LAUSD’S LCFF PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TREATED LIKE KINDERGARTNERS*: Given minutes to make million dollar decision.
* …or maybe the Board of Education? First person report - written by Rachel Greene and Andrew Thomas in CityWatch LA | http://bit.ly/1hlP0sz 06 Jun 2014 :: We sat at assigned tables. They read us stories. We colored. They reviewed the rules. If we behaved, we got to watch a video. Adults helped us find our words, and wrote them on posters for us. Then we got stickers to
LAUSD’S LCFF PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WRITES A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: seeks “authentic parent engagement throughout the LCAP process”.
by email to 4LAKids Begin forwarded message: From: Concerned PAC-DELAC Members Date: June 5, 2014 at 11:58:37 PM PDT To: LAUSD Board of Education and Board staff, Superintendent Deasy, and PCSB Executive Director Lagrosa Subject: Letter from concerned PAC and DELAC members Dear Board Members, Superintendent Deasy, and Ms. Lagrosa:
FIRST OFFICIAL COUNT OF HIGH-NEEDS STUDENTS UNDER LCFF IS IN: Number of students who stand to benefit from the law in LAUSD is lower than expected
By Jane Meredith Adams | EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1tOTDvq June 5th, 2014 :: After a frenetic effort to count every high-needs student in the California public school system, the first official tally under the In three of the five largest school districts, the number of students who stand to benefit from the law is lower than expected, a consequence, some say, of inflated estimates,
OpEd: LAUSD MUST USE FUNDING TO SUPPORT FOSTER YOUTH + smf’s 2¢
Guest Commentary by Andrea Zetlin in the LA Daily News | http://bit.ly/1pLyMvs 6/5/14, 9:05 AM PST :: On any given day, there are approximately 55,000 children and youth in foster care in California. Although they comprise about one percent of the total student population served by our public schools, they are one of the most educationally vulnerable groups within our schools. Research has
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 6-5-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Education OverturnedWritten by Red Queen in L.A., from her blog | http://bit.ly/1kyridf Thursday 5 Jun 2014 :: “Teaching To The Test” is a pedagogical revolution. Far from benign, it amounts to a coup d’état of not only the minds of our children, but their hearts as well. Informally, in my personal experience, I became vaguely aware by rumor during t