4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
New Orleans Rebuilds Education System With Charter Schools
from the PBS NewsHour |http://to.pbs.org/1kKIFb1 June 5, 2014 at 6:29 PM EDT :: On September, New Orleans will be the country’s first all-charter school district. The evolution was accelerated after Hurricane Katrina, when state officials and others seized the opportunity to overhaul the city’s troubled schools. Special education correspondent John Merrow and Sarah Carr, author of "Hope
Update: Lausd Responds To Request For “Authentic Parent Engagement Throughout The Lcap Process” By Threatening Criminal Penalties+Civil Action, Superintendent Issues New Draft Lcap
SEE: LAUSD’S LCFF PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WRITES A LETTER TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: seeks “authentic parent engagement throughout the LCAP process” | http://bit.ly/1pOy94m and LAUSD’S LCFF PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TREATED LIKE KINDERGARTNERS*: Given minutes to make million dollar decision | http://bit.ly/1oDQSvE * …or maybe the Board of Education? smf: While we all understand
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
JUN 05
Education Overturned
Written 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 the 70′s that some students broke the rules and gamed
JUN 04
TEACHING THHOUGH TRAUMA: LAUSD says budget’s to tight to treat stressed out kids
Annie Gilbertson | KPCC 89.3 FM | Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/1kKPymI Benjamin Brayfield/KPCC Like many students at Highland Park's Franklin High, ninth-grader Noemi Potenciano lost a brother to a drive by. Across L.A. Unified services for students affected by trauma are extremely limited. Teaching Through Trauma: the second in a series of stories on poverty in Los Angeles schools. Read Part
ELECTORATE SEES ITS SHADOW: LAUSD Board dysfunction to continue until August
McKenna & Johnson to faceoff in runoff on Aug 12, meanwhile 3-to-3 tie on Bd of Ed will decide Budget, LCFF …or more likely: Not! Neither McKenna nor Johnson – nor the children, parents, educators or taxpayers won. Maybe Dr. Deasy won? And my evil twin feels deprived of hearing Omarosa telling Dr. D: “You’re fired!” George McKenna and Alex Johnson Lead in LAUSD Special Election By
JUN 02
Report: Ppic Surveys School Policies On English Learners’ Classification
from California Institute for Federal Policy Research/California Capitol Hill Bulletin Volume 21, Bulletin 15 - http://www.calinst.org/bul2/b2115.shtml May 29, 2014 :: In a recent report entitled “Pathways to Fluency: Examining the Link Between Language Reclassification Policies and Student Success,” the Public Policy Institute of California published its findings on a survey of school
JUN 01
Bullying, Lack Of Counselors Are Barriers To Child Wellnness
by Carrie Marovich :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet http://bit.ly/1kmo5Mv MAY 27, 2014 :: (Va.) One in five high school students in the U.S. was bullied last year, according to results from a new survey on student health and safety. But girls, the report found, experienced cyberbullying at twice the rate of boys. The findings are just two