STANDARDIZED : Lies, Money, & Civil Rights: How Testing Is Ruining Public Education
For decades, standardized testing has been a part of public education. Within the last ten years, however, education reform has promoted even more testing. Test scores, mistakenly viewed as effective assessments of student ability and teacher/school effectiveness, are anything but. STANDARDIZED sheds light on the invalid nature of these tests, the terrible consequences of high-stakes
Big Education Ape: Why Is the FBI Investigating Charter Schools Run b...
Big Education Ape: Why Is the FBI Investigating Charter Schools Run b...: Why Is the FBI Investigating Charter Schools Run by a Secretive Islamic Movement? - The Atlantic : Why Is the FBI Investigating Gulen Charters?
Must See Video On How Districts Like Christina Suffered Through The Unaccredited Broad Superintendents Academy Experience
Christina School District hired three of these Supers [Wise, Lowery and Lyles] and see where that got us.... Diane Ravitch's Blog ~ House of Cards: The Broad Superintendents This video, made by the Badass Teachers Association, is part of a series that will dissect the corporate reform effort to privatize American public
TRANSLATING California Law - GOVERNMENT CODE [GOV Sections 814. - 827.],
California Law - GOVERNMENT CODE [GOV Sections 814. - 827.] : Section 820.6.If a public employee acts in good faith, without malice, and under the apparent authority of an enactment that is unconstitutional, invalid or inapplicable, he is not liable for an injury caused thereby except to the extent that he would have been liable had the enactment been constitutional, valid and applicable.http://
Gremlins Subvert LAUSD's New Attendance System, Derailing First Day of School for Some
http://wp.me/p10SbL-2mVmGremlin Pleads the 5thwww.hemlockontherocks.comcavete tyrannisqui doecet in doctrina
The Advanced Placement numbers racket - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gibbs-ap-classes-20140813-story.html The Advanced Placement numbers racket
outside the box: in bidding students first ffarewelll - a glossarhee
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Top Ten Scariest People in Education Reform: # 5 – Bill Gates
Bill Gates: Scary Philanthropy Countdown # 5 This is the fifth in a countdown series of introductions, a list of the top ten scariest people leading education in America. For numbers 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, click here. The biggest philanthropist on earth comes across as the epitome of sincere, nerdy nice-guy. And he probably is very nice and very sincere. But does
L.A.'s school crossing-guard cutbacks draw criticism - LA Times
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LAUSD senior teachers, watch out! - Los Angeles Public Education | Examiner.com
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I Am Tired Of “School Reformers” Using The Civil Rights Movement Legacy To Support Their Agenda
Los Angeles Schools Superintendent John Deasy spoke today at USC on the Vergara lawsuit (see The Best Resources On California Court Case Attacking Teacher's Rights). Los Angeles Times reporter Howard Blume is not going to write a story about his speech, but he did send out these tweets: This
New Report Shows Widespread Test Score Corruption | FairTest says Cheating in 37 states
STANDARDIZED EXAM CHEATING CONFIRMED IN 37 STATES AND D.C.;NEW REPORT SHOWS WIDESPREAD TEST SCORE CORRUPTION As an Atlanta grand jury considers indictments against former top school officials in a test cheating scandal and the annual wave of high-stakes standardized exams begins across the nation, a new survey reports confirmed cases of test score manipulation in at least 37 states and
Crenshaw choir director released from 'teacher jail'
http://laschoolreport.com/crenshaw-choir-director-released-from-teacher-jail/ Eight months after being yanked off campus, long-time choir director Iris Stevenson returned to Crenshaw High School today. Stevenson, who's led an award-winning music program at the school for nearly three decades, was pulled from teaching last
Release: George McKenna Declares Victory in LAUSD District 1 Race
NationBuilder FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 12, 2014 PRESS CONTACTJewett Walker(310) 947-7745manager@electmckenna.com
iPads + schools = a business opportunity? | Marketplace.org
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McKenna wins key L.A. school board seat, according to unofficial results - LA Times
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FAQ & About - Los Angeles Teacher Ratings - Los Angeles Times
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LA schools' Wi-Fi networks to cost about $800 million | 89.3 KPCC
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What happens if the cost of textbooks drops to zero? | PandoDaily
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The Answer to the Great Question of Education Reform? The Number 42
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Teacher Observations & Traffic Stops- If They Want to Get You, They’ll Get You. - Educator Fights Back
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A Back Door to Common Core
Remember, Sleazy Deazy, who bought his doctorate by exchanging favors with his university professor, has already flushed a billion in school bond money in Los Angeles to buy IPads loaded with Pearson content that has to be renewed every three years. Morath and Mike Miles are lining up Dallas, Texas to follow the Sleazy Deazy model of flushing billions in schools taxes to support more
Michelle Malkin | » Why parents are “paranoid” about Common Core
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MICHELLE RHEE changes her name to Johnson and takes over St. Hope, her husband's charter management company
http://4lakidsnews.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=50Friday, August 8, 2014 12:32 PM :: Controversial education reformer Michelle Rhee made news again recently as it was announced she would be the new chairwoman of St. Hope, a charter management organization based in Sacramento, California. Some see this as a la
THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: “The Broad Effect”: Part Two
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Eli Broad Wins ; Public Schools Lose
What irony that Obama denounces AIG while allowing Eli Broad to write the presidential education agenda. Bill Gates' ex-associate, Tom Vander Ark, wrote, "Eli Finally Won" after Obama's St. Louis speech on education. Broad has been one of AIG's major U.S. investors, having sold his own company, SunAmerica, to AIG for $18 billion. Googling "Eli Broad AIG" reveals Forbes.Com and
8-12-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: "We Do the Best We Can": Miramonte Moves Forward With Start of School Year | NBC Southern Californiahttp://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Miramonte-Moves-Forward-With-Start-of-School-Year--270834621.html "We Do the Best We Can": Miramonte Moves Forward With Start of School Year news > localby Rene Diedrich / 9h 8-11-14 Hemlock on the RocksHemlock on the