‘Principally’: SINGLE WORD AT HEART OF LCFF/LCAP REGULATORY DEBATE
By John Fensterwald | EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/W5bZhr Credit: John Fensterwald/EdSource Today - Surrounded by other members of the student group Californians For Justice, Karla Rodriguez, a junior at James Lick High in San Jose, asks the East Side Union High School District school board to include students in the LCAP process during a meeting in May. The State Board of Education will
California Attorney General Harris Announces Package Of Truancy Legislation Passes State Legislature + The Costs Of Chronic Absences
Reposted from the SI&A Newsroom | http://bit.ly/1x3YHmK Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Announces Package of Truancy Legislation Passes State Legislature State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General Kamala D. Harris ~ Attorney General Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2014 SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today
DEADLINE L.A.: Howard Blume explains iPadGate/The iPad Kerfuffle …whatever it is.
Deadline L.A. with Barbara Osborn & Howard Blume on KPFK 90.7 FM | http://bit.ly/1qwCV4Q Deadline LA Mondays, 3:00 PM (pst) CO-HOSTS: Barbara Osborn and Howard Blume, Producer: Laurie Kaufman DESCRIPTION: Deadline L.A. is KPFK's roving eye on the media. We praise and pummel the news media for how it is - or isn't - covering stories. BIO AND OTHER INFO: Host Barbara Osborn is a
Librarians Are A Luxury Chicago Public Schools Can’T Afford
by Becky Vevea | fromWBEZ | Morning Edition | National Public Radio | http://n.pr/W4aFvF Listen to the Story | 3 min 53 sec Playlist Download Transcript i There aren't mass layoffs of librarians; they're just doing different jobs. - Robyn Mackenzie/iStockphoto September 01, 2014 4:22 AM ET :: Two years ago, the Chicago Public Schools budgeted for 454 librarians. Last year, the
California Legislature Passes Stiffest Law In Nation To Protect K-12 Students Online Data
By Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury News | http://bit.ly/1q5gG7q 8/31/2014 03:39:02 PM PDT :: SACRAMENTO -- Trying to protect children from marketers, identity thieves and predators, California could establish the nation's toughest protections of student privacy and forbid the sale and disclosure of schools' online student data. "It's a big win for kids," said James Steyer, whose
iFail: WHY JOHN DEASY’S RISKY iPAD GAMBIT CRASHED+BURNED AT LAUSD
By Hillel Aron | The Informer || LA Weekly | http://bit.ly/1A11jxW Flavio~ / Flickr Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:30 AM :: In a surprising reversal, L.A. Unified Superintendent John Deasy has abruptly halted the district's billion-dollar technology program, which aimed to put an iPad into the hands of every student and teacher by the end of, yes, this year. It's a rare retreat for the
Investor Update: APPLE INC. ON WATCH OVER LAUSD ISSUES
by Ed Palmer| Financial Wired | http://bit.ly/1nQ647K August 26, 2014 :: by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is on watch after Los Angeles schools Superintendent John Deasy says he is suspending a $1 billion iPad initiative with AAPL amid scrutiny over Deasy’s close ties with AAPL and Pearson Plc (PSO) and the integrity of the bidding process. An initial $30 million contract with Apple Inc. (
Vergara: GOV. BROWN APPEALS RULING THAT STRUCK DOWN TEACHER JOB PROTECTIONS
By Howard Blume , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1nQ9uak California's governor takes opposing view from reelection opponent in lawsuit over teacher protections An appeals court will now decide such issues as whether tenure laws should be declared unconstitutional Gov. Jerry Brown addresses the American Federation of Teachers convention in June in Los Angeles. (Damian Dovarganes, AP) Aug 30,
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-31-14
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