Hearing opens on Crenshaw teachers' claims of anti-union bias - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-utla-crenshaw-20140911-story.html?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Feducation+(L.A.+Times+-+Education) Hearing opens on Crenshaw teachers' claims of anti-union bias Twelve former Crenshaw High teachers alleged during opening arguments in a labor hearing Wednesday that the Los Angele
DEASY WANTS YOU TO KNOW Teachers are Family , too ( Red Headed Step Children?)
Dear LAUSD family, The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) cares about you - your health, success and wellbeing - now and for your future. Without the dedication of each-and-every one of us, the District could not execute our mission of all youth achieving. We are grateful to all of our employees for their service. Teachers represent the majority of our employees. They lead classes ever
Forget the L.A. schools' iPads. What we need to know about are the grenade launchers - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-lausd-grenade-assault-rifles-20140910-story.html Forget the L.A. schools' iPads. What we need to know about are the grenade launchers Opinion You could, sort of, maybe, see how a large school district might be able to use a military mine-resistant vehicle. Say there were a really dangerous situation going on once a century or so; the veh
Don’t blame trial lawyers for LAUSD’s lawsuit problems: Guest commentary
http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20140909/dont-blame-trial-lawyers-for-lausds-lawsuit-problems-guest-commentary Don't blame trial lawyers for LAUSD's lawsuit problems: Guest commentary By Thomas M. MooreIn her opinion piece, "Largest school district, highest litigation costs" (Sept. 3), Gabriella Holt asserts "frivolous" lawsuits brought against LAUSD by "u
Los Angeles Unified School District
http://home.lausd.net/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=178743&type=d&pREC_ID=367410 Los Angeles Unified School District Dr. John E. Deasy's Bio Dr. John E. Deasy is the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest school district. In this role, Dr. Deasy leads the thousands of teachers, administrators and staff in serving the diverse population of mo
LA school board agrees to destroy internal emails after a year | 89.3 KPCC
http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2014/09/09/17277/la-school-board-agrees-to-destroy-internal-emails/ LA school board agrees to destroy internal emails after a year FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images 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 t
LA school board agrees to destroy internal emails after a year | 89.3 KPCC
http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2014/09/09/17277/la-school-board-agrees-to-destroy-internal-emails/ LA school board agrees to destroy internal emails after a year FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images 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 t
The Government-Industry Conspiracy that Promotes Crap Food in School | Alternet
http://www.alternet.org/food/dirty-secret-behind-dairy-junk-foods The Government-Industry Conspiracy that Promotes Crap Food in School People often ask me, "How does lobbying work?" Last week it was with fat and sugar, when the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) hosted its 32nd annual Capitol Hill Ice Cream Party. Some 6,000 bowls of ice cream were served up to Sen. Tom Harkin
This Is What America's School Lunches Really Look Like : The Salt : NPR
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/11/20/246400702/this-is-what-america-s-school-lunches-really-look-like This Is What America's School Lunches Really Look Like i Courtesy of DoSomething.org School lunch has never been the stuff of foodie dreams. I'm still haunted by the memory of my elementary school cafeteria's "brain pizza" – a lumpy oval thing topped with fleshy white
If only American kids could eat school lunches like they do in France - Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/09/if_only_american_kids_could_eat_school_lunches_like_they_do_in_france_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow If only American kids could eat school lunches like they do in France - Salon.com This article originally appeared on AlterNet. The standard school lunch for an American child often contains dishes brimming with preservatives and sodium. Wh
Caputo Pearl Makes A Scene Before the BoE about Raises &MiSIS but the Real News is Members Voted to Spend $1/4 Million to Wipe Out their Emails from the Last Year. (we need to file an Injunction to stop that )
President of UTLA, Alex Caputo-Pearl * UPDATED With a new contract on the line, the LA Unified teachers union, UTLA, is stepping up its attack on Superintendent John Deasy, blaming him for problems large and small and the opening line the district has taken for a new contract with teachers. Union president Alex Caputo-Pearl ratcheted up the tension at the district board meeting this morning, wi
Why LETTING ANY LAUSD OIG RETURN TO THE IPAD BIDDING ETHICS IS A COP OUT
100% with you on this Lenny. When Cynthia and some of us met casually and discussed this some weeks ago, I insisted on an external independent audit. Never would I go along with yet another internal audit by the IG. This is neither logical, nor an informed public policy suggestion. All of this investigation must now be done for the public good, and done outside of the auspices of the possibl
Rubber Room Reality and the Uncertain Future of Veteran Teachers and Public Schools
ED Notes one hopes this year will be kess brutal than the last few. The description is actually tame compared to Some of what has gone on. There are reasons to believe it will be less aggressive now but it is not necessarily better and far from safe because there are desperate creatures in the driver seat and they can be very dangerous.Also the union will not lose much with interns paying dues
You know How LAUSD and Deasy are Bragging About Lower Suspension Stats....? Well NYC sheds some clues with the help of Mercedes Schnieder. Plus Mayoral Control vs Municipal Oversight R Diedrich
Data driven districts like LAUSD are constantly throwing Scores, stats and projections at the public to justify how it does things , but their incompetence and corruption is hardly mitigated by the slight gains here or the unlikely boast about numbers there . They go anyway that suits their purposes. Illegally assigning rating to teachers based in test scores with no integrity is a case in point
9-9-14 Hemlock on the Rocks
Hemlock on the Rocks: LAUSD Codes of Conduct WITH STUDENTS Explicatedby Rene Diedrich / 3min Ratliff Meets Ratliff in a Rare Look at Educratic Fashion Statements and the Political Trends Predicted for Next SeasonI hope Monica Ratliff is tenacious about the release of the report on iPad Ethics l she could shed a light in many things if she is thorough and earnest. If she can usher in true change