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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-29-14

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






ALEX JOHNON’S SHAMEFUL CAMPAIGN ATTACKS ON GEORGE McKENNA
Letter to the editor of the L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/1nR7R10 July 29, 2014  5:00AM To the editor: I agree with Sandy Banks' assessment of Alex Johnson's attacks on George McKenna in their campaign for a seat on the L.A. Unified School District Board of Education. ("Quote's context sheds better light on LAUSD candidate George McKenna," Column, July 25) I voted for Johnson in the primary

Teachers Union, Lausd At Odds Over Bargaining Tactics
By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News |  http://bit.ly/1qIErUM 7/28/14, 6:38 PM PDT | Updated: 7/29 7:40 AM  ::  With just two weeks before school starts, union leaders representing 35,000 teachers have declined Los Angeles Unified’s offer to conduct contract talks on a daily basis. The two sides are divided by about $280 million per year in pay increases and other issues, such as the

Vergara, anyone? - TEACHER TENURE LAWSUITS SPREAD FROM CAIFORNIA TO NEW YORK
Listen to the radio story by Beth Fertig, and Anna Kamenetz and Claudio Sanchez | National Public Radio.All Things Considered | http://n.pr/1pzs7j7 July 28, 2014 4:03 PM ET [Transcript] : CLAUDIO SANCHEZ, BYLINE: And I'm Claudio Sanchez in Washington. There's a good reason critics of teacher tenure laws view the Vergara ruling and now this New York lawsuit as a promising template for still
The GüLen Archipelago
  “The Red Queen shook her head. "You may call it 'nonsense' if you like," she said, "but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!” -― Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There Written by the red queen in la in her blog | http://bit.ly/1nPPJVa Monday, 28 Jul 2014  ::  The largest chain of Charter Schools in this


4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 7-28-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Suppose they hold a school board election and nobody votes? THE LAUSD BOARD ELECTION MATTERS; VOTERS SHOULD TURN OUT  OP-ED by Jim Newton, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1pujSor A lone voter fills out his ballot in the June 3 election at the International City Masonic Temple in Long Beach. (Christina House / For The Times) On Aug. 12, voters in Los A