Wednesday, August 27, 2014

8-27-14 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):





LA Unified board approves hiring of Aquino replacement
LA Unified board approves hiring of Aquino replacement Ruth Perez Among the non-iPad and MiSiS issues before the LA Unified board yesterday was approving the hiring of Ruth PĂ©rez as the deputy superintendent of instruction. The vote was 6-0, with Monica Ratliff abstaining. Most recently superintendent of  Norwalk-La Mirada school district, Perez has also served as a teacher and administrator in Fl

The Ratliff report: one view of the iPad program gone awry
The Ratliff report: one view of the iPad program gone awry Monica Ratliff, District 6 Board Member It’s long. It’s detailed. And it’s dry. But here it is, LA Unified board member Monica Ratliff’s report to her colleagues on the work of The Common Core Technology Project Ad Hoc Committee. She was chair. By now, most people know the iPad program didn’t go swimmingly, leading Superintendent John Deas

LAUSD charters extending lead in academic performance
LAUSD charters extending lead in academic performance Source: California Charter Schools Association A new report by the California Charter Schools Association shows a growing gap between the overall school performance of traditional schools and charter schools in LA Unified. The report — Portrait of the Movement — says LA Unified charter schools, on average, produce stronger test results than tra

Morning Read: Calls grow to investigate LAUSD iPad project
Morning Read: Calls grow to investigate LAUSD iPad project Calls grow for wider inquiry into L.A. Unified iPad project A day after Los Angeles Unified abruptly suspended the contract for its controversial iPad project, there were growing calls for a more thorough investigation into whether the bidding process for the $1-billion program was improperly handled. LA Times Can Supt. Deasy survive LAUS

For LAUSD school board a new year, but old problems
For LAUSD school board a new year, but old problems Alex Caputo-Pearl, President of UTLA It might be the new school year, but it was a series of old problems awaiting the LA Unified school board yesterday as it met long into the night with a full complement of seven members for the first time in eight months. After the swearing in of newly-elected District 1 member George McKenna, a closed session


8-26-14 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): Breaking News: Deasy says he’s cancelling iPad programBreaking News: Deasy says he’s cancelling iPad program Via Los Angeles Times | By Howard Blume Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy canceled the $1-billion program to provide all students with an iPad after public records showed he and his top deputy h