LAUSD, Teachers union talking AM/FM on new contract
LAUSD, Teachers union talking AM/FM on new contract As a further indication of how far off a labor agreement is between LA Unified and the teachers union, UTLA, the two sides met yesterday and each focused on an entirely different matter — the district, salaries; the union, the problematic student data base system, MiSiS. In a statement released by UTLA shortly after the failed bargaining session
Education secretary eases up on teacher performance standards
Education secretary eases up on teacher performance standards Via NY Times | by Motoko Rich Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced on Thursday that states could delay the use of test results in teacher-performance ratings by another year, an acknowledgment, in effect, of the enormous pressures mounting on the nation’s teachers because of new academic standards and more rigorous standardized
Morning Read: New report targets LAUSD’s iPad problems
Morning Read: New report targets LAUSD’s iPad problems LAUSD’s $1-billion iPad effort beset by problems, report finds The groundbreaking effort to provide an iPad to every Los Angeles student, teacher and school administrator was beset by inadequate planning, a lack of transparency and a flawed bidding process. LA Times Democrats reject GOP attempts to lift school reserves cap Democrats in the Ca
8-21-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: LAUSD teachers censure student tracking programMorning Read: LAUSD teachers censure student tracking program L.A. Unified teachers decry new student tracking system Los Angeles Unified spent about $112 million on an online student tracking program a decade ago but dumped it two years ago in