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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-23-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:






Why Teaching+Learning Music Matters
Credit: LA Johnson and Alyson Hurt/NPR Q&A: Why Teaching Music Matters by Cory Turner, National Public Radio : NPR Ed : NPR http://n.pr/1tXEHPi Margaret Martin (right) poses with student Jose Correa during a Harmony Project open house at the Ramon C. Cortines School for Visual and Performing Arts in Los Angeles.  Esteban Rael/


Editorial: DEASY, LAUSD BOARD MUST DECIDE IF THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER
LA Daily News Editorial | http://bit.ly/1mLplMR LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy on stage during his annual administrators' meeting at Hollywood High School in 2013. (Photo by Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer) 9/17/14, 5:04 PM PDT  ::  A year after John Deasy threatened to resign, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s superintendent and its board are back at a dangerous crossroads. Where
Bad guys in White Hats?: CHARTER SCHOOLS IN COURT IN OHIO
from Politico Morning Ed | http://politi.co/1B3VccL 23 Sept 2014  ::  WHEN PUBLIC FUNDS FUEL PRIVATE GAIN: The Ohio Supreme Court today will hear an intriguing case involving White Hat charter management, which operates 33 schools in three states. At issue: Whether the for-profit company owns the furniture, books, computers and other property it bought with public funds for use in its public
Alex Caputo-Pearl: THE CENTRALITY OF ORGANIZING & CHALLENGING DEASY’S AUTOCRACY
Our strategy to autocracy: shared decision-making By Alex Caputo-Pearl; The Presidents’ Perspective from United Teacher /  United Teacher Los Angeles (UTLA) | http://bit.ly/1smsbu5 19 September 2014  ::  My wife comes home sometimes from her shifts as a labor-and-delivery nurse in downtown L.A. with stories of how our work lives intersect — former students of mine from Crenshaw High

LAUSD TITLE 1 MONEY IN JEOPARDY OVER ENDURING MiSiS GLITCHES
Only 40% of students at one school have renewed meal applications, down from 76% last year by Vanessa Romo, LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1pbMqUp Posted on September 22, 2014 4:10 pm  ::  The deadline for LA Unified students’ receiving free and reduced priced lunch is (today, Tuesday Sept 23rd), leaving anyone who has not renewed an application facing an empty stomach come
AMID iPAD, ATTENDANCE SYSTEM CONTROVERSIES, SCHOOL BOARD TO WEIGH SUPERINTENDENT’S PERFORMANCE + smf’s 2¢
by Annie Gilbertson| 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/XVi159 Audio from this story  ::  3:31 Listen Nick Ut/AP 9-23-2014 07:31:18 AM  ::  After weathering a solid year of criticism for his controversial iPad program, taking a high-profile position in a case against teacher tenure and now dealing with the fallout of an irksome new attendance system, Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-22-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Student Put In Detention For Sharing School LunchBy Katherine Harwood KRCR News  (Chico/Redding) http://bit.ly/1v03rph video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player POSTED: 6:45 PM Sep 17 2014 UPDATED: 11:53 PM Sep 17 2014 WEAVERVILLE, Calif.   ::  An eighth grade student from Weaverville Elementary School got a detention slip for sharing hi