4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: AN OPEN LETTER TO PEARSON

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: AN OPEN LETTER TO PEARSON:

AN OPEN LETTER TO PEARSON

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AN OPEN LETTER TO PEARSON

BY JACOB TANENBAUM IN EDUCATION WEEK |  HTTP://BIT.LY/15AVLUI

Pearson PLC is a British multinational publishing and education company headquartered in London. It is the largest education company and the largest book publisher in the world | http://bit.ly/146qCkx   Pearson is a prime developer of the Common Core State Curriculum and the Common Core State Standards tests to assess student progress. Pearson is also the single-source supplier of content/software under Phase 1 of the Apple Common Core Technology Project (iPadsForAll) Contract with LAUSD.

Published Online: June 4, 2013  ::  Dear Pearson and, by extension, McGraw-Hill, and the rest of the companies that produce standardized tests for our classrooms:
Schools all over New York state just finished giving the tests you designed for us. I read that you got $32 million for those. Wow.
Recently, my colleagues and I sat in a meeting at our school learning how to score the tests using your materials. I hear these products are really helpful, and lots of teachers I know who use your grading software to track tests say it's really easy to work with, so thanks for selling all of it to us. New York state and its districts paid a lot of money to buy those tests and the accompanying resources we need to prepare our students and process the scores. You guys made a bundle, but I have one question for you: Can I have a little of that money back for my classroom?
See, I used to have a teaching assistant, but we can't afford her anymore. Our librarian was laid off, and we don't know who will maintain ou

iPADS FOR SCHOOL KIDS: Blushing at unanswered questions? ….or leveling the playing field for the poor?

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By Doug McIntyre, L.A. Daily News columnist | http://bit.ly/12fH1TJ 6/22/2013 04:40:07 PM PDT  ::  At first blush, it seems crazy. The perpetually destitute Los Angeles Unified School District will spend $30 million to purchase thousands of iPad tablets to give away to students at 47 LAUSD campuses. At second blush, it seems crazier. This purchase all but commits the nation's second largest

SUIT BY RESTAURANT HECHO EN MEXICO ACCUSES DISCREDITED ACADEMIA SEMILLAS CHARTER SCHOOL OF TRESPASS, HARASSMENT, DESTROYING BUSINESS

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LAUSD also named in lawsuit GLOBE NEWSWIRE - Source: Hecho en Mexico Authentic Mexican Cuisine LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2013 (A popular restaurant in the El Sereno section of East LA is seeking more than $1 million in damages in a lawsuit against a controversial charter school and the Los Angeles Unified School District. The suit by Hecho en Mexico Authentic Mexican Cuisine and its