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Monday, August 4, 2014

8-4-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

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Local Accountability and Astroturf: Local Control without the Local Control | Cloaking Inequity
How can we banish No Child Left Behind's top-down and narrow paradigm? Local control has been a bedrock principle of public schooling in America since its inception. NCLB sent us in the opposite direction of this traditional notion. A return to a traditional locally based educational policy can be again realized via a multiple measures approach to accountability that is
Alex Caputo Pearl : LAUSD Will Not Tell Us How Many Teachers Are Housed, Displaced and RiFed ( But they have all been replaced with TFA interns who pay dues so no problem)
Using the Freedom of Information Act, Lisa Karahalios,director of Valley East, and Arlene Schery, President ofthe Unjustly Housed Teachers Committee, worked diligentlyto force LAUSD to comply with the demand for the data on thehoused teachers from July 2011 to January 2014. Upon procurement of the data, Valley East Director ScottMandel immediately called on   warren fletcher   to  file an
8-3-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: Brian Claypool: LAUSD UPPER Ranks Have Known About Abuse for Yearsby Rene Diedrich / 1h YESTERDAYLAUSD PAY ATTENTION The Contract We Do Not Deserve « Movement of Rank and File Educators@media print { .original-url { display: none; } } h1.title { font: -apple-system-headline; font-weight: normal; text-align: start; -webkit-hyphens: manual; } blockquote { color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0