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Meet The 8 People Who Want To Replace The LA Teachers Union President

latimes.com | Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Teachers Union, Utla, Los Angeles Schools, A.J. Duffy, Teachers Union, Lausd, Los Angeles Education, Los Angeles News

The eight candidates vying to be president of the powerful Los Angeles teachers union share a general belief that public education is endangered by ma...

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Value-Added Misses the Mark - And the Point

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Witch Hunt, Throwing Under a Buss, Education, Lausd, California Standards Test, Utla, Superintendent Ramon Cortines, A.J. Duffy, Education Reform, Value-Added, Los Angeles News
Brock Cohen

In the span of time it's taken the LA Times to publish what amounted to a three-part love letter, Value-Added has gone from experimental evaluation metric to union-busting public education panacea.

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The LA Compact: A Dollop of Hope for Our Schools

Charles Kerchner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Superintendent Ramon Cortines, Chamber of Commerce, Lausd, Education Reform, Antonio Villaraigosa, Utla, Maria Elena Durazo, A.J. Duffy, Teachers Union, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles News
Charles Kerchner

Get Los Angeles Unified, the mayor, unions, and universities together to help schools get better? Yeah, we've heard that story before. But this time it might be different.

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