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A Murder of Crows

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Stereotyping, Lausd, High School Students, Violence, Palisades Charter High School, Venice High School, Video Games, Los Angeles, Guns, Crenshaw High School, Education News
Dennis Danziger

Recently I attended a college graduation party for a former student I taught at Palisades Charter High School. When a fellow guest learned that I left PCHS to teach at Venice High School, he blanched.

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Grassroots Reform Taking Hold in LAUSD Schools

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 05.23.2012

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Ama Nyamekye

Despite its clear limitations, grassroots reform elevates the voice and power of the most influential, and often under-leveraged, factor in determining student achievement -- teachers.

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Silicon Valley Nonprofit Launches Full-Scale Assault On Teacher Protection Laws

| John Fensterwald | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Lifo, Students Matter, Teachers Unions, Teacher Dismissal Laws, Last in First Out, David Welch, American Civil Liberties Union, Lausd, Teacher Protection Laws, Teachers Fired, Teachers, Los Angeles Unified School District, Last in First Out Layoffs, Eric Hanushek, United Teachers Los Angeles, John Deasy, Firing Teachers, Video, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. A nonprofit founded by a Sil...

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California's 4th Year Of Teacher Layoffs Spur Concerns

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Teacher Layoffs, Layoffs, California Educators, Lausd, California Teacher Layoffs, Educators, California Teachers, California Schools, Teachers, California School Districts, Los Angeles Teachers, Educator Layoffs, California Education, Video, Education News

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teacher Mike Newman sighed when he saw the now familiar certified letter in his mailbox last month – a pink s...

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A Lesson in Adult Education

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Immigrants, Education, Lausd, Public Education, Adult Education, Education News
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana

On March 13th, the Los Angeles Unified School District authorized a worst-case scenario budget that would eliminate education for adults unless other hoped-for means of balancing the budget are achieved.

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Strive for A's Not D's

Rebecca Joseph | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Public Schools, John Deasy LAUSD, Graduation, Education, University of California, California, Lausd, College, Ucla, College Access, High School, Education Reform, Lausd Superintendent John Deasy, Los Angeles Public Schools, High School Dropouts, Education News
Rebecca Joseph

Our schools need to promote higher standards. LAUSD should and can become a leader in the country of a movement to move kids towards true college readiness.

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The Rational Middle

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Good Teaching, Teacher Evaluations, New Teacher Evaluations, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Lausd, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Assessment, Los Angeles News
Ama Nyamekye

Our national debate over evaluation lacks the courage and nuance of the real-life conversations I have with hardworking, rational teachers. Instead, the debate is dominated by polarizing sound bites that inspire fear, not rational discourse.

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WATCH: Why Did A Dozen Kids Mutilate Themselves In Class?

Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Normandie Elementary, Lausd, LAUSD Cutting, Miramonte School Scandal, Elementary School Suicide Pact, Normandie Avenue Elementary School, 5th Grade Suicide Pact, Normandie Avenue School, Normandie School Scandal, Los Angeles News

Last week, at least one dozen 5th grade students at Normandie Avenue Elementary School in Los Angeles, Calif. intentionally mutilated themselves with ...

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Would YOU Pay $300 To Save LA Schools?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: La School Board, Lausd Budget Cuts, La Adult Schools, Video, Lausd, La Early Education, Utla, La After-School Programs, Warren Fletcher, LA Teachers Union, Slidepollajax, La Arts Programs, LAUSD Budget Plan, Parcel Tax, John Deasy, Los Angeles News

The Los Angeles Board of Education approved a worst-case-scenario budget-balancing plan Tuesday that would close all adult schools and cut hundreds of...

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Cuts to Arts Education Would Shortchange Our Children

Robin Bronk | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Lausd Budget Cuts, Lausd, Los Angeles Education, Creative Industries, Education Cuts, Arts Education, Lausd Arts Education, Los Angeles News
Robin Bronk

That leaders are seriously considering devastating cuts to elementary arts education programs in L.A., arguably the American city where the positive economic impact of the arts is most apparent, ought to be a wake-up call to all of us.

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WATCH: A Hyper-Vigilant School District Bans Blindfolding & Butter On Crackers

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Teacher Sex, Los Angeles Unified School District, Miramonte Teacher, Video, Lausd, Miramonte School Scandal, Mark Berndt, Sex Abuse, LAUSD Butter, Blindfolding Banned, Teacher Sperm Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

Blindfolding has been officially banned in the Los Angeles Unified School District in an effort to be hyper-vigilant after teacher Mark Berndt alleged...

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Andrea Long Chavez

Miramonte Sex-Abuse Case Unifies South Los Angeles Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Long Chavez | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Video, Lausd, Miramonte Elementary School, Miramonte School Scandal, Sex Abuse, Fremont High School, Los Angeles, Miramonte, Latino Voices News

In a lounge bar and restaurant south of Downtown Los Angeles, about fifty people met on a Saturday night and watched comedian and fellow-alum Adrian "...

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The Vote Is In: Will $250 Truancy Tickets Stay?

2011-04-04-tcmhuffpo.jpg | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: LAUSD Truancy Fines, Video, LA City Council, Lausd, Los Angeles Truancy Protest, $250 Truancy Fine, Tony Cardenas, Cardenas Truancy, Truancy Civil Rights, Students Protest Truancy, La Truancy Protest, Lapd, Los Angeles News

Story comes courtesy of The City Maven. By Alice M. Walton. Los Angeles students who are truant from school would not face a monetary fine unti...

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HUGE Disconnect Between District And State In Miramonte Scandal

AP | Posted 02.17.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Unified School District says it broke a state law by waiting a year to tell a teacher-credentialing agency that it was ...

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Los Angeles School District Continues To Languish Under Unending Budget Crisis

Gabriel Lerner | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Lausd, Los Angeles Public Schools, Latino Education, John Deasy, Latino Voices News
Gabriel Lerner

The future never looked so bleak for California children enrolled in public school. What would John Deasy say, circa 2003?

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Teacher's Aide Charged With Lewd Acts On Child

AP | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Alain Salas Sex Abuse, Alain Salas, Alain Salas LAUSD, Alain Salas Fremont High School, Lausd, LA Sex Abuse, Alain Salas Lewd Acts, LA Teacher Lewd Acts, LAUSD Sex Abuse, John C. Fremont Senior High, Alain Salas Teacher's Aid, Los Angeles News

COMPTON, Calif. -- Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a high school teacher's aide with committing lewd acts on a child. The felony complain...

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Should Students Pay $250 For Being Late To Class?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Video, LAUSD Truancy Fines, Lausd, LA City Council, Los Angeles Truancy Protest, $250 Truancy Fine, Tony Cardenas, Cardenas Truancy, Truancy Civil Rights, Students Protest Truancy, La Truancy Protest, Lapd, Los Angeles News

Should students have to pay $250 for being late to class? How 'bout $800? The LA City Council Public Safety Committee thinks not and voted Monday i...

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No More 'Second Chances'?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: LAUSD Adult Education, Stop the Reduction in Force Insanity, Utla, Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, United Teachers Los Angeles, Video, Lausd, Adult Education, UTLA Protest, Lausd Layoffs, LAUSD Adult Education Cuts, LAUSD Reduction in Force, Stop the RIF Insanity, Los Angeles News

Thousands of students and teachers at the nearly three dozen adult education and occupational centers in Los Angeles could be in for a very bitter Val...

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Meet Miramonte's New Princpal

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Mark Burnt, Video, Lausd, Dolores Palacio Miramonte, Miramonte School Scandal, Miramonte Elementary School, Miramonte School Lewd Acts, New Miramonte Principal, Child Sex Abuse, Miramonte, New Miramonte Staff, LAUSD New Principal, Dolores Palacio, Los Angeles News

Perhaps the most important member of Miramonte Elementary's brand-new staff is the new principal, 66-year-old Dolores Palacio. Her immediate goal is t...

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"Adult Education Saved My Life": An Argument in Favor of Preserving Adult Education Programs in Los Angeles

Rebecca Joseph | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Lausd, Adult Education, Adult Education Programs, Adult Education Los Angeles, DACE LA, DACE, District?S Division of Adult and Career Education, Lausd Layoffs 2011, Adult Education LA, Education News
Rebecca Joseph

Adult school is the second chance so many kids need. And yet the district's superintendent has placed its entire budget on the chopping block. That makes no sense -- fiscally or educationally.

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1 HOUR PHOTO: It Was A CVS Photo Employee That Lead To Teacher Arrest

AP | By JOHN ROGERS | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mark Berndt Children Pornography, Lausd, Mark Berndt, Mark Berndt Arrested, Mark Berndt Photos Child Bondage, John Deasy, Mark Berndt Photos, Mark Berndt Abuse, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- It wasn't a veteran crime detective or a neighborhood watch group or even a suspicious parent who helped put a 61-year-old elementary s...

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The Truth Behind 'Private' Money In 'Public' Schools

| Eleanor Yang Su | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Lausd Budget, Private Donations, California Consortium of Education Foundations, Public Policy Institute of California, Private Schools vs Public Schools, Lausd, Public School Budgets, National School Foundation Association, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Eleanor Yang Su School foundations and PTAs used to raise money for the extras - high-t...

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Teachers Take the Helm of Local School Reform

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Teachers Unions, La Teachers Contract Agreement, La Teachers Contract, La Teachers, Teacher Contracts, La Teachers Agreement, Lausd, Los Angeles News
Ama Nyamekye

There was very little fanfare about a landmark change to the teacher's contract in Los Angeles. This was because the contractual change wasn't decidedly pro-union or pro-district. Instead, it was pro-teacher.

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Book Review: Why Our Schools Need the Arts

Kristen Paglia | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, High School Drop Outs, Lausd, Jessica Hoffmann Davis, California Depatment of Education, Arts Education, High School Graduation Rates, High School Attrition, Education News
Kristen Paglia

Why Our High Schools Need the Arts provides arts advocates with the substantial ammunition we need to secure a permanent place for the arts in schools.

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The War Over Teacher Evaluations Misses the Point

Teach Plus | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Teachers Union, Education, Lausd, Teachers, Education Reform, Public Education, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, Education News
Teach Plus

Making an impact for kids is the reason we joined this profession. A system that provides options and pathways to do exactly that is one that should excite any teacher.

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