4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
GOV. BROWN HIGHLIGHTS STATE’S APPROACH TO EDUCATION, says “No!” to testing every child, every year.
By Virginia Myers reporting from the AFT Convention Floor /photo by Russ Curtis, from the AFT website |http://bit.ly/1m5iSVV 12 July 2014 :: California Gov. Jerry Brown made education news when his state passed Proposition 30 to increase school funding, and established a Local Control Funding Formula that puts education decisions closer to where the students are actually being taught—the
Draft Revision Of Lcap Moves Forward
By John Fensterwald | EdSource | http://bit.ly/1r4JKNJ July 10, 2014 |Members of the State Board of Education uniformly praised the way school districts have created plans to comply with California’s new school improvement and accountability system, but said Thursday that students should have more of a voice in the process. They agreed to move ahead with modest proposed changes in regulations
Governor Signs Bill Reinforcing Teachers’ Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Requirements
By Theresa Harrington Contra Costa Times | http://bit.ly/1mTaoHq 7/10/2014 11:51:18 AM PDT :: SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to help teachers better understand their mandated obligation to report suspected child abuse or neglect to law enforcement or child protective services. When teachers apply for credentials or renewals, they are now required to sign statements
Getting Real: GROUNDING VERGARA IN THE REALITIES OF TEACHING IN CALIFORNIA
By guest bloggers Julia Koppich and Daniel Humphrey | On California | Education Week | http://bit.ly/1mSWSne July 10, 2014 11:12 PM |The recent ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu striking down parts of California's long held teacher tenure laws has roiled California's educational landscape. Whatever the impact of the ruling, one thing is clear. Whether one supports or opposes
Aft Mulls Officially Abandoning Support For Common Core
By Sandy Fitzgerald, Newsmax.com | http://nws.mx/1keIUpV Friday, 11 Jul 2014 04:02 PM :: A vote on Sunday could lead to the American Federation of Teachers backing away from Common Core standards, despite having been a staunch supporter of the controversial program for years. The union plans to underwrite grants from $20,000 to $30,000 to encourage teachers to design projects to rewrite and
GOP’s KASHKARI CRASHES TEACHERS’ UNION CONFAB IN L.A.
by Joel B. Pollak, The Breitbart Report | http://bit.ly/1mHmkdD 11 Jul 2014, 12:23 PM PDT :: LOS ANGELES -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari held a press conference at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) conference in Los Angeles, demanding school reform and attacking incumbent Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown for doing nothing to stop the violation of the civil rights of
JUL 09
L.A. SCHOOL-BY-SCHOOL ARTS INSTRUCTION BREAKDOWN: Check your school here.
Ed Code requires school districts to teach all K-6 students all four art forms: Visual Arts, Music, Dance & Theater. Only 70 of 500+ elementaries in LAUSD do …and then only to some kids! by Mary Plummer, KPCC/Pass Fail | http://bit.ly/1nfDwrh A screenshot of a map created using data from Los Angeles Unified School District. Blue dots represent elementary schools that offer dance,
California Court: CORRUPTION IS NOT SUFFICIENT REASON TO CLOSE A HIGH-SCORING CHARTER SCHOOL
By Diane Ravitch, from her blog | http://is.gd/Ar1v9e July 6, 2014 :: For a few years, the American Indian Model Charter Schools in Oakland, California, were the most celebrated charter schools in the nation, beloved especially by the conservative and rightwing media, not only for their high test scores but for their founder’s scathing comments about liberals, unions, and “multiculturalists.”
JUL 08
Mystery Group Sues Two Dozen School Districts Over Inadequate Physical Education, Including Lausd
Brett Kelman, The Desert Sun (Coachella Valley) | http://desert.sn/1r6cHGn (Photo: File photo ) 10:07 p.m. PDT July 7, 2014 :: Two desert school districts have been named in a far-reaching class-action lawsuit over inadequate physical education, but the suit springs from a tight-lipped nonprofit with no apparent past. Desert Sands Unified and Palm Springs Unified are among three dozen
JUL 06
How Do You Teach Students To Ask Questions?
Annie Gilbertson | 89.3 KPCC | http://bit.ly/1n5qqgg Teachers discuss a list questions they generated about students in the learning environment during a workshop at Wildwood School. The goal of the workshop was to help educators shift their classroom, allowing students to formulate their own questions instead of only reciting facts. Benjamin Brayfield/KPCC Listen to audio from this story: