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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-18-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:







Weigh in: NEW NATIONAL ARTS EDUCATION STANDARDS ALMOST FINAL
  Mary Plummer, Education Reporter | Pass / Fail | 89.3 KPCC http://bit.ly/1c1pBME   Ken Scarboro/KPCC | Los Angeles Unified School District elementary students practice during a music class. February 17th, 2014, 5:30am  ::  The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards is nearing completion of a new set of PreK-12 arts standards - the first revamp


LCFF: Promise of CA’s New School Finance Law Hinges On Parents
by Peter Schurmann, New America Media, News Report, http://bit.ly/1fw8d3I Above: From left to right, EdSource Executive Director Louis Freedberg, Children Now Senior Education Policy Director Samantha Tran and SFUSD Office of Family and Community Engagement Coordinator Ruth Grabowski. Posted: Feb 14, 2014   ::  SAN FRANCISCO – Getting parents more involved in their children’s education




4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 2-17-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Common Core Curriculum Now Has Critics On The Left“N0w?”  Really?  NYTimes now has reporters on the story! By AL BAKER, New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1eIoGkb   Kimberly Celifarco with one of her kindergarten students, Gerson Perez, 5, at Public School 253 in Brooklyn. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times FEB. 17, 2014 /page A1 ::  The Common Core has