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WATCH: Teachers Speak Out Against Forced Transfer From Miramonte

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Miramonte Teachers Speak Out, United Teachers Los Angeles, Utla Miramonte Teachers, Mark Berndt Miramonte, Miramonte Teachers Protest, Utla, Miramonte Teachers Transferred, Miramonte Teachers, Video, Los Angeles News

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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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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Villaraigosa: Let's Make Firing Teachers Easier

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Miramonte School Scandal Villaraigosa, Miramonte Deasy, Antonio Villaraigosa, Miramonte Villaraigosa, Mark Berndt, Villaraigosa Brown, Miramonte School Scandal, Jerry Brown, Miramonte UTLA, Utla, Miramonte Scandal Villaraigosa, Villaraigosa Letter, John Deasy, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa lobbied Gov. Jerry Brown this week to make it easier for the Los Angeles Unified School District to fire teache...

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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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New Vote Puts A Chill On The Charter Movement

AP | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Charter Moratorium, Lausd, Los Angeles Schools Gain Autonomy, UTLA LAUSD Agreement, Moratorium on Charter Schools, LA Teachers Vote to Run Schools, Utla, Unified Teachers Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teachers have approved a new labor agreement with the school district that will give teachers wide-ranging decision...

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

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Utla, Los Angeles Unified School District, Lausd Utla Contract, United Teachers Los Angeles, Warren Fletcher, Lausd, Antonio Villaraigosa, John Deasy, Los Angeles News

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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My Challenge to Charters

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lausd, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Charter Schools, Utla, Cta, Teachers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

I challenge the charter school community to hold itself to a higher standard by taking on more high-needs students, shutting down its own struggling schools, and exporting the successes it has pioneered to school districts all across the state.

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Is This the Teachers Unions Alamo or a Chance for Resurgence?

Robert Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uft, Education, Lausd, Lausd Layoffs, Utla, Teachers Union, Baltimore-City-Public-Schools, Wisconsin Protests, Education News
Robert Schwartz

Whether it's under the guise of education reform or an opportunistic power grab, life as union members know it may be changing forever.

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New Analysis Shows Serious Flaws in LA Times Evaluation of Teacher Effectiveness

Charles Kerchner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Los Angeles Times, Teacher Evaluation, Los Angeles, Education, Arne Duncan, Richard Buddin, Utla, CU Boulder, Los Angeles News
Charles Kerchner

Nearly half the rankings handed out to L.A. Unified teachers by the Los Angeles Times may be wrong, two researchers say.

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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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Hail to the Incoming Superintendent

Larry Strauss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Sid Thompson, Lausd-Superintendent, Lausd, Scholastic, Utla, Superintendent Ramon Cortines, Roy Romer, John-Deasy, Ruben Zacarias, Los Angeles News
Larry Strauss

The new super, John Deasy, calls himself a reformer, which these days means he wants to re-form student test scores into teacher evaluation scores.

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The Affluent, Failing, Public School: Does It Really Exist?

Martha Infante | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sanctions, California, Budget Cuts, Ineffective Teachers, Arne Duncan, Homeless Students, Utla, Teachers Unions, Students of Poverty, Failing Schools, South Central Los Angeles, Central Falls, Teacher Quality, Waiting for Superman, Lausd, Charter Schools, Value Added Measurement, Merit Pay, Parent Participation, Great Schools, Turnaround, Martha Infante, Nclb, Seniority, Rtt, California Teachers Association, The Affluent, Failing, Public School: Does It Really Exist?, Education News
Martha Infante

If bad teachers are everywhere, then failing schools must be everywhere too. Thus I began my search for affluent, failing schools with the information available on the world wide web.

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Parents Revolt and Take Control of School

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Utla, Parent Trigger, Cta, Mckinley Elementary School, California Department of Education, Compton, Unions, Celerity, Los Angeles News
Fernando Espuelas

While the Compton Unified District scrambles to stop the parent's revolt, many of the parents who have been harassed by district employees are talking to the media.

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It Is Time for Teachers Unions to Join the Education Reform Team

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education Reform, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Teachers Unions, Utla, Waiting for Superman, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

Read my Education Reform Strategy here.Read my keynote on Education Reform at the Public Policy Institute of California here. In the 60s, when I was ...

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Dear Davis Guggenheim, Sec. Arne Duncan, et. al

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: La, President Obama, Gavis Guggenheim, Teacher Evaluations, United Federation of Teachers, Teachers Unions, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Teacher Ratings, Chancellor Joel Klein, Utla, Education News, Teacher Report Cards, Education News
Dennis Danziger

here's what I want from all the good people who lie awake at night haunted by the poverty that is our broken education system. I want transparency.

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LA Teachers Vow To Protect "Last Hired, First Fired" Policy

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Los Angeles Teachers Union, Utla, Last-Hired-First-Fired, Lausd, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles teachers union is promising to challenge a proposed agreement that would change how teachers are laid off in the n...

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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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Mayor Villaraigosa and the War on Those Old, Inept, Do-Nothing Public School Teachers

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Dillon Henry Foundation, President Obama, Lausd, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Dillonslist.org, Standardized Tests, Venice High School, Mayor Villaraigosa, California Board of Education, Merit Pay, Ageism, Senority System, Aarp, Palisades Charter High School, Teachers, Aclu, Utla, Los Angeles News
Dennis Danziger

On June 15, 2010, on this very site, Mayor Villaraigosa called upon the Board of Education, the ACLU, Public Counsel, the State Board of Education an...

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Who Should Evaluate Teachers? Teachers Should

Charles Kerchner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Utla, Teachers, Lausd, Education Reform, Tenure, Teacher Unions, Teacher Quality, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles Schools, Education, Los Angeles News
Charles Kerchner

The Los Angeles Unified School District and its unions are considering bringing a robust version of peer review to Los Angeles. They should -- it's a good idea.

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Memo to LAUSD: Before You Boycott Arizona, Stop Failing Our Kids

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Ramon Cortines, Lausd, Antonio Villaraigosa, Monica Garcia, Los Angels City Council, Utla, Los Angeles, Sb 1070, Arizona Boycott, Arizona Immigration Law, Public Education, Los Angeles News
Fernando Espuelas

For decades, the Los Angeles Unified School District has failed generations of children and our society at large in its one mission: to educate, to prepare our kids for success in life and give them the evergreen gift of education.

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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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Every Child Deserves the Opportunity to Succeed

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Utla, Lausd, Education Reform, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

BREAKING...Judge issues injuction against layoffs at three schools. Mayor Villaraigosa calls it a "major victory." READ MORE Giving every child the sa...

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Poison Pill Labor Contract Threatens Plan to Lay Off LA Workers

Charles Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Times, Los Angles City Council, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, L.A. Layoffs, Utla, Lausd, Los Angeles News
Charles Feldman

Wanna hear a joke? Only, this joke is on us! So, it turns out that there is a very big catch to LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's announced "plan" to eliminate 761 city jobs this fiscal year.

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The Death of Public School Choice

Charles Kerchner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Superintendent Ramon Cortines, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Utla, Lausd, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles News
Charles Kerchner

The LAUSD board, which in August voted 6-1 for a competition between internal and external education providers, did its best to kill it off on last week. A different policy for change is needed.

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LAUSD Outsources 30 Schools

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, United Teachers Los Angeles, Los Angeles Board of Education, Antonio Villaraigosa, Charter Schools, Education, LAUSD Outsource, Lausd, LAUSD Control, Utla, LAUSD Troubled Schools, Los Angeles News

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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