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LA Unified board OKs $1.1 million for Jefferson schedule mess
The LA Unified school board today unanimously approved the district’s $1.1 million plan to fix scheduling issues at Jefferson High School and respond to a temporary restraining order issued last week by a judge that ordered the state to step in and fix the problems. Before the vote on the plan — which was presented...
By Craig Clough | October 14, 2014
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LAUSD board approves plan to solve Jefferson schedule
Via KABC The Los Angeles Unified School District board unanimously approved a $1.1 million plan Tuesday to resolve class-scheduling issues at Jefferson High School in south L.A. The issues have hundreds of seniors worried they may not graduate on time. The issues have hundreds of seniors worried they may not graduate on time. According to court documents,...
By LA School Report | October 14, 2014
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LIVE: Coverage of LAUSD school board meeting
For LIVE coverage of the LA Unified school board meeting – click HERE. The spotlight is on scheduling issues at Jefferson High School, the rollout of a new computer system as well as the fate of Superintendent John Deasy.
By LA School Report | October 14, 2014
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LA Unified board meeting running waaaaaaay late
With Superintendent John Deasy‘s future, teacher union contract negotiations, Jefferson High School and MiSiS problems on the agenda today for the LA Unified school board, the expectation was for high drama. But the expectations have been put on hold for a bit. The board was scheduled to begin its public meeting at 1 p.m. It...
By LA School Report | October 14, 2014
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Report asks: How vital or irrelevant is a superintendent?
Via the Brookings Institute | By Matthew M. Chingos, Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst and Katharine M. Lindquist Superintendents are highly visible actors in the American education system. As the highest ranking official in a school district, the superintendent receives a lot of credit when things go well, and just as much blame when they don’t. But should...
By LA School Report | October 14, 2014
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Independent investigator on MiSiS finds flaws from the beginning
The Office of the Independent Monitor, charged with overseeing the implementation of the MiSiS program, told LA Unified yesterday, in great detail, how the introduction of the student data system was a massive failure from start to (un)finish. The district was forced to develop the computer software program as a result of a 1993 lawsuit...
By Vanessa Romo | October 14, 2014
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Teachers, loss of grants, personnel shifts — and MiSiS — played roles in mess at Jefferson, officials say
The scheduling mess at Jefferson High School emerged for many more reasons than a troubled new computer system, district officials and school administrators told LA School Report today. Contributing factors included the loss of several key grants, which created a shortage in teachers, money and available class periods; the teachers’ refusal to make scheduling changes and a reshuffling...
By Craig Clough | October 13, 2014
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Deasy, MiSiS, union talks among big issues before LAUSD board
The LA Unified school board is entering one of its most crucial periods of the year, meeting again tomorrow to deliberate a change at the top, the on-going contract negotiations with the teachers union and a solution to a range of scheduling problems at Jefferson High School. Nothing is more urgent than what happens to...
By Vanessa Romo | October 13, 2014
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Longer days, more classes proposed to fix Jefferson problems
State and LA Unified officials have met with teachers and administrators at Jefferson High School to construct a plan for fixing scheduling problems plaguing the school since the academic year began in August. Now the hard part: getting the problems fixed. The meeting was scheduled as a direct result of a temporary restraining order issued...
By Craig Clough | October 13, 2014
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Attention parents: School choice expo tomorrow in downtown LA
For the first time Los Angeles area parents tomorrow will have a chance to explore school choice options at a convention-style event downtown called ChoicesExpo. The gathering, which is expected to attract a crowd of as large as 8,000, is intended to help parents learn more about the variety of school options available to their...
By LA School Report | October 10, 2014