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Monday, August 25, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-25-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:






A Clockwork iPad: FROM THE INTERSECTION OF BALDERDASH AND IMPLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY
in which smf of 4LAKids comments upon this morning’s L.A. Times article: LAUSD OFFICIALS HAD CLOSE TIES WITH APPLE, PEARSON EXECS, RECORDS SHOW | http://bit.ly/1rvapUU Monday, 25 August, 2014   From The Times   In one email, from May 24, 2012, then-Deputy Supt. Jaime Aquino seems to strategize with higher-ups from Pearson, an international


iPadGate: LAUSD OFFICIALS HAD CLOSE TIES WITH APPLE, PEARSON EXECS, RECORDS SHOW
L.A. Unified officials and Apple and Pearson execs began discussing a computer effort two years before it was put out for bid By Howard Blume . LA Times | http://lat.ms/YVaYKR Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy's relationship with executives raises new questions about the iPad bidding process (Associated Press) Aug 24, 2014  ::  Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy and his chief

iPADDED IN LAUSD: The smoking gun of the done deal. What’s next?
by smf for 4LAKidsNews | Monday morning, 25 August 2014 The following graphic is from reporter Annie Gilbertson of KPCC’s recent revelations – posted already on KPCC’s website and on these pages. original graphic from KPCC Obviously the next move is with the Board of Education. Time is of the essence; this  has the appearance  of a criminal matter and despite the niceties of  Brown Act the


LAUSD’s iPad project: HOW IT STARTED …BEFORE THE BIDDING BEGAN
by Annie Gilbertson KPCC 89.3 Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/1pXVT5u Walking in the street while texting: Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy checks his phone outside the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, before the verdict in a lawsuit on teacher tenure. Damian Dovarganes/AP August 25, 2014 5am ::  Superintendent John Deasy was a year into his tenure at the Los Angeles

DEASY PLANNING TO HIRE HIS OWN ‘LIASON’ FOR MiSiS PROJECT + smf’s 2¢
Deasy says the person he will hire  will report directly to him and will not require board approval. When does it all end? by Vanessa Romo in LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1t5D2b8 August 21, 2014 4:31 pm  ::   As LA Unified teachers continue their complaints about the district’s new student data management program, MiSiS, Superintendent John Deasy said today he plans to hire an independent
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-24-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Voices from the field: The MiSiS CRISIS + smf’s 2¢The Associated Administrators of Los Angeles Weekly Update | Week of August 25, 2014 | http://bit.ly/1ojn9Go 21 August 2014  ::  On August 12, 2014, LAUSD opened the school year using a new student information system, MiSiS (My Integrated Student Information System). The result has been chaos at secondar