Wednesday, November 10, 2010

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES VALUE-ADDED CONTRACT

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES VALUE-ADDED CONTRACT

SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES VALUE-ADDED CONTRACT

-- Jason Song – LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/aqgFbE November 9, 2010 | 6:53 pm - The Los Angeles Board of Education unanimously approved a contract Tuesday with a company that will analyze teachers' effectiveness in raising students' standardized test scores. The agreement with the University of Wisconsin Value Added Research Center, which does similar work for New York City public

CSU TO RAISE ‘FEES’… ER… ‘TUITION’ (Doesn’t Prop 26 require a two-thirds vote to raise ‘fees"’?

Cal State trustees committee approves fee hike; full board votes Wednesday -- Carla Rivera – LA Times/LA Now | http://lat.ms/aEHi3E November 9, 2010 | 5:33 pm - A California State University proposal to raise undergraduate tuition 15% by next fall was approved Tuesday by a key committee of the Board of Trustees. If approved by the full board Wednesday, the two-step increase would boost