How Music Ed Powers The Steam Movement
By Richard Naithram, NEA Today Online | http://bit.ly/Wb0zcQ July 16, 2014 :: With many of the nation’s education leaders focused on the importance of STEM education, the movement to add music to the equation is getting more attention. Recently, a panel of experts gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to discuss ways to elevate music education– and the arts in general – and turn STEM (
Arne Duncan Flubbed On Common Core …And Then He Made It Worse
Opinion by Karin Klein, member of the L.A. Times editorial board, in the Times | http://lat.ms/1jy0yKh Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks at its convention over the weekend in Los Angeles. (Los Angeles Times) July 14, 2014 :: The scaffolding of support for the Common Core curriculum standards continues, right and left, to lose a beam here, a platform
Better Educated Public School Kids – For A Price
By The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board | http://lat.ms/1oHUdbq Peninsula High School students listen as biology teacher Julie Maemoto explains how to do an upcoming experiment in her summer biology class. (Los Angeles Times) July 16, 2014 :: Children in the United States get unequal educations; that's unfair but unlikely to change in the near future. Some school districts have more
La Schools: California ‘English Learner’ Tests Incorrectly Label Bilingual Kids
by Annie Gilbertson | 89.3 KPCC | http://bit.ly/1mhhkrZ Benjamin Brayfield/KPCC | Arianna Anderson, 9, looks at a book at the Torrance Public Library. Her parents, Hilda and Brent, worry she is losing her love of reading, because the school is not providing services tailored to her needs. Benjamin Brayfield/KPCC | Brent Anderson looks at books with his daughter, Arianna, at the
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-14-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: American Federation of Teachers: “REMEDIATING” DUNCAN AND RETAINING THE “CORRUPTED” COMMON CORE + smf’s 2¢by Mercedes Schneider | New post on deutsch29 blog /http://bit.ly/1mOAPwc July 14, 2014 :: I'm wondering what of substance was accomplished thus far at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) national convention in Los Angeles July 11-14, 2014.