Thursday, December 19, 2013

12-19-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit

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




Release Of Naep 2013 Reading And Math Data For Lausd
tweeted and posted online by Howard Blume of the Los Angeles Times | http://t.co/CGjWcS36UW @howardblume: Here's a near final draft of L.A. Unified internal report on the NAEP test scores. They're pleased. Naep Informative 12-16-13 Draft

CalPERS MOVES TO EXCLUDE PRIVATELY RUN CHARTER SCHOOLS
by Tom Chorneau - SI&A Cabinet Report   | http://bit.ly/JHOzJ2 December 19, 2013( Calif.)  ::  New eligibility requirements for participating in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System exclude private operators of charter schools, officials at the California Charter Schools Association said Wednesday. The new requirements were adopted earlier this year in anticipation of changes to


1st Look/Taking Initiative: THE PROTECTION OF LOCAL SCHOOL REVENUES ACT OF 2014
via email from Educate our State and from their website | http://bit.ly/IYaNGG 19 December 2013  ::  According to Educate Our State: Over $7 billion dollars a year of local property taxes have been directed away from our community schools.  These are our local tax dollars apportioned to our neighborhood schools and community colleges -- and they no longer represent a stable, reliable cash flow

12-18-13 4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Ucsf Chancellor Resigns To Head Gates FoundationSusan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor of UC San Francisco since 2009, is leaving to become chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation By Larry Gordon, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1bQ01w0 UC San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann in 2009. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press) December 17, 2013,