OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PUTS BRAKES ON LA SCHOOL OFFICIALS’ REQUEST FOR MORE iPADS FOR TESTING
Annie Gilbertson | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1ojGGI1 FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images 2014-09-25 16:37:33 :: Members of a bond oversight committee denied a request by Los Angeles Unified school district officials to spend $16 million on 22,000 more iPads or Chromebooks for spring testing, disagreeing with administrators' calculation of need.The district's formula was based on students using
Tweeting from the fault line: LA TIMES’ HOWARD BLUME FROM THURSDAY’S LAUSD BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
by the LA Times Education Reporter, live from the Meeting of the School Construction Bond Citizens’ Oversight Committee – a four hour plus meeting in 140 characters or less via twitter Howard Blume @howardblume · noonish Thursday 25 Sept L.A. Unified plans to spend another $26 million on iPads (or maybe Chromebooks) needed for expanded state testing. Howard Blume @howardblume ·
Never again: NEWTOWN STILL STRUGGLING
from Politico Morning Report by Caitlin Emma | via email 25 Sept 2014 :: More Newtown, Conn., students are failing classes compared to previous years. The rate of chronic absenteeism has nearly doubled. Students can't seem to get solid rest and are having trouble paying attention in class. Students with disabilities have regressed, and referrals to special education has increased. Those
Letters to the editor: WHAT MAKES GOOD TEACHING IN THE 21st CENTURY?
LA Times | http://lat.ms/1wMt8tN Four LAUSD teachers attend a training session in July to improve their skills at using technology in the classroom. (Christina House / For The Times) 25 September 2014 To the editor: Ken Futernick's three recommendations to combat teacher inefficiency are essential strategies toward improving the education of California's students. But there must first
Colorado High School Students Walk Out To Protest Proposed Curriculum Changes
By Jenny Deam - LA Times | http://lat.ms/YcD7N0 Students from schools in the Denver suburbs are protesting a proposal by the Jefferson County school board to emphasize patriotism and downplay civil unrest in the teaching of U.S. history. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press) 9/24/2014 | Reporting from Littleton, Colo. :: For the third straight day Wednesday hundreds of high school
Private Giving And The Insolvency Of Chaos
Written by redqueeninla | http://bit.ly/1u1FfDI Thursday 25 Sep 2014 :: Last week Google announced it was funding all DonorsChoose requests posted for LAUSD classrooms. That’s good news, right? Well…. it’s complicated. Obviously, more money for our kids is good. But why must it come via a third party? Every time a middle man is interjected, money for the thing itself is siphoned into
Report Critical Of Charter School Oversight
By Susan Frey | EdSource | http://bit.ly/1mubj1S “There needs to be a full reporting of data and finances and a separation of governing boards from their management companies,” said Leigh Dingerson, author of the report. “That would go a long, long way to cleaning up the most egregious waste of public dollars that I have seen.” September 18, 2014 | A lack of oversight of the
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Lausd School Board To Meet Tuesday; Likely To Discuss Deasy’S Future
L.A. school board prepares for a widely watched evaluation of its high-profile superintendent By Howard Blume , LA Times | http://lat.ms/1mtOf3g L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy faces an upcoming evaluation from the Board of Education. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Sept 24, 2014 10:10 pm :: The Los Angeles Unified School District has tentatively scheduled a special closed-door
La Schools Data System Concerns After Port Fire, Transcript Problems
Annie Gilbertson, | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1rnx5Vd School Police aid in the relocation of students at George De La Torre Junior Elementary School on Tuesday morning, Sept. 23, after a fire broke out nearby at the Port of Los Angeles on Monday night. Maya Sugarman September 24, 05:30 AM :: Citing Tuesday's evacuation of George De La Torre Jr. Elementary School following the Port of
Just in: LAUSD BOARD CALLS SPECIAL CLOSED-DOOR MEETING TO DISCUSS DEASY
by Jamie Alter Lynton, Publisher , LA School Report | http://bit.ly/1pe0Eny LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy Posted on September 24, 2014 5:25 pm :: The LA Unified school board has scheduled a last-minute closed-door meeting next week to discuss its top employee, superintendent John Deasy. Sources tell LA School Report that the meeting was called to give the seven school board members a
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-24-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: DELAYED EVACUATION OF SCHOOL NEAR PORT OF L.A. ANGERS PARENTS + smf’s 2¢By Ruben Vives, Veronica Rocha | http://lat.ms/1xfDKo5 Los Angeles fire crews battle a wharf fire at the Port of L.A. where pylons soaked with creosote burned prompting concerns about air quality in the area. Sept 23, 12:11 PM :: Potentially hazardous smoke from the stubborn fire
