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Jury’s still out on educational value of iPad apps But no agency is making sure that an application labeled as “educational” really is — or that it’s appropriate for the age group it targets. That leaves many parents of preschoolers are in a quandary: to iPad or not to iPad? And what age is appropriate...

Here’s “TED Ed” premier from last night, which includes a segment by an LAUSD teacher named Pearl Arredondo, who helped start an innovative pilot middle school known as SFiAM: Arredondo’s remarks begin at roughly the 37:00 mark.  Click here if you have any problems with the video above. Previous post: Clear Choice for School Board Race

Mayoral candidates Greuel and Garcetti may support publishing teachers’ performance ratings — and indeed the LA Times did just that a few years ago.  But, according to this new Education Week chart, California is one of 22 states that currently exempt individual teachers’ ratings from open records laws. Via Twitter, EdWeek reporter Stephen Sawchuk says it’s California code...

With less than two weeks to go until election day, the District 6 School Board runoff is remarkably sedate. Very little mail has been sent out for either campaigns, and Independent Expenditure (or IE) committee spending is down compared to the primary. Monica Ratliff still teaches every day at San Pedro Elementary, so her public exposure...

You can listen to a rebroadcast of yesterday’s Mayoral education debate while you read coverage of the event here and here.

Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel Talk Education in Radio Mayoral Debate The candidates were asked to name who they are supporting in the LAUSD District 6 school board race in the eastern San Fernando Valley. Greuel said she is backing Antonio Sanchez over Monica Ratliff. Garcetti said he had only met with one of the candidates....

Tuesday afternoon’s KCRW Mayoral debate — about half of which focused on public education — began with a bold assertion by candidate Wendy Greuel: “There’s probably no other subject where my opponent and I differ than on education.” But in a debate that covered topics such as the publication of teacher ratings in the LA Times, the...

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The American Federation of Teachers and its California chapter, CFT, have just given a combined $60,000 to a super PAC named  Lots of People Who Support Eric Garcetti for Mayor. Although UTLA, the local teachers union, endorsed Garcetti back in February, this is the first time a teachers union has spent any money on the 2013...