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Monday, August 25, 2014

8-25-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

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Jefferson High Students Stage Walkout Over LAUSD Computer System « CBS Los Angeles
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/08/25/jefferson-high-students-stage-walkout-over-lausd-computer-system-glitch/ Jefferson High Students Stage Walkout Over LAUSD Computer System August 25, 2014 2:28 PM View Comments
LAUSD Chief: One Bad Apple? | Bill Carroll on KFI AM 640
LAUSD Chief: One Bad Apple? | Bill Carroll on KFI AM 640

New Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District superintendent likes challenges
http://www.whittierdailynews.com/general-news/20090726/new-norwalk-la-mirada-unified-school-district-superintendent-likes-challenges

Frustrated Teachers on Film
OOOPS, DEASY DID IT AGAIN! THE MISIS MESS HAS Happened Before....
MiSiS: VOICES FROM THE FIELD AALA has received many emails and calls from secondary administrators concerned with the myriad MiSiS mishaps they experienced as they opened the school year. The MiSiS crisis has dramatically increased the workload of administrators who have spent many evenings and weekends trying to make the system work on behalf of students. Here are a few of their concerns.“
LACOE WANTS TO KNOW THE RATIONALE FOR $700 million on English Learners and Foster Kids
ED NOTES: I DOUBT THAT THEY PLAN TO SPEND IT ON TEACHERS . In an Aug. 13 letter to the school board president, the chief financial officer of the Los Angeles County’s Office of Education asked district officials to provide their “rationale” in listing $700 million as being spent on children who are poor, English learners or foster kids. Out of 80 school districts in Los Angeles County, the


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD’s iPad project: HOW IT STARTED …BEFORE THE B...
..4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: LAUSD’s iPad project: HOW IT STARTED …BEFORE THE B...: by Annie Gilbertson KPCC 89.3 CHECK OUT THE FUKL STORY BY CLICKING THE LINK ABOVE!

New York Times Reports on Duncan’s Retreat from Test-Based Evaluations of Teachers | Diane Ravitch's blog
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The Violence and Hatred of Common Core Fanatics | Crazy Crawfish's Blog
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LA Schools, Apple and Common Core Publisher Duck Conflicts Report
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/08/24/LA-Schools-Apple-and-Common-Core-Publisher-Duck-Conflicts-Report#comments Despite opposition by parents and teachers to the Pearson Education Corporation's Common Core curriculum, conflicts of interest may explain why the Los Angeles School

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True Grit, Social Emotional Learning and Purloined Language Perverted by LA School Reform by Larry F.
Anyone who has read my blog or my books knows that I'm a big supporter of Social Emotional Learning, including helping students develop "grit" (see The Best Resources For Learning About The Importance Of "Grit" and the grit lessons and strategies in my books). I've also been critical of "school reformers" who try to hijack Social Emotional
8-24-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Pictures Sent From PhotoPad by ZAGGby Rene Diedrich / 9h hide  //  save8-23-14 Hemlock on the RocksHemlock on the Rocks: “Reframing” California Common Core for a Better Public SaleWordPress.com deutsch29 posted: "The Frameworks Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the images of other nonprofits with the goal of hooking the publicby Rene Diedrich / 3h L.A. Now