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Wednesday, March 19, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-19-14

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CELES KING IV, Civil Rights Leader, Community Activist, Education Advocate dies at 70
Of his friend and mentor Celes King IV, Miguel Paredes wrote on his Facebook page: http://on.fb.me/1nEcPy8 “I thought that you would outlive all of us... The first time I met you, was when you were bailing me out of jail after I and countless others were arrested at the South Central Farm! I didn't realize who you were or the important legacy of your family. < Celes King IV (

Learning To Think Is The Goal

Letter to the Los Angeles Times | http://bit.ly/OksXFm Re “Common Core learning curve,” Editorial, March14 http://t.co/EHTNQkunD3 Not mentioned in the editorial is the astonishing amount of testing required by Common Core and the requirement that testing be done online. No Child Left Behind required tests “only” at the end of the year


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-18-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: State Board makes it official: NO API SCORES FOR NEXT TWO YEARSBy John Fensterwald | EdSource Today http://bit.ly/1kFiAHs March 14th, 2014   ::  With federal approval finally in hand to give a Common Core-aligned practice test this spring, the State Board of Education took the inevitable next step this week. It suspended the Academic Performance Index,