4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-30-14

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

L.A. UNIFIED’S BOND COMMITTEE DEMONSTRATES HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT iPADS

Opinion in the LA Times by Editorial Board member Karin Klein | http://lat.ms/1yy22uS How does L.A. Unified know how many iPads or laptops it needs when it doesn't know how many it has? Bond overseers consider morning testing a bad reason for LAUSD to buy more tablets or laptops According to the bond oversight committee of Los Angeles Unified and an article by The Times, LAUSD is

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LAUSD BOARD TO PRIVATELY EVALUATE SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY + Ironic+sarcastic comments (Imagine!)

By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1qREYgB Members of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education are meeting in private on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 to evaluate Superintendent John Deasy. His annual performance review is set for Oct. 21. (2013 file photo by Andy Holzman/Los Angeles Daily News) 2 Comments Posted: 09/29/14, 5:21 PM PDT | Updated: 9/30

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Newton in The LA Times: DEASY+CO CIRCLE THE WAGONS AS EMILY BRONTE MEETS CHRISTIAN GREY

EXT. MONUMENT VALLEY – DAY THERE ARE SMOKE SIGNALS – AND THE SOUNDTRACK HAS AN INCESSENT DRUMBEAT. AND SO IT BEGINS, AS THE DEASY LOYALISTS, ®EFORMERS, ASTROTURF ALLIANCES, CHARTER SCHOOL PROPONENTS AND THE BILLIONARE BOYS CLUB CIRCLE THE WAGONS IN THE VALLEY AS THE BUTTES ARE CRESTED WITH ALL THE INDIANS IN THE WORLD ! It starts out as an innocent enough tweet from @newton_jim: “My latest, on

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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-28-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: GOV. BROWN SIGNS BILLS AIDING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN, TROUBLED STUDENTS; VETOES $100 MILLION FOR LONG-NEEDED REPAIRS AT UC’s+CSU’sBy Patrick McGreevy, Phil Willon | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1mDLM6u Gov. Jerry Brown took action on a wide range of proposals ahead of a midnight Tuesday deadline to sign or veto hundreds of measures still on his desk. (Bob Chamb

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9-30-14 @ The Chalk Face

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Evaluating Gates via His Microsoft Failure

Billionaire Bill Gates has been buying his version of American public education for years now. His first major *reform* effort began in 2000 and involved chopping large urban high schools into smaller schools. It was his solution of choice for several years.  He began to reject the “small schools” idea as The Solution in 2006 after it […]

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9-29-14 @ The Chalk Face

@ THE CHALK FACE: About the radio showJoin Drs. Shaun Johnson and Tim Slekar LIVE Sundays at 6PM EST and Wednesdays at 7PM EST on Blog Talk Radio for progressive, pro-public education talk radio. Call in to speak live with Tim and Shaun during the show, (805) 727-7111. You can also listen to our Monday "Sunday-Replay" at 7PM EST, and re-broadcasts of the archives every Tuesday and Thursd

1 by mike simpson / 3h 

9-30-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks:

Successful Student Remediation Requires Educational Regression

(Mensaje se repite en Español)While some kids will succeed despite the purposeful, generational, and what remains the unaccountable incompetence of LAUSD, the vast majority will predictably never recover. Vacuous rhetoric unsupported by substantive pragmatic programs designed to address the subjective levels of the predominantly minority students are nowhere to be found in LAUSD or inner city dist

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Why Teachers' Unions & Due Process Matter - Bridging Differences - Education Week

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/2014/09/today_leo_casey_of_the.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS3 Why Teachers' Unions & Due Process Matter Today, Leo Casey of the Albert Shanker Institute joins Deborah Meier on the Bridging Differences blog. Deb: So we begin our conversation with the idea of democracy. It is the pivotal idea in the political heritage we share, as a strong conception

by Rene Diedrich / 1h 

Big Education Ape: Homeless students increase by 58 percent in past six years | Education By The Numbers

http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2014/09/homeless-students-increase-by-58.html Homeless students increase by 58 percent in past six years | Education By The NumbersDespite signs of a national economic recovery, homelessness in U.S. public schools steadily increased 8 percent, to 1.26 million students, in the 2012-13 school year from the previous year. That may not sound terrible, but consider

by Rene Diedrich / 1h 

Los Angeles, a city of poverty and unemployment - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/04/15/losa-a15.html Los Angeles, a city of poverty and unemployment   By Gabriel Black 15 April 2014 On Wednesday, the second part of the Los Angeles 2020 Commission report was published. The report, taken together with its December 2013 predecessor, lifts the lid on the brutal, crushing conditions facing workers in the second largest city in the US. In its

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YESTERDAY

Los Angeles and the Endless Saga of Dr. John Deasy | Diane Ravitch's blog

http://dianeravitch.net/2014/09/29/los-angeles-and-the-endless-saga-of-dr-john-deasy/Whose the boss?  Los Angeles and the Endless Saga of Dr. John Deasy Los Angeles' school politics is beginning to sound like a soap opera. Tune in next week to see if long-suffering Superintendent John Deasy, much admired by billionaire Eli Broad, survives yet oanother unjust attack at the hands of the brutes who

by Rene Diedrich / 8h 

LAUSD keeps no written records of Deasy performance reviews

http://laschoolreport.com/lausd-keeps-no-written-records-of-deasy-performance-reviews/ LAUSD keeps no written records of Deasy performance reviews Superintendent John Deasy As the LA Unified school board prepares to meet privately tomorrow to discuss how to evaluate Superintendent John Deasy in his performance review next month, it might be instructive to have a look at the board's previous evalu

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Attorney Alleges Possible Tampering By LAUSD In Miramonte Civil Suit

Attorney Alleges Possible Tampering By LAUSD In Miramonte Civil Suit

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DEASY and NEWTON'S TWISTED FACTS

Deasy and Newton’sTwisted FactsAgain, the LA Times shows it’s bias in downplaying Superintendent John Deasy’s many failures and mismanagement which has cost taxpayers multi millions of wasted money. Newton sloughs over the iPad potential collusion, now visible with reports of two year old emails between Apple and Pearson, and Deasy and Aquino. But he also avoids the huge failure of the doomed MiSi

by Rene Diedrich / 9h 

9-29-14 Hemlock on the Rocks

Hemlock on the Rocks: Big Education Ape: LAUSD spends like Billionaires while being a Tyrant about Teacher’s Salaries - Lydia Gutierrezhttp://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2014/09/lausd-spends-like-billionaires-while.html LAUSD spends like Billionaires while being a Tyrant about Teacher's Salaries - Lydia Gutierrez Lydia Gutierrez: LAUSD spends like Billionaires while being a Tyrant about Teacher's

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9-30-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School:

Note To George Pataki: No One Cares If You Run For President

This is too funny:Former NY Governor George Pataki is privately gearing up for a 2016 presidential run, according to sources, and was spotted meeting GOP kingmaker David Koch last week. New York Republican Pataki has been publicly noncommittal about if he was leaving the door open for a run, telling Newsmax TV’s Steve Malzberg in August, “It’s still summer,” while bashing the current administratio

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Could There Be Anything Crazier Than Expecting Rich People Like Bill Gates To Save Us?

Bill Gates does a lot of destruction in education by throwing around a ton of money to push through changes he thinks will make a difference in schools - teacher evaluatinos tied to test scores and Common Core are two examples.But the destruction Gates wreaks is not limited to education - he's doing it to the environment too:Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has been supporting a wide array of

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Oprah Loves "Warriors"

Associated Press today: SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is donating $100,000 to a youth center on the south side of Syracuse.Winfrey made a surprise stop Monday at the Mary Nelson Youth Center and said she was writing out the check on the spot. She called Mary Nelson a "community warrior" for doing the work she does on the city's crime-ridden south side, part of which borders Syracu

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9-29-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School: Bill Gates Has Some Lessons Leadership For YouGreat start to week breakfast with @BillGates in DC #LessonsFromLeaders ... the ultimate thought-leader— Nick Owens (@MSPLLC) September 29, 2014Lesson #1:Only listen to yourself. No one else knows anything but you.Lesson # 2:Have more money than God so you don't have to listen to anybody else.Lesson #3:Be as ruthless in business

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How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color | The Hechinger Report

How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color | The Hechinger Report:

How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color

Only radical new engagement strategies can end racial disparity

By Andre Perry

Nationally, black males account for 2 percent of the teacher population. Blacks in total represent 8 percent of all teachers; Latinos, 7 percent; and Asians, 2 percent. My 3-year-old son could have approximately 50 different teachers by the time he graduates from high school. How many times should he expect to see an African American male teacher before graduation? This is a “Common Core” question I struggle with.

In a seminar titled, “How Do We Get More Black Male Teachers in America’s Classrooms?” At the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., an audience member asked, “Are colleges even recruiting black male teachers?” As someone who is charged with building a teacher prep program, I can say most universities aren’t built to recruit from black communities.

Black and brown people represent 30 percent of the population. But they represent 15 percent of teachers, and that figure is in decline. Woodrow Wilson reports that if current trends hold, the percentage of teachers of color will fall to an all-time low of 5 percent by 2020. But today for the first time in American history, the majority of public school students are of color.

Related story: New Orleans schools should stop hiring so many teachers who don’t understand the students’ culture or backgrounds

Diversity matters when it comes to learning. Ethnic minorities benefit from seeing teachers who share similar backgrounds. This reality motivated the Center for American Progress to create their DiversityIndex, which “ranks states on the percentage-point difference between teachers of color and students of color.” But everyone benefits from seeing authentic teaching and learning come from all walks of life. Even though we should all have diverse teachers in our lives, most of us don’t.

The days of recruiters waiting for aspiring teachers to willingly hand over their tuition in exchange for a certificate are over. If we want teachers of color, colleges are going to have to recruit outside their social networks. Meaning, we really have to recruit.”

Before explaining the lack of infrastructure to recruit black teachers, I must assert an extraneous but important claim. Students are more likely to become teachers if they’re treated with respect while in school. If racial disparities in suspension and expulsion provide indications of preferential treatment, then our teacher recruitment strategy should include “discipline” reform. Unfortunately, schools are a negative flashpoint in many black children’s lives. In addition, a lack of school quality makes it more difficult for aspiring teachers to meet the ever-increasing academic requirements to enroll in programs. Students’ educational experiences will influence future career decisions.

Related story: Schools are doling out suspensions “like Tic Tacs,” here are some ways to keep kids in the classroom

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The Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Preparation (CAEP) and organizations like Teach for America have certainly raised the bar for entry into the profession. A college 3.0 GPA has become standard. Again, if students aren’t prepared at the secondary and postsecondary levels, then they won’t be able to pass required tests for How college ed programs try, fail to recruit teachers of color | The Hechinger Report:

A #Commoncore Twitter Play | Missouri Education Watchdog

A #Commoncore Twitter Play | Missouri Education Watchdog:

A #Commoncore Twitter Play

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CAST:

Common Core Proponents (Supported by Tax Dollars and Special Interest Groups):

• Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, State Education Agency,Jefferson City, MO dese.mo.gov
• Robert Pondiscio, Senior Fellow @ Fordham Institute; senior adviser @democracyprep. K-12 education, literacy, civics and citizenship
• EdProgress, Center For American Progress Education Policy Team
  Washington D.C.

Common Core Opponents (Unpaid writers/researchers and taxpayers concerned about private non governmental organizations developing/directing public education with no accountability):

•  Logue, Independent mom. Realist. Education Watchdog. Tired of crony capitalists and the politicians who fund them.
  missourieducationwatchdog.com
• Susan Ohanian, Longtime teacher and opponent of national standards and testing; sanohanian.org
• AP Dillon,Founder http://LadyLiberty1885.com  Also at TheConMom, DaTechGuy’s Magnificent 7, StopCommonCoreNC, WeWillNotConform, WizBang Find me on Facebook: Lady Liberty
  LadyLiberty1885.com

Scene: Critique of pro Common Core kindergarten math video published on twitter.

Location: Twitter

Act I:

Missouri DESE retweets Robert Pondiscio’s  modified tweet from EdProgress containing a video produced by Center for American Progress on ‘what Common Core means for students’.  EdProgress asks for questions.

 The video link is here.

Act II:

Questions are asked for, so I ask one.  Simple, right?  I ask Susan and AP if they know if Pondiscio and EdProgress are connected financially with special interest groups funding the standards that just ‘might’ taint their support.  They do know the answer:

Scene III:

Crickets from Mr. Pondiscio, Missouri DESE and EdProgress regarding  question about the financial support and/or grants these organizations have received from special interest groups. Maybe Mr. Pondiscio’s previous tweet explains and represents the silence from the well funded A #Commoncore Twitter Play | Missouri Education Watchdog: