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Galatzan Resolution: Vladovic’s Conduct ‘Has Brought Dishonor’
In her resolution before the LA Unified Board seeking a censure of Board President Richard Vladovic, Tamar Galatzan asserts that the harassment charges against him amount to “conduct that has brought dishonor to himself, the School Board, and the Los Angeles Unified School District.” And for that, it says, he should be censured. The resolution also asks...
By LA School Report | October 17, 2013
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UTLA Seeking to Take Lead on Changing CA’s Parent Trigger*
The governing body of the LA teachers union last night voted to seek out a state lawmaker to sponsor legislation that rewrites California’s parent trigger law, which allows for wholesale changes at a school if a majority of parents want them. The state law, passed in 2010, was used for the first time this year...
By LA School Report | October 17, 2013
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10 Reasons the Largest Teachers Union Likes Common Core
The National Education Association, the nation’s largest labor union, representing more than three million teachers nationwide, came out this week embracing the Common Core, highlighting how the new standards can be the “game-changer students need.” Through its news branch, NEA Today, the organization published “10 Things You Should Know About the Common Core.” Number One...
By Chase Niesner | October 17, 2013
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Anger, Frustration Evident as LAUSD Officials Meet Community
One parent wanted more counselors. Another wanted more security personnel. A student came forward with a friend and said, “You’re spending all that money on iPads. We’d prefer you spend it on nurses and librarians and can you please fix the bathrooms.” This was Tuesday night, in the auditorium of Burroughs Middle School in Hancock...
By Michael Janofsky | October 17, 2013
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Galatzan Moves to Reprimand Vladovic on Sexual Harassment*
LA Unified school board member Tamar Galatzan today filed a censure resolution with the board against its president, Richard Vladovic, a result of accusations that Vladovic verbally and sexually harassed district employees working for him. The resolution, which Galatzan confirmed to LA School Report, now comes before the seven-member board at a regularly-scheduled meeting on...
By LA School Report | October 16, 2013
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LAUSD Participates In ‘The Great California ShakeOut’
At 10:17 tomorrow morning, LA Unified students will join millions of people worldwide in the Great ShakeOut earthquake drill. Both LAUSD classrooms and offices will all participate in what the District describes as the largest earthquake drill in the nation, featuring a “drop, cover, and hold on!” procedure. Find more information on the district emergency protocol, here.
By Chase Niesner | October 16, 2013
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From Hechinger, a Wide-Ranging View of Common Core
The Hechinger Report today released a comprehensive report on the Common Core State Standards, with stories from eight states where implementation is underway. Included is a clear breakdown of how the standards will change mathematics and English language arts instruction. An example lesson shows how Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and Martin Luther King’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” can teach English. The...
By Chase Niesner | October 16, 2013
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Commentary: Pump Down the Volume on Rhetoric
Can we tone down the rhetoric a little? It’s getting hard to hear in here. I’m an English teacher. Though I taught at a charter school for five years, I’ve been reading Diane Ravitch’s work for a long time and think she’s raising some very important concerns about the at-risk kids left behind by the...
By Ellie Herman | October 16, 2013
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Ellie Herman: A Teacher Learning from Teachers
Ellie Herman is a writer and English teacher, who taught Drama, Advanced Drama, Creative Writing, English 11 and 9th grade composition at Animo Pat Brown Charter High School in south Los Angeles. A career union member, she is now immersed in a year-long journey, spending time in teachers’ classrooms at schools across the socioeconomic spectrum...
By LA School Report | October 16, 2013
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Career Advice for LA Unified Students, Hollywood-style
LA Unified students are teaming up with a non-profit group to profile career choices, learning video production while they do it. Gigniks is helping students highlight professionals in a variety of fields through entertainment industry professionals who visit classrooms to teach the basics of documentary production and interview techniques. The students participating are from the L.A....
By Chase Niesner | October 16, 2013