prepare kids 'to compete in the global economy',' current events and a lot of history get lost by Christopher L. Doyle, Op-Ed in the L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1uUeYEi United States Army troops stand in the trenches in France during World War I. (Associated Press) 22 June 2014 :: Commenting recently about seeing the play "War Horse," one of my 11th-grade students
JUN 21
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