State Of California Awards Common Core Test Contract
Tests to cost $9.55 per student per year (with a limit of 1 million students) - plus $17.75 per student (with no limit) to score the tests. There are 3.6 million students in CA – though not all will take the test every year. By John Fensterwald, EdSource Today | http://bit.ly/1pt3lR7 Source: Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. California and eight other dark green states
Deasy on his critics: CONSTANT ATTACKS ARE ‘POLITICALLY MOTIVATED’
by Michael Janofsky in LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1psUsqS Posted on September 3, 2014 2:53 pm :: Under withering criticism over the iPad program, a new student-tracking computer system and discordant relations with the teachers union, LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy said today that the attacks feel politically motivated at the expense of his agenda to improve the lives of district
Letters Pro+Con As Utla Asks Deasy To Put Himself In “Teacher Jail”
Union calls for Deasy to report to 'teacher jail' during iPad inquiry By Stephen Ceasar , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1uBXq0P Sept. 4, 2014 :: Los Angeles teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pearl on Wednesday called on L.A. Schools chief John Deasy to report to “teacher jail” — district offices that house instructors who are facing allegations of misconduct
LA Times: the story retold — SUPT. DEASY’S EARLY AND AVID SUPPORT OF iPADS UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY
Critics question Deasy video – and much more – promoting iPads before bidding began By Howard Blume and James Rainey | http://lat.ms/1vS847t Supt. John Deasy appeared in a 2011 video for Apple promoting the iPad, saying it would "change the landscape of education." (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Sept 4, 2014, 5:04 AM :: The pitch came from a smiling man in a jacket and tie,
ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT’S MEN by Martin Eden
Found scattered at the LA School report | http://bit.ly/YdmgdD smf: “Martin Eden” is the name of a commenter on the LA School Report who has introduced a parallel John Deasy and crew in a parallel LAUSD that malfunctions in a parallel literary universe. Martin’s posts appear uninvited but welcome among the other posts, hardboiled and noir. But first: A joke, found on my daughter’s Facebook
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NEW ED ®EFORM GROUP DEBUTS: The revolving door revolves …and hits ex-Mayor Tony in the butt!
Education Post aims to take the sting out of national conversations about school reform Peter Cunningham, the former communications guru for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, is leading the organization. Bruce Reed, president of the Broad Foundation, said the idea for Education Post originated with his organization. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is leading the
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-3-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DEASY: “Dear LAUSD Family, I would like to speak to you personally…” but instead here are two links to the same memo I sent to the Board of Ed yesterdayan email blast sent to all LAUSD employees From: Superintendent John Deasy [superintendent_john@LAUSD.NET]Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 2:39 PMTo: LAUSD_EMPLOYEES@LIST.LAUSD.NETSubject: Ed-Blast: C