Judge Tells California To Teach All English Learners
By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press | San Jose Mercury News http://bit.ly/Vl1OW6 Posted: 08/13/2014 08:51:01 AM LOS ANGELES -- California was ordered to educate all children who don't speak English after reports revealed a quarter of its school districts fail to meet that requirement, which is mandated by both the federal government and California itself. Judge James Chalfant said it is
MICHELLE RHEE STEPPING DOWN AS HEAD OF StudentsFirst
By Ryan Lillis | City Beat - The Sacramento Bee http://bit.ly/1q9bYkF Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 - 4:12 pm/updated: Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 - 4:23 pm :: Michelle Rhee, the prominent and controversial education figure who is the wife of [Sacramento] Mayor Kevin Johnson, revealed in a statement to The Sacramento Bee on Wednesday that she is stepping down from her post as chief executive of
“Blended” or ‘Traditional” …would you like Calculus with that?: DISTRICTS SPLIT ON HIGH SCHOOL MATH CHOICES/NEW TWIST ON OLD DEBATE ON ACCELERATED MATH
Districts split on high school math choices By John Fensterwald | EdSource http://bit.ly/1sWNO1C Credit: John Fensterwald/EdSource Today | Mt. Pleasant High math teacher Catherine Duhring reviews an exercise on equations with incoming 9th graders Christian Oseguera, left, and Pedro Vazquez during a 5-week summer introduction to the
School Leaders Oppose Brown’S Rainy Day Measure
by Kimberly Beltran | SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet http://bit.ly/1rsSQAh August 13, 2014 :: (Calif.) A coalition of some of the state’s most influential education groups is rallying opposition to a Constitutional amendment placed on the November ballot by the Legislature that would require the state to reconstruct a rainy day fund for use
THE A.P. COURSE & TESTING DISCUSSION CONTINUES: a critical OP-Ed + 2 stories
The Advanced Placement numbers racket: there's too much to teach in too little time, a former LAUSD teacher argues By Brian Gibbs, Op-Ed in the LA Times | http://lat.ms/1ovAxg8 Students at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera are seen taking a mid-term AP U.S. Government test. (Los Angeles Times) Aug 12, 2014 | 5:32PM :: When The Times reported that the number of Advanced Placement
L.A.’S SCHOOL CROSSING-GUARD CUTBACKS DRAW CRITICISM: LAUSD elementary schools requested crossing guards at 510 intersections this year, but only 331 were deployed
By Laura J. Nelson | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1sUVzmV Doris Weston, who supervises crossing guards after serving as one for years, speaks at a news conference protesting budget cuts that have reduced the number of crossing guards at intersections near schools in L.A. (Anne Cusack, Los Angeles Times) “It's more than just seeing them into the schoolyard. You're their
THE MiSiS MESS: 6 stories “…Without a hitch/…a few glitches/…a disaster!” + smf'’s 2¢
selected from LAUSD in the News/LAUSD e-mail Daily News Clips Update- Wednesday August 13, 2014 When new LAUSD computer system falters, Van Nuys High School goes back to paper 08/12/14, 11:59 AM Working around My Integrated Student Information System (MiSiS), Los Angeles Unified’s newly implemented computer system, counselors at Van Nuys High went old school, reverting to paper forms to
McKENNA WINS KEY L.A. SCHOOL BOARD SEAT, ACCORDING TO UNOFFICIAL RESULTS + other coverage
By Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1usawRo L.A. school board candidate George McKenna makes a New Orleans-style entrance to an election night party in the Crenshaw District. (Luis Sinco, Los Angeles Times) Aug 13, 2014 | 12:15 AM :: Veteran school administrator George McKenna won his bid for a key seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education besting political newcomer Alex
IT’S McKENNA BY 7% …with an 8¼% turnout – and 2:1 vote-by-mail
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-12-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: ACCUSE, TWEET, DELETE: Johnson campaign accuses McKenna of buying Jesse Jackson’s endorsementmuck from the Twitterverse Thomas Himes @LADailyThomas @JohnsonCampaign deletes tweet accusing @RevJJackson of taking money to endorse @ElectMcKenna in race for #LAUSD:by smf / 12min 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-11-144LA
