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Morning Read: Was California’s Wavier a Federal Overreach?
Critics Blast Away at California Districts’ Waiver By awarding a No Child Left Behind Act waiver to eight California districts, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has embarked on an experiment that redefines the federal role in school accountability—and that is sparking criticism from across the political spectrum and questions about whether the new flexibility goes...
By LA School Report | August 16, 2013
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Morning Read: School Starts — Without Some of Those iPads
No iPads on First Day of Classes For Students in LA Unified The district said in would supply tablets to all students and teachers at 47 schools by August, records show. But on the first day of school Tuesday, seven schools that spoke to KPCC said they didn’t have the tablets for their students yet...
By LA School Report | August 15, 2013
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Morning Read: Back to School Health
New School Year Brings Health Services, iPads For LAUSD Students More than a dozen on-campus health clinics are expected to open in the district’s high-priority areas, according to LAUSD officials, who said the wellness centers have been planned for years. KTLA-5 LAUSD Starts New School Year With Promise, Excitement For Sandra Gephart, it was the...
By LA School Report | August 14, 2013
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Morning Read: Schools Reopen With Increased Security
LAUSD Back to School Tuesday With Increased Security After Newtown For the upcoming year, the nation’s second-largest school system has amped up the number of campus security aides monitoring elementary schools, funneling $4.2 million into 1,000 new positions, officials said. LA Times New LA Unified School Year Starts With Important Classroom Changes As more than ...
By Hillel Aron | August 13, 2013
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Morning Read: Target Practice is New Lesson for Teachers
LAUSD Giving Principals, Teachers ‘Live Shooter’ Training Prompted by last year’s massacre in Newtown, Conn., Los Angeles Unified is instructing administrators and faculty in how to keep students safe if there’s a gunman on campus. Steve Zipperman, a retired LAPD captain who is now chief of the district’s police force, said principals participated this summer...
By LA School Report | August 12, 2013
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Morning Read: Take Everything in Stride, Deasy Tells the Staff
Superintendent Deasy Urges Staff to ‘Stay Calm’ in the Face of Change In his annual back-to-school address, Los Angeles schools superintendent John Deasy on Thursday sought to reassure teachers and principals as the nation’s second-largest school district undergoes major classroom changes in the coming year. Speaking to hundreds of administrators and members of the school...
By LA School Report | August 9, 2013
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Morning Read: LAUSD Schedule Ignoring the Calendar
I Don’t Feel Tardy: The Ultimate ‘Back to School’ Survival Guide for 2013 The Earth’s seasons will be rendered meaningless next Tuesday when Los Angeles Unified School District students are faced with the premature end of summer — Aug. 13, 2013 is the official first day of instruction for the “fall” session in the nation’s second-largest school district. L.A. Unified waits for...
By LA School Report | August 8, 2013
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Morning Read: New Rules Expose Old Rifts for CA Schools
A Compelling or Distracting NCLB Waiver? Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s approval of the CORE districts’ waiver from unattainable provisions of the No Child Left Behind law, exposed some old and some new internecine disputes in California education. EdSource State Begins Work Revising Teacher Preparation Based on Common Core The state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing has approved a...
By LA School Report | August 7, 2013
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Morning Read: CA Getting Ready for Start of Common Core
State Begins Work Revising Teacher Preparation Based on Common Core The plan comes forward as public schools in California are already transitioning to new curriculum standards based on a set of national goals in math and English language arts – with new common science standards soon to be ready for adoption. SI&A Parent-Trigger Efforts Force Two...
By LA School Report | August 6, 2013
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Morning Read: Ratliff Tells UTLA Public Likes Teachers, Not Union
L.A. Teachers Union Urged to Improve Training for Bad Teachers Monica Ratliff, a fifth-grade teacher who pulled off an upset win in May for the Los Angeles Board of Education, told more than 400 leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles that the public likes teachers but distrusts labor unions. LA Times Parent-Trigger Efforts in L.A....
By LA School Report | August 5, 2013