4LAKIDS - SOME OF THE NEWS THAT DOESN'T FIT
Union Invites Teachers, Parents And The Public To The Bargaining Table With Lausd
By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1ou6N2a 7/24/14, 11:22 PM PDT :: After meeting with Los Angeles Unified officials for the first round of face-to-face contract negotiations Thursday, United Teachers Los Angeles announced plans to change its bargaining tactics. The 35,000 or so member teachers union initiated those changes Thursday, bringing all seven union officers to
FEDS BACK ENGLISH LEARNER LAWSUIT AGAINST STATE OF CALIFORNIA, allegation is that 2% of qualified kids slip through the cracks
By John Fensterwald, EdSource today | http://bit.ly/1ntTFtB July 24, 2014 | The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California has found an ally in the U.S. Department of Justice for its lawsuit charging that the state abdicated its obligation to ensure all students classified as English learners get extra instructional services to become fluent in English. The lawsuit, filed in April
Judge Finds “Evidence Establishing Financial Mismanagement” …But Allows Magnolia Charters To Remain Open
…either LAUSD staff overreacted or the Board of Ed underreacted. Whichever it was the charter schools get out of jail free. by Vanessa Romo, LA SCHOOL REPORT | http://bit.ly/WIrpJO Posted on July 25, 2014 11:26 am :: A California Superior Court judge today ruled that two Magnolia Public Schools (MPS) charters can remain open, blocking LA Unified’s effort to shut them down over
Censored. Censored. Censored. + Soulvine Unchained
The L.A. Wave’s always outspoken “Soulvine” columnist Betty Pleasant has never been afraid of going one step too far, that is how the game of agent provocateur is played, no matter the ‘hood. Her last two columns for the Wave have not been published, withheld for reasons unstated. Maybe because they speak for Dr. George McKenna – or against Mark Ridley Thomas? Or both? Maybe. Censored.
District One Race Now Also A Referendum On Dirty Politics
Ridley-Thomas/Alex Johnson’s smear tactics are a disservice not only to George McKenna, but to the children, parents and residents of District 1, who deserve the opposite, i.e., strong, caring and ethical leadership. Opinion by Larry Aubry in the L.A. Sentinel | http://bit.ly/1othFNP Published on Friday, 25 July 2014 01:12 :: The runoff election to fill the unexpired term of
GEORGE McKENNA CAMPAIGN UNDER ATTACK: Community Outraged over lies, innuendo and propaganda
by Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. – Executive Editor of the Los Angles Sentinel | this article also appears in the LA Watts Times of July 24 | http://bit.ly/WIl3KD Published on Thursday, 24 July 2014 19:24 :: Long time educator and child advocate George McKenna didn’t know his over 40 years of service on the front lines and in the trenches of education in some of California’s poorest and most
NEW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE FORMS IN L.A. SCHOOL BOARD RACE: PAC is controlled by Dan Chang, who headed Deasy’s nonprofit foundation created to raise money for LAUSD
By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1poPXOz George McKenna, left, is running to fill the LAUSD seat vacated when Trustee Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte died in December. Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas, whose backing has contributed to a huge financial advantage for Alex Johnson, on the right. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) July 22, 2014 :: A new political action committee has
An appeal for support from Dr. McKenna
smf writes: 4LAKids is not political organization. While I plead guilty to the practice of politics, no one could ever allege organization! Even when I have been a candidate myself I have not appealed for funds on these pages. But the political fundraising and spending being done by – and on behalf of – Dr. McKenna’s opponent is horrific. And the negative campaigning being done by the other
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOHNSON AND McKENNA
Written by The Red Queen in L.A. in her blog | http://bit.ly/1jXu8JB "The most curious part of the thing was, that the trees and the other things round them never changed their places at all: however fast they went, they never seemed to pass anything." Thursday, 24 Jul 2014 :: DID YOU KNOW THERE’S AN ELECTION IN THREE WEEKS? If you do not live in LAUSD’s first district, you might be
JUL 23
FIRE BURNS GREEN DOT CHARTER SCHOOL CAMPUS …as ‘Mystery Drone’ hovers overhead
Fire has Animo South Los Angeles Charter High looking for a new location before school starts Aug.12 - School called total loss after massive fire. By Howard Blume and Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1A7SRzM Antwan Shepard sprays his house with water as smoke rises from a fire at nearby Animo South Los Angeles Charter High School on Tuesday afternoon. (Wally Skalij,
JUL 19
VERGARA RULING BECOMES A CAMPAIGN ISSUE …at least in Tuck’s mind + smf’s 2¢
By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1rdYjNb July 17, 2014 |State Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Marshall Tuck this week launched a petition calling on his opponent, incumbent Superintendent Tom Torlakson, not to appeal a lawsuit ruling that struck down statutes giving California teachers firing protections and rights to tenure and seniority. The move indicates
JUL 18
Because right-wing talk-radio hosts have all the answers: MAKE THE BORDER KIDS AMERICANS + smf’s 2¢
By HUGH HEWITT, from Politico Magazine | http://politi.co/1mYCd0a July 17, 2014 :: Approximately 90,000 minors have entered the country in the two years since President Obama, whether out of the best of intentions, cynical political calculation or as another of his serial expressions of incompetence, allowed the idea to take hold abroad that kids who were brought to the country would be