Friday, July 11, 2014

7-11-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District):







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Weingarten comes out swinging: attacking Vergara, Duncan
In a fiery speech delivered to her core constituents, Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers went on the assault today, taking on the verdict of the Vergara trial, criticizing Common Core testing and singling out political figures for reprimand. Striking a more combative tone than she used earlier this month when she shared a stage with LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy,

VIDEO: Verdugo Hills high school glee club makes us smile
The glee club, the Verdugo Voices, an acappella group from a singing group at the Visual and Performing Arts Magnet at Verdugo Hills High School released this new video, ‘Move.’ Enjoy!


Teachers union is in town, Vergara front and center
GOP leader asks Brown not to appeal teacher ruling Republican lawmakers on Thursday asked Gov. Jerry Brown to resist union pressure to appeal a Los Angeles judge’s decision striking down tenure and other job protections for California teachers SacBee/AP Schools’ next test is getting tenure ruling to pay off in class If the ruling stands, the challenge for California will be to craft a system that

‘Fiscal mismanagement’ cited in closing 2 Magnolia charters
LA School Report has learned that ‘fiscal mismanagement’ and a host of other irregularities as the reasons behind the sudden closure last month of two LA Unified charter schools, Magnolia Science Academy 6 and Magnolia Science Academy 7, according to a letter sent from LAUSD’s Charter Division. Both are considered high-performing schools; MSA-6 is a middle school in Palms serving about 140 student


7-10-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): Morning Read: Firing Centinela Superintendent could take a monthProcess for firing Centinela Superintendent could take a month Although the Centinela Valley school board has voted to fire Superintendent Jose Fernandez following an investigation into his excessive pay, the process of terminating the embatt