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Thursday, September 11, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-11-14

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







LA School Report: UTLA/LAUSD NEGOTIATE ABOUT COMPUTERS, NOT SALARIES; GARCETTI ENDORSES TORLAKSON, MiSiS MEETS NORM DAY …AND THE (BRIEF) RETURN OF MARTIN EDEN
Reps for LAUSD, teachers union talk about computers, not salaries Garcetti endorses Torlakson in state superintendent race LAUSD outlines backup plans as MiSiS work continues LA School Report has been censoring (OK deleting the correspondence from) Martin Eden to wit: Martin Eden on September 8, 2014 3:56 pm at 3:56 pm said: I couldn’t help but notice that


Updated: LA SCHOOL BOARD TO RECONSIDER ITS EMAIL ARCHIVING POLICY
  by Annie Gilbertson| 89.3 KPCC  | http://bit.ly/1owOzcV School board member Monica Ratliff in her former classroom at San Pedro Street Elementary. Rebecca Hill/KPCC September 10, 06:11 PM  ::   The Los Angeles Unified School District said Wednesday the board will revisit its email archiving policy.  The announcement came a day after the board approved the purchase of new software
Did Lausd Scheme To Silence Teachers At Crenshaw High? Judge To Decide
By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News | http://bit.ly/1BuwCnm Posted: 09/10/14, 9:39 PM PDT   ::  A judge will decide whether the Los Angeles Unified School District created a scheme to silence teachers and union opposition at Crenshaw High in judicial proceedings that started Wednesday. One dozen teachers claim Superintendent John Deasy led the retaliatory effort that sent them looking for
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES HEARING OPENS ON CRENSHAW TEACHERS' CLAIMS OF ANTI-UNION BIAS: UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl is among teachers saying they were targeted by L.A. Unified
by Steven Ceasar- LA Times http://lat.ms/1rMzEfIa UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl says he wasn't rehired when Crenshaw became a magnet campus as punishment for his union activities. (Katie Falkenberg, Los Angeles Times) Sept 10, 2014  4:40PM  ::  Twelve former Crenshaw High teachers alleged during opening arguments in a labor hearing Wednesday that the Los Angeles Unified School District
The Patt Morrison Interview With Alex Caputo-Pearl
    Should L.A. schools be run like businesses? Here's what the new UTLA chief says Patt Morrison, LA Times Columnist |  - LA Times http://lat.ms/1lWlOur Alex Caputo-Pearl is the new head of United Teachers Los Angeles. (Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times) 10 September 2014  ::  If kids aren't getting a good education, says UTLA head
An incomplete joke on the day before ‘Norm Day’: THE MiSiS CRISIS CONTINUES AT LAUSD
Student Recovery Day postponed, system a “severe crisis”and/or “a complete joke”, 40,000 students unaccounted-for  - but don’t worry: “ …we are continuing to improve.” ●● smf: Why am I worried? MiSiS computer mess could impact college applications By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News } http://bit.ly/1rXIg9b |  9/9/14, 7:53 PM
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 9-9-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: CORRECTION: Credit where credit’s dueby smf In last Sunday’s 4LAKids newsletter I wrote: “Congressperson Maxine Waters argued that this moment demonstrates the victory of the Right Thing over Big Money ….and also the triumph of the collective/united “We” over the politics of “I". And, in a ‘Maxine really didn’t say that, did she?’ moment: ‘The fina