REPORT RANKS CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS 8th BEST IN U.S. - Bad news: low minority, poor, special ed, ELL participation + low math scores
by Craig Clough, LA School Report | Posted on http://bit.ly/UXHVhZ October 1, 2014 1:52 pm :: In it’s first ever state-by-state rankings, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools ranked California’s charters No. 8 on its list of best in the nation. Using 11 measures, the study ranked 26 states that met the criteria for the study and judged their overall health based on how they are
25 LAUSD SCHOOLS HAVE BELOW-RECOMMENDED VACCINATION RATES: “some schools in LA have a vaccination rate on par with South Sudan”
by Craig Clough in LA School Report | http://bit.ly/UXHVhZ October 1, 2014 1:19 pm :: Celebrities are often the trendsetters around the country and LA, as health and spiritual movements like yoga, Kabbalah and diet fads get widespread media attention due to their famous adherents. But there is one celebrity-led health trend that has state and LA officials alarmed, and that is the plunging
L.A. School Board Authorizes Talks On Departure Agreement With Deasy
L.A. school board authorizes its attorneys to discuss a possible departure agreement with Supt. John Deasy Vote to begin talks on Supt. John Deasy's possible departure wasn't disclosed publicly Action stops short of signaling the end of the John Deasy superintendency By Howard Blume, Stephen Ceasar | L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1vxhKRC John Deasy, the superintendent of the Los Angeles
MESSAGE FROM MICHELLE KING, Senior Deputy Superintendent - School Operations
Los Angeles Unified School District October 1, 2014 Colleagues, I would like to address concerns raised recently in news reports about my communication to the LA School Board. My commitment to Superintendent John E. Deasy is resolute. I am 100 percent proud of the achievement, innovation and lives we have changed under his leadership. As discussions started to surface about a post-Deasy
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 10-1-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: “WE HAVEN’T DECIDED ANTHING” …as names are floated for interim leader to replace L.A. Supt. John DeasySchool board starts weighing Supt. Deasy's evaluation 'We haven't decided anything,' school board president says of deliberations over Supt. Deasy's performance Names have been quietly floated for possible interim leaders to replace L.A. Supt. John Deas