La School Board Agrees To Destroy Internal Emails After A Year
Annie Gilbertson | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1AwY6GG FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images September 9th, 2014, 6:49pm :: The Los Angeles Unified school board voted Tuesday to buy a Microsoft email archiving service programmed to automatically destroy staff emails after one year. The decision comes less than three weeks after KPCC published two-year-old internal emails that raised questions
Before the RFP: LA SCHOOL’S EARLY TECHNOLOGY PLANS CALLED FOR TRAINING ON PEARSON SOFTWARE
Annie Gilbertson | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1wdAIA0 by Lexie Flickinger via Flickr September 9th, 2014, 3:42pm :: The Los Angeles Unified School District's early technology expansion plan called for all teachers to be trained on textbook publisher Pearson's iPad educational software, according to a document obtained by KPCC. Superintendent John Deasy emailed the plan to Pearson CEO
BOARD OF ED APPROVES PLAN TO ERASE LAUSD E-MAILS AFTER ONE YEAR: Does the name iPadgate ring a bell?
by smf for LAKidsNews Sept 9, 2014 :: At today’s LAUSD school board meeting there were two (count ‘em) two instances where the board and the superintendent skated on the ethical fault line. IN THE FIRST: The board voted to approve a contract with Microsoft – buried in a package of contracts – to automatically and routinely delete District emails from District servers after one year. There
CORRECTION: Credit where credit’s due
by smf In last Sunday’s 4LAKids newsletter I wrote: “Congressperson Maxine Waters argued that this moment demonstrates the victory of the Right Thing over Big Money ….and also the triumph of the collective/united “We” over the politics of “I". And, in a ‘Maxine really didn’t say that, did she?’ moment: ‘The final triumph of We over iPads!’” While Maxine Waters opened the “Triumph of We
LAUSD TEACHERS ARE PAID LESS THAN OTHERS IN CALIFORNIA: Total compensation even when adjusted for LAUSD’s benefits package is $1,403 (1.7%) less than California average
By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1xEfNrx A 17.6 percent raise would bankrupt Los Angeles Unified, Superintendent John Deasy said, adding that the Los Angeles County Office of Education, which has fiscal oversight, would never approve such a budget. (File photo by Brittany Murray/Daily Breeze) Posted: 09/07/14, 4:27 PM PDT :: As union leaders discuss shutting
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-7-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: AFTER RUNNER-UP FINISH IN STATE RACE, GUTIERREZ TAKING ON VLADOVIC + LAUSD board candidate repudiates statements of ex-aide over willingness to fire Deasyby Michael Janofsky, LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1w4tDSu Posted on September 3, 2014 11:57 am :: The LA Unified school board president, Richard Vladovic, is no longer running uncontested for hi