Hemlock on the Rocks:
Finally ! Mulgrew Confirms What We Have Always Suspected!
I wasn't surprised when Michael Mulgrew remarked at the AFT Convention last weekend, "I have heard the stories about how Eli Broad and [Bill] Gates and a flying saucer full of Martians designed these standards." For you see, I, too had long suspected that the Common-Core was promulgated by Martians. I just wasn't sure whether it was one misguided martian or a whole band of them. You
IPads, Emails and Ethics: SCPR Scoops a Story that was Always in Plain Sight
http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2014/08/22/17193/internal-emails-show-la-school-officials-started-i/Ed Notes: HOW DO WE GET ACCESS I DISTRICT EMAILS? Internal emails show LA school officials started iPad talks with software supplier a year before bids
L.A. Unified teachers decry new student tracking system - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-utla-campaign-20140821-story.html L.A. Unified teachers decry new student tracking system
“Reframing” California Common Core for a Better Public Sale
WordPress.com deutsch29 posted: "The Frameworks Institute is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the images of other nonprofits with the goal of hooking the public
L.A. Now Live: Charters pulling students from private schools | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
L.A. Now Live: Charters pulling students from private schools AUGUST 28, 2012 | 6:00 AM Times education reporter Howard Blume will join L.A. Now Live to discuss the student shift from private schools to public charters and the impact the switch has on taxpayers and the already-strained public education system.
Curt Hagman | Assemblyman Curt Hagman Calls for More Oversight in LAUSD’s Failing iPad Project
http://arc.asm.ca.gov/member/AD55/?p=article&sid=214&id=258920 SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) renewed his request to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) to hold a special oversight hearing to review Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) iPad project. The project, which costs over $1 billion in school facility bond funds, began its implementatio
The Con Artistry of Charter Schools - In These Times
In 2010, billionaire Rupert Murdoch declared for-profit K-12 education 'a $500 billion sector in the U.S. alone that is waiting desperately to be transformed.' (David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons) FEATURES » AUGUST 20, 2014 The Con Artistry of Charter Schools Once an effort to improve public education, the charter school movement has transformed into a money-making venture. BY
Cuts to Detroit Public Schools - I Have Much More to Say
Yesterday, I appeared on WDIV, talking about the cuts to Detroit Public Schools. My statement was limited to a thirty-second sound bite, but I have much more to say. I am a parent of six children in the Detroit Public School system. Three of my children are Phoenix at Renaissance High School, one is a Cass Technician, and two of my children are Pharaohs at the Detroit Communication
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Opt Out is Moving All Over the USA as THE People Say Enough is Enough
IS GROWING ALL OVER THE USA!/With each passing week, there are more and more stories about the growing high-stakes testing //resistance movement. Help ensure reporters, allies and policy-makers know about your local protest //activities by posting them on the national map at: http:/www.resistthetest.org http:/www.resistthetest.org&lang=en Opt Out to Say "Enough is Enough" on Student
White Faces Lodge of the 1% Yuck it Up with the Edsyster
CORPORATE ED NEWS OF THE 1%--Whiteface Rulez*http://edushyster.com*Posted on April 1, 2014 http://edushyster.com/?p=4594 *Will you help me realize my dream of attending Camp Reform-a-Lot?*http://edushyster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/whitefacesummer.jpg Whiteface Lodge ��� look how nice it looks!Reader: it���s a well known fact that nothing thrills me more than the prospect of attending an
Re: Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth—The Los Angeles Unified School District - Los Angeles Public Education | Examiner.com
"An LAUSD report says the district's iPad program was beset by inadequate planning and flawed bidding process", from the Los Angeles Times on August 22, 2014. "Some L.A. Unified schools face packed classes, roaming students as new $20-million tracking system falters", from the Times on August 20, 2014. "Los Angeles Unified officials will have to explain how they spent $
Los Angeles Unified School District ISSUES MEMO Lamenting UTLA's Refusal to Consider Offer on Teachers' Raises
http://home.lausd.net/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=394301&id=0 'I'm disappointed that they won't discuss the raises we want to give them."
Breaking News: Internal Report Says L.A. iPad Purchase Was Poorly Planned, Deeply Flawed | Diane Ravitch's blog
http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/22/breaking-news-internal-report-says-l-a-ipad-purchase-was-poorly-planned-deeply-flawed/
Breaking News: L.A. Officials Met with Apple, Pearson a Year Before Taking Public Bids | Diane Ravitch's blog
http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/22/breaking-news-l-a-officials-met-with-apple-pearson-a-year-before-taking-public-bids/Annie Gilbertson of KPCC in Los Angeles reports that internal emails show that district officials met and emailed Apple and Pearson a year before the bidding process for new technology and software began. "Emails obtained by KPCC show Los Angeles Unified School District
LAUSD Board Member-Elect George McKenna to be Sworn into Office Tuesday By Rev. Jesse Jackson
NationBuilder MEDIA ADVISORY LAUSD BOARD MEMBER-ELECT GEORGE MCKENNA TO BE SWORN INTO OFFICE TUESDAY Oath will be administered
Petition | Demand the Return of Mr. Stuart Lutz to South Gate Middle School! | Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/south-gate-parents-and-community-members-demand-the-return-of-mr-stuart-lutz-to-south-gate-middle-school#
Petition | Sign this petition to stop federal intrusion on local education. | Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/stop-common-core-state-standards-protect-our-children-from-harm-and-protect-the-us-constitution-sign-this-petition-to-stop-federal-intrusion-on-local-education rene
‘The Teacher Wars,’ by Dana Goldstein - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/books/review/the-teacher-wars-by-dana-goldstein.html?emc=edit_bk_20140822&nl=books&nlid=65258624&_r=0 Progress Report America loves to
Gender, Bullying, and Harassment: Strategies to End Sexism and Homophobia in Schools." Teache-Author Elizabeth J. Meyer
Meyers is a former high school teacher.Recently released research in California shows that many schools fail to use data to support their bullying prevention programs, and many districts have outdated policies that are useless in protecting students.Cyber Bulling Tips:- Mistake #1: Individualizing the problem. Although it may appear that bullying and harassment might only be impacting a few
WE DON'T NEED NO CORPORATIONS; We Don't Need No Common Core : Hey Arne, Leave Or Schools Alone
LAUREN CAMERA AUG 20, 2014 While more people know what the Common Core State Standards are than last year, a majority of them oppose the standards, according to the 46th edition of the PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools. Overall, the wide-ranging survey found, 81
Badass Teachers Association : PEOPLE ABOVE PROFITS
BATs July 28, 2014 Speech By: Dr. Yohuru Williams
FBI Tracks Charter Schools | The Progressive
There's been a flood of local news stories in recent months about FBI raids on charter schools all over the country. From Pittsburgh to Baton Rouge, from Hartford to Cincinnati to Albuquerque, FBI agents have been busting into schools, carting off documents, and making arrests leading to high-profile indictments. "The troubled Hartford charter
Obama's Top Ex-Advisers Are Cashing In On Fighting Unions
Art by Robert Rendo Evan McMorris- WASHINGTON — President Obama's innovative, take-no-prisoners campaigns crafted an elite force of operatives, skilled in the political arts. Now that they're done helping Obama, however, it appears they have a new goal: weakening and defeating organized labor. On Tuesday, Obama's former top White House adviser and 2008 campaign manager David
Fwd: An Interview With Dr. Yohuru Williams on Corporate Education Reform: 'We Aren't Buying It." | M. Shannon Hernandez
Teachers from across the nation stood in solidarity on July 27, 2014, using their voices to speak out about many of the issues plaguing the nation's public education system. The mood at the front entrance of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, D.C., was one of hope at times, with teachers sharing inspiring stories of the progress they are making with
State seeks schools lacking Internet capacity :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
https://www.cabinetreport.com/program-improvement/state-seeks-schools-lacking-internet-capacity State seeks schools lacking Internet capacity August 21, 2014 by Kimberly Beltran (Calif.) State officials are looking to county
LA Unified names Ruth Perez as successor to Aquino Before the BOARD Approves Her
http://laschoolreport.com/la-unified-names-ruth-perez-as-successor-to-aquino-lausd/ LA Unified names Ruth Perez as successor to Aquino Dr. Ruth Perez Eight months after Jaime Aquino's departure as LA Unified's Deputy Superintendent of
DEASY CONTINUES TO FAIL LAUSD by Ellen Lubic
Deasy continues to fail at leading LAUSD Thanks LA Times and Howard Blume, for the accurate article on LAUSD which exposes the many failures in governance. Not only has Supt. John Deasy presided over the Billion Dollar iPad fiasco which unwisely appropriated funding from the much needed Construction Bond reserve, but as of the opening of school this week, the highly touted MiSiS computer system
LAUSD report faults iPad bidding - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-lausd-ipads-20140822-story.html#navtype=outfit&page=1
Bored of Education? Then Step Aside: An Open Letter to Tamar Galatzan
http://www.changethelausd.com/accountability.html An Open Letter to Tamar Galatzan: By Carl Petersen ____________________________________________ It is readily apparent to anyone who has attended a LAUSD board meeting over the last few months that you have lost your passion for the job. You fulfill the requirements for receiving your second government paycheck by physically
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LAUSD's $1-billion iPad effort beset by problems, report finds - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ipad-bidding-20140821-story.htmlwww.hemlockontherocks.com
Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Support the Right of Betty Pleasant to exercise her Freedom of Journalistic Expression in South LA
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Mayor Sam's Sister City - Home of Los Angeles Politics: Support the Right of Betty Pleasant to exercise her Freedom of Journalistic Expression in South LA
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The Ruling Party: Scenes From George McKenna's Winning Night | Cakewalk | SoCal Focus | KCET
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The strategic campaign needed to save public education — in nine steps - The Washington Post
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An Appropriate Rumination on Tenure and Due Process By A. Scapegoat
When I became a teacher, I was kind of appalled by seniority and tenure for the reasons most are, but came to understand why it was needed when we lost a very strong by the book leader who was scary but only if you were screwing up. And we all do because we have to be professionals who are also caregivers personalizing instruction . We hear out students who come to us for advice, we care about
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LAUSD computer trouble brings sense of deja vu: Letters
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ACLU challenges school district's iPad policy - Education Week
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ACLU challenges school district's iPad policy - Education Week
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Internet Safety Tips | Parent and Educator Edition | Dark Psychology
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Fwd: ACLU challenges school district's iPad policy - Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/08/20/aclu-challenges-school-districts-ipad-policy_ap.html?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mrss&cmp=RSS-FEED ACLU challenges school district's iPad policy
INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING WRONGFUL TERMINATIONS, ILEGAL RIFS, SCHOOL CLOSURES AND INTELLECTUAL HOLOCAUST IN LAUSD SCHOOLS, UTLA SENDS Union Officials To Visit Schools In Push For Pay Increase, Smaller Classes Y
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On the frontlines of reintegrating LAUSD | Bill Boyarsky | Jewish Journal
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Let's Not Let This Get Buried: Deported Children Being Killed After Being Sent Back.
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Teachers Union Officials To Visit Schools In Push For Pay Increase, Smaller Classes « CBS Los Angeles
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/08/20/teachers-union-to-visit-schools-in-push-for-pay-increase-smaller-classes/ Teachers Union Officials To Visit Schools In Push For Pay Increase, Smaller Classes August 20, 2014 11:59 AM
Dear schools, let the kids have August - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/style/la-hm-erskine-20140816-column.html
Letter to a Ninth-Year Teacher - Connecting the Dots: Ideas and Practice in Teaching - Education Week Teacher
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/connecting-the-dots/2014/08/letter_to_a_ninth_year_teacher.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 Dear Ninth-Year Teacher: In the last few weeks, you've probably seen more than a few letters to first year teachers, imparting
Counseling, Not Arrests, Is Priority in New Policing Policy for Los Angeles Schools - District Dossier - Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/District_Dossier/2014/08/los_angeles_unified_overhauls_.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS3 The police force for the nation's second largest school system will now send most students who get into trouble for fighting, bringing
What Happens When Teachers Run Schools? - On California - Education Week
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School as Home, and the Unwritten Job Descriptions of Teachers in High-Needs Schools - View From the Bronx: An Urban Teacher's Perspective - Education Week Teacher
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Fwd: Jersey Jazzman: The Myth of The Burned-Out Senior Teacher: Part I
http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-myth-of-burned-out-senior-teacher.html The Myth of The Burned-Out Senior Teacher: Part I Non-teacher David Boies is absolutely convinced that we are plagued by old, bad, burned-out teachers; that's why we need to get rid of tenure, see, and replace them with young,
Vigilante Teacher
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Ed Notes Online: Why Parent Leaders Should Join Court Intervention in Support of Tenure
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Field Guide to Anti-Teacher Trolls | Peter Greene
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On Due Process, Or What You Call Tenure - The Jose Vilson
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County yet to approve LA Unified’s LCAP, But have yet to discuss their concerns
The Los Angeles County Office of Education is withholding approval of the Local Control and Accountability Plan drawn up by the Los Angeles Unified School District pending clarification of the $700 million the school district says it is spending on low-income students, English learners and foster children.Los Angeles Unified is receiving additional funds for these three categories of high-needs
In NYC the Scandals have Sex in classrooms , alien lesson plans and threats of violence thanks to Mulgrew
'Sex coverup' with counselor should force UFT President Mulgrew out: foesBy Reuven FentonMay 21, 2012 | 4:00amModal TriggerWOE! Then-guidance counselor Emelina Camacho-Mendez allegedly had sex with UFT chief Michael Mulgrew (above) at Grady HS in 2005.Photo: Daniel ShapiroMichael HicksGrady HSGrady HS (benny j. stumbo)()He needs to be taught a lesson!An outraged UFT chapter leader yesterday
Randi Weingarten defends Mike Mulgrew while innicent teachers are sent to goue factory
MARC A. HERMANN FOR THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWSUFT President Michael MulgrewFormer teachers union president Randi Weingarten went to bat for her successor Sunday after a lawsuit charged that when he was a teacher, he had sex on school premises with a guidance counselor.The suit claims that the United Federation of Teachers made labor concessions to the city to cover up the incident involving Michael
Did Mike Mulgrew have a 'woody' in wood shop?
Why is he still allowed to be around students ? The guy is a total punk. New York teacher's union head 'had sex with teacher in high school wood shop and gave her a cushy job'By DAILY MAIL REPORTERPUBLISHED: 08:29 EST, 20 May 2012 | UPDATED: 08:37 EST, 20 May 2012 10View commentsA lawsuit filed by a disgruntled teacher claims the powerful head of New York City's teachers union was caught
Eli Broad, Bill Gates , Joel Klein and a flying saucer full of Martians designed these things to brainwash us all!!
Michael Mulgrew defends Common Core: 'You sick people need to deal with us and the children that we teach'The wild remarks came during last month's American Federation of Teachers convention in Los Angeles. 'You sick people need to deal with us and the children we teach. Thank you very much!' Mulgrew said.BY BEN CHAPMAN , STEPHEN REX BROWN NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Thursday, August 7, 2014,
Change Walmart | No to Walmart-Style Classrooms
No to Walmart-Style ClassroomsDear Walmart Owner Rob Walton:I'm standing with teachers to call on your family to immediately stop funding attempts to close our schools and take much needed funding from public education.Sincerely,Why to Act Now:We all know that Walmart has a bad reputation when it comes to the treatment of their workers. What you may not know is that the Walton family, who owns
V.A.M. It!: Finally Mulgrew Says What I Always Suspected!
I wasn't surprised when Michael Mulgrew remarked at the AFT Convention last weekend, "I have heard the stories about how Eli Broad and [Bill] Gates and a flying saucer full of Martians designed these standards." For you see, I, too had long suspected that the Common-Core was promulgated by Martians. I just wasn't sure whether it was one misguided martian or a whole band of them. You
Astroturfed students file class-action suit against NY teacher tenure laws | SILive.com
By Nick Fugallo | nfugallo@siadvance.com on July 05, 2014 at 12:29 PM
Guess what: school reform is really about land development (not kids) - The Washington Post
BY VALERIE STRAUSS May 28, 2013 Dean Leslie Fenwick (howard.edu (Correction: Fixing publication date for book, and removing quote attributed to book) Here is a provocative piece from Leslie T. Fenwick,dean of the Howard University School of Education and a professor of education policy, about what is really behind urban school reform. It's not about fixing
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Out of the frying pan; into the fire!? LA Schools Are Actively Recruiting Military Vets For Available Teacher Openings
What the hell is this ? Suddenly enrollment is up and employment at the district is becoming an area of employment growth? Without the Labor board link I would be more dubious But the teachers student ratio sure has to be an issue after Deasy successfully purged thousands of veteran teachers . We know teachers are expected to teach fir above the the legal class size caps . There are plenty of
Disastrous Ruling In California Education Trial Makes ‘Reformers’ Giddy — For Now | Liberaland
http://www.alan.com/2014/06/10/disastrous-ruling-in-california-education-trial-makes-reformers-giddy-for-now/ California Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu just handed down a devastating ruling that could reverberate nationally and bolster the drive to
NYC 'S ATR ANXIETY IS NOT UNLIKE LA'S DISPLACEMENT DISTRESS: so what about your city?
Fwd: http://www.southbronxschool.coED NOTES: Re teachers houses elsewhere? I know a teacher in Philly was several years ago when the suits shut her school down After promising not to of the school made gains, her name was Hope Moffet and what she did AA pretty brave. ButEven though she was given a reprieve , she fell off the map. Hers was an accidental brand of heroism Anyway, if you're in
some POINTED QUESTIONS about AFT Convention - Common Core Debate - UFT Leaders Vs Classroom Teachers
Check out this video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/ToNEs-C9HCU Zz
AFTER FIVE YEARS OF RUIN AND ROT: Teachers union claims to be talking strategy for combatting teacher jail - LA School Report
http://laschoolreport.com/teachers-union-talking-strategy-for-combatting-teacher-jail/#comment-2386 While officials from the teachers union, UTLA, are contemplating salary demands in a new labor contract with the district, they have not lost sight of another key issue, how to deal with teachers housed
To Amanda Ripley: A Second TIME Article on Rhee is Long Overdue | deutsch29
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New York Students Inch Upward On Common Core Tests, But Most Are Still Failing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/new-york-common-core-scores-2014_n_5679545.html New York Students Inch Upward On Common Core Tests, But Most Are Still Failing The New York State Education Department released the much-anticipated scores
Washington State School Officials Criticize Federal 'Failing' Status
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/washington-state-failing-schools_n_5679941.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education (Updates with Department of Education statement) By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Superintendents from 28 Washington
Why Los Angeles Sends Failing Students On To The Next Grade
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/15/los-angeles-failing-students_n_5682751.html?utm_hp_ref=education When Alberto Cortes was held back in fourth grade because of low math skills, he thought his world had come to an end."The first day of
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LA’s Schools: When Is Accountability Good For The Gander?
http://citywatchla.com/8box-left/7383-la-s-schools-when-is-accountability-good-for-the-LA's Schools: When Is Accountability Good For The Gander? The BUCK NEVER STOPPED-This past week, the first back in school for LAUSD kids, has seen an absolutely ridiculous mess due to MiSiS, the court-mandated, "Integrated Student Information System" more honestly termed, simply: "CriSiS". B
The Trouble With Tenure - NYTimes.com
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Mulgrew: When You Look Up Union Thug in Your Urban Dictionary , HIS Photo is underneath the definition
Shameful Excuse for a Man How much more do we need to see this for what it is ...RACKETEERING! Note How Weingarten Yucks it up like Joe Pesci.
Teachers Scrambling to Schedule Students As Deasy's MISIS Malfunction Catches Heat from Caputo-Pearl
http://laschoolreport.com/teachers-union-blasts-deasy-again-for-new-computer-system/#comment-2379I don't approve of UTLA. Employing bully tactics like these is unnecessary and counterproductive. We cannot be so sure this issue is Deasy's fault either. Frankly, I am inclined to see it all as an elaborate ruse designed to keep the FBI and others out if records that betray ADA fraud among other
LAUSD Tour of Duty
LAUSD Tour of Duty-libyernyth--clay--starbucks in the hoodFreezeNo bird in hands no bush shookHail Fire in the Rubble of WattsSubbing : good ,bad and fuglyLittle blue duplexBanningIntern all bleeding Teachers lounge Bird Exuberance is exhausting HeathensShelter or segregateConfigurationsNapoleon Complex Emo bluesMarlo Duffin and MeFadedFaralistic (Raising Bail for corpses)Question
Girl Scouts Get Badges For Mastering Common Core
Program Connections to State(and National) Curriculum StandardsThe content of all Girl Scout national proficiency badges and journeys have been correlated by grade level to national Common Core Standards, 21st Century Skillsstandards, Financial Literacy education standards, and curriculum such as Health and PE, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies learning objectives for all 50 states
Inside the multimillion-dollar essay-scoring business | City Pages
Mike Kooiman Dan DiMaggio was blown away the first time he heard his boss say it. The pensive, bespectacled 25-year-old had been coming
LAUSD's outrageous 'parent trigger' suspension - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0817-sunday-lausd-parent-trigger-20140817-story.html
Sabotaging Those Political Tests (The New York State ELA and Math Assessments)
WordPress.com liberalteacher posted: "60,000 students who opted out plus a changed cut score (see here) equals one thing—an invalid and unreliable test. As
APARTHEID IN AMERICA :Ferguson: Gentrification and its discontents | Al Jazeera America
U.S. SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES Ferguson: Gentrification and its discontents Gentrification is pushing poor people of color out of major cities and into deeper inequality August 15, 2014 1:11PM ET
Never Again! Now The Evidence Is Irrefutable…
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Hemlock Greets Gatsby In L.A.U.S.D
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CTA AND JERRY BROWN BETRAY RANK AND FILE TEACHERS with deceptive bill that defies tenure ( No appeal on Vergara likely)
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/06/28/cali-j28.html By Alan Gilman 28 June 2014 On June 25, Democratic California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 215, legislation which streamlines the teacher dismissal
WHY Are Diane Ravitch's Insights into Reformers' Reign of Error Close but No Cigar for an Effective Resistance?
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/06/19/ravi-j19.htmlEd Notes : I am not a socialist, but in my opinion their work in exposing education reforms is by far the most viable and comprehensive . Their insights are realized by events and these nagging questions one has about the reformers' antics are often answered in these enlightening expositions. Few mainstream writers are as clear, accurate or
Atlanta school cheating trial scapegoats teachers - World Socialist Web Site
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/08/14/atla-a14.html By Fred Mazelis 14 August 2014 Jury selection began this week in a trial arising out of the school test cheating scandal in Atlanta, Georgia that first surfaced
Judge Tells California To Teach All English Learne...
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: JUDGE TELLS CALIFORNIA TO TEACH ALL ENGLISH LEARNE...: By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press | San Jose Mercury News http://bit.ly/Vl1OW6 Posted: 08/13/2014 08:51:01 AM LOS ANGELES -- Californ...
Big Education Ape: John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s conscious...
Big Education Ape: John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s conscious...: John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s conscious : John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s conscious AUGUST 17, 2014 BY ROBERT D. SKE...
Why Are Things As They Are? RICH GIBSON'S little red schoolhouse offers Ohanian, Rhee,Atlanta Cheats and More
http://www.richgibson.com/blog/Susan Ohanian on Combat-Ready Kiddies The Mission: Readiness Military Leaders for Kids website features the National Council on Teacher Quality ranking of top teacher education institutions–with the admonition No service member can enter the battlefield without extensive training, and while schools are not combat zones, no teacher should enter the classroom without
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Tamar Galatzan: DOUBLING UP ON THE DOUBLE TALK As She Shifts Blame for MiSiSi Mishaps
http://www.changethelausd.com/accountability.html The LAUSD board is supposed to be overseeing the Superintendent. Should somebody tell them? By Carl Petersen ____________________________________________ "I can't remember the last time we got an update on the program...and we don't supervise anyone who works for the superintendent, which is who was running it" - Tamar Galatzan The LAUSD
Obama's Role in the Destruction of Public Education
http://crazynormaltheclassroomexpose.com/ What is the role of the public schools? The Center for Ethical Leadership (founded in 1991) says that public education is foundational to a healthy democracy and developing our humanity—not to have every student achieve high scores on standardized tests. After you read this post, you decide if the U.S. public schools are doing their job and what
What's the deal with LAUSD? A Swift Summary
http://www.city-data.com/forum/los-angeles/2182899-whats-deal-lausd-2.htmlLAUSD is a criminal organization that exploits children, fleeces taxpayers and abuses employees unless they are insulated in a distruct offices. The comment about the languages is misguided as immigration did not build taj mahal schools on toxic sites or leave the hood schools in terrible states.Dirty, neglected,grim ,
LAUSD in crisis over its new MiSiS computer system
http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20140814/lausd-in-crisis-over-its-new-misis-computer-systemLos Angeles Unified told teachers to stop using the new district-wide computer system Thursday, after days of dealing with glitches and other problems that have lost records and kept students from starting in the proper classes.According to an email from district administrators, "in order for
Dismantling Public Accountability & Transparency in the Name of Accountability & Transparency? | School Finance 101
http://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/dismantling-public-accountability-transparency-in-the-name-of-accountability-transparency/Data and thoughts on public and private school funding in the U.S. This post comes about as a follow up to a previous post where I critiqued the rationale of the Students First policy agenda. It should be noted that the Students
Georgia teacher fired after students post her naked selfies online - NY Daily News
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California Teacher Credential Corruption Ignored
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I’m a teacher—“Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me?” - Los Angeles Public Education | Examiner.com
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Big Education Ape: As Long As You’re Filling Out School Forms – How About One For Opting Out? | Missouri Education Watchdog
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Big Education Ape: Bill Gates’ Market-Driven Experiments Are Not Read...
Big Education Ape: Bill Gates’ Market-Driven Experiments Are Not Read...: Bill Gates’ Market-Driven Experiments Are Not Ready for Prime-Time Public Ed | Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates : Bill Gates’ Market-Dr...
PR Firm for LAUSD Uncovers Child Abuse Records | NBC Southern California
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Become a "Highly Effective" Teacher Without Any Teaching Experience!
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All this money, and only an 8% voter turnout? - LA Times
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On crime and education, you can't always trust the data - LA Times
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L.A. school board approves new parent trigger rules - LA Times
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LAUSD says it's not subject to state's 'parent trigger' law this year - LA Times
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In Case you wonder how well Privatizers are faring outside of public education -- Sue Corporate Killers and Then Put Them In Prison; The VA Scandal Gets Bigger
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McKenna Victory: ‘Proof That the People … Outraged and United … Can Do Any Damned Thing We Must’
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WalMart Sends Mixed Messages About Wage Slavery
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Incredibly Irresponsible Rhetoric in Response to LAUSD system glitches from CalWatchDog
http://calwatchdog.com/2014/08/14/lausd-system-does-not-compute/ LAUSD system does not compute | CalWatchDog August 14, 2014 - By John Seiler You'd think a state that's still by far the center of the global computer industry could produce government
Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by State | Asbarez Armenian News
http://asbarez.com/125967/gulen-linked-schools-in-calif-to-be-investigated-by-state/comment-page-1/#comment-8016974 Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by StateMagnolia Science Academy 6 in Palms is one of the schools cited for financial mismanagement SACRAMENTO, LOS ANGELES—The Joint
Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by State | Asbarez Armenian News
http://asbarez.com/125967/gulen-linked-schools-in-calif-to-be-investigated-by-state/ Gulen-Linked Schools in Calif. to be Investigated by StateMagnolia Science Academy 6 in Palms is one of the schools cited for financial mismanagement SACRAMENTO, LOS ANGELES—The Joint Legislative Audit Committee on
5 States With the Worst Public Schools
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/politics/5-states-with-the-worst-public-schools.html/?a=viewall&ref=OB 5 States With the Worst Public Schools Source: Thinkstock Terms like immigration and health care have really
Close to Home: Disruptive innovation in education | The Press Democrat
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/2533094-181/close-to-home-disruptive-innovation Close to Home: Disruptive innovation in education | The Press Democrat
Due Process Blues for Brown and Greene who Laments Teaching without Tenure /Ravitch
http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/15/peter-greene-what-it-means-to-teach-without-tenure/comment-page-1/#comment-2223407Referring to tenure as due process is a very simple yet effective rhetorical concession we should make as comments here confirm. For the public tenure is offensive and for good reason. As we all know, there are bad teachers, administrators and officials. The system is infested with
The War on Education
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/28/1316793/-The-War-on-Education The War on EducationI've been involved in education for over forty years. For most of that I didn't do it for a living but managed to keep at it never the less. It was actually John Holt's How Children Fail that got me involved back in
National Education Association's Lily Eskelsen Garcia on teaching, testing, and fighting back
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/27/1316368/-National-Education-Association-s-Lily-Eskelsen-Garcia-on-teaching-testing-and-fighting-back National Education Association's Lily Eskelsen Garcia on teaching, testing, and fighting back Both major teachers unions, the National Education Association
Teachers union calls for 'improvement' plan for Arne Duncan, but AFT is in Need of Improvements of its own
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/14/1313898/-Teachers-union-calls-for-improvement-plan-for-Arne-Duncan Teachers union calls for 'improvement' plan for Arne Duncan The American Federation of Teachers followed the National Education Association in passing a resolution sharply critical of
Detroit schools emergency manager raises class size to emergency levels
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/18/1314775/-Detroit-schools-emergency-manager-raises-class-size-to-emergency-levels Detroit schools emergency manager raises class size to emergency levels As Detroit struggles with bankruptcy, its public schools are struggling, too. They even have their very
Let's Be Honest: We Don't Know How to Make Great Teachers - Education Week Teacher
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/08/11/fp_fryshman_teacher_quality.html?cmp=ENL-TU-NEWS1
LAUSD says it's not subject to state's 'parent trigger' law this year - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-parent-trigger-20140815-story.html?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Feducation+%28L.A.+Times+-+Education%29 LAUSD says it's not subject to state's 'parent trigger' law this year
Wal-Mart, Don't Discount the Power of Teachers | MomsRising's Blog
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