The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Marathon Board Meeting Signals Changes to Come
As anyone following us on Twitter knows all too well, Tuesday’s School Board meeting was a marathon session that lasted well into the night — much of it accompanied by the sound of protesters drumming on the street outside. Among several key decisions the Board arrived at during the lengthy session were votes to award a...
By Hillel Aron | June 19, 2013
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Watch: Board Naming School After First Lady
This CBS News segment describes how LAUSD has decided to name a Valley school after First Lady Michelle Obama. Click the link to see the video, or click here to see a video clip about the iPad decision.
By LA School Report | June 19, 2013
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Morning Read: Board Buys iPads, Revises Trigger
LAUSD Board Passes $6.2 Billion Budget The Los Angeles Unified school board passed a $6.2 billion budget for 2013-14 on Tuesday, the first time in five years that deep cuts and gut-wrenching layoffs haven’t been part of the financial plan. LA Daily News LAUSD Spending $30 million to Buy 30,000 iPads for Students The Los...
By LA School Report | June 19, 2013
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Live: School Board Meeting
Want to know what’s happening at today’s LAUSD Board meeting as it happens? We’re live-tweeting the event: [widgets_on_pages id=”Twitter Live Posts”]
By LA School Report | June 18, 2013
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LA Times: Kayser Resolutions “Silly,” Make “No Sense”
Today’s LA Times editorial page notes that several of the Board member budget resolutions being debated later today aren’t realistic or necessary. While there should be targeted hiring in key areas such as librarians and school counselors, according to the Times, the Bennett Kayser resolution to restore staffing levels across the board “makes no sense.”...
By LA School Report | June 18, 2013
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Morning Read: Parent Trigger Debate at Today’s Board Meeting
LAUSD May Seek Change to Parent Trigger Law Of the five times the law has been engaged in California, three were in the LAUSD, leading at least one board member to suggest tweaks to the way parent triggers work. California Report See also: LA School Report, KPCC, LA Times Tough Choices at LAUSD Union allies...
By LA School Report | June 18, 2013
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Parent Trigger Group Creates “Truth” Site
Earlier today, LA-based nonprofit Parent Revolution announced that it was launching a new site, Truth in Education Reform, with the stated aim of “ferreting out and debunking the conspiracy theories and provable lies… that collectively threaten to overcome sensible debate on education policy and ed reform.” The site’s initial focus will be on attempting to debunk...
By LA School Report | June 17, 2013
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Social Media: Top Education Tweeters
Here’s our massive (but still probably incomplete) listing of top education-related Twitter users in LA — including official and unofficial representatives from the district, the union, Board members, teacher activists, mainstream media, and bloggers. See yourself listed? Be sure to tweet about it. Not on the list, or know someone who should be? Tweet about...
By LA School Report | June 17, 2013
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Update: Controversy Awaits $30 Million iPad Vote
The School Board will face a mini controversy tomorrow when it votes on whether or not to to purchase roughly 31,000 Apple iPad tablets at a cost to LAUSD of $30 million. The appropriation would be the first step in Superintendent John Deasy’s ambitious plan of equipping every student and teacher with a touch-screen tablet...
By Hillel Aron | June 17, 2013
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Board Member-Elect Clarifies Teacher Pay Position
More than a few eyebrows were raised when School Board member-elect Monica Ratliff appeared at a Thursday Educators for Excellence (E4E) event and seemed to signal support for some kind of a test-based pay system to attract and keep good teachers in LA classrooms. See LA School Report (Ratliff Supports Proposal Linking Teacher Pay to Test Scores)...
By Hillel Aron | June 17, 2013