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Friday, March 21, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-20-14

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











PUBLIC DENIED ACCESS TO LA SCHOOL OFFICIALS’ iPAD SOFTWARE DEMONSTRATION + smf’s 2¢
by Annie Gilbertson, KPCC 89.3 FM  Pass/Fail | http://bit.ly/1iKxBrj Tom Pennington/Getty Images March 20th, 2014, 3:11pm  ::  Members of the L.A. Unified school board and a committee investigating the iPad project were given the first demonstration of the tablet's educational software Wednesday evening - but the public wasn't invited and a KPCC reporter was not allowed in the room. The
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-19-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Learning To Think Is The GoalLetter to the Los Angeles Times | http://bit.ly/OksXFm Re “Common Core learning curve,” Editorial, March14 http://t.co/EHTNQkunD3 Not mentioned in the editorial is the astonishing amount of testing required by Common Core and the requirement that testing be done online. No Child Left Behind required tests “only” at the end o