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Monday, April 21, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-21-14

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DISTRICT ATTORNEY REVIEWS LAUSD INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON iPAD CONTRACT; ELECTS NOT TO PROSECUTE

By Howard Blume, LA Times | http://lat.ms/1lyzF9T Students try out iPads provided by L.A. Unified early in the school year. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times) April 21, 2014, 2:27 p.m.  ::  The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has reviewed an internal L.A. school district report on its iPad contract and concluded that criminal charges are not warranted. The report, which has


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 4-20-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: “Obamacore”: REPUBLICANS SEE POLITICAL WEDGE IN COMMON COREBy JONATHAN MARTIN | New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1nhrkqJ      “You have this unlikely marriage of folks on the far right who are convinced this is part of a federal takeover of local education, who have joined hands with folks on the left associated with teachers unions who are trying to sev