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Monday, September 8, 2014

9-8-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD

LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District):





Progress (or lack of it) with teachers comes to LAUSD board
Progress (or lack of it) with teachers comes to LAUSD board Unlikely Co-sponsors: Galatzan (left), Ratliff (right) The LA Unified School Board returns tomorrow with a full agenda although a lot of the juicy stuff will be discussed in closed session. In addition to the usual topics — personnel issues and ongoing litigation — the board will review labor negotiations, which at this point is down to t


Commentary: Vergara could be a win-win for students and teachers
Commentary: Vergara could be a win-win for students and teachers Via EdWeek | by Carl Finer As a veteran urban educator and career union member, I care deeply about both my students and building the systems to ensure that all students and teachers have what they need to be successful. In the legal precedent laid out in the controversial Vergara decision relating to teacher tenure in California, I
Not everyone is rejoicing over halt to LAUSD’s iPad program
Not everyone is rejoicing over halt to LAUSD’s iPad program Green cells: schools that have already received iPads | Blue cells: school that will receive iPads | Uncolored cells: schools that were next to receive iPads, but now, won’t. Principal Steven Martinez of John Burroughs Middle School in Hancock Park figured the worst that could happen is that his school’s new iPads wouldn’t connect to the
Morning Read: LA Unified teachers paid less than state peers
Morning Read: LA Unified teachers paid less than state peers LAUSD teachers are paid less than others in California Records obtained by the Daily News show that those LA teachers averaged $2,148 — about 3 percent — less in pay than peers at a majority of California schools last year. LA Daily News Why don’t more men go into teaching? Analysis: Across the country, teaching is an overwhelmingly fem
9-6-14 This Week in LA - School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District):Kashkari to Gov. Brown: ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’Kashkari to Gov. Brown: ‘You should be ashamed of yourself’ Brown (left), Kashkari (right) Governor Jerry Brown and his Republican challenger, Neel Kashkari, spent a few testy minutes in their debate last night talking about public education. Their