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

| John Fensterwald | Posted 05.18.2012

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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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WATCH: Teachers Speak Out Against Forced Transfer From Miramonte

Posted 05.04.2012

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After three months of silence, the teachers who were transferred from Miramonte Elementary school in the wake of a sex abuse scandal are speaking out....

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No More 'Second Chances'?

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 02.13.2012

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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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Entire Staff At L.A. School To Be Removed During Scandal Probe

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.07.2012

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LOS ANGELES — When students return to the school where two teachers were jailed last week for alleged lewdness, they'll have new teachers in the...

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LAUSD vs. UTLA: District & Teachers Gearing Up For Contract Negotiation

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 12.21.2011

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Even though contract negotiations between the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) haven't eve...

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Putting Quality Teachers Back Into the Classroom and Getting Our Economy Back on Track

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.20.2011

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Antonio Villaraigosa

Protecting our children's right to learn and preserving their access to the middle class isn't a partisan issue, it's an American issue. So we ask Congress to act quickly to pass this the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Bill.

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Bringing a Third Chair to the Bargaining Table

Charles Kerchner | Posted 12.18.2011

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Charles Kerchner

Monday's editions of the LA Times, Daily News and La Opinion carried an ad from a coalition of civic and community organizations aimed at influencing the negotiations between the LA Unified School District and its teachers.

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LA Teachers Vote To Cut Pay, Save Jobs

latimes.com | Posted 08.05.2011

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Members of the Los Angeles teachers union voted overwhelmingly to approve a temporary salary reduction in exchange for sparing thousands of jobs, the ...

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LA Judge Rules Teacher Layoffs Should Not Be Based On Seniority

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A judge on Friday approved a sweeping overhaul of how teachers are laid off in what education reformers hail as a landmark decisio...

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Test Score Bomb: Don't Name Names, Fix the System

Charles Kerchner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Kerchner

The Los Angeles Times teacher rankings bomb has ignited a firestorm of controversy, a little light and a lot of heat.

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LAUSD Outsources 30 Schools

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The city's Board of Education voted Tuesday to hand over some of its public schools to charter school operators and teachers groups, part of an unusua...

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Snatching Outrage From the Jaws of Victory

Charles Kerchner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Kerchner

Superintendent Ramon Cortines has made everyone angry. His recommendation for who should run 30 Los Angeles schools gave everyone a little, but everyone has a grievance.

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LA Schools' Big Experiment

Charles Kerchner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Kerchner

Think of it as a big chem lab experiment. The Los Angeles Unified School District is testing the hypothesis that allowing a bunch of people to compete for running schools will yield better ones.

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