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Archives for January 2014

State Funds to Cover Title I Gaps Need A Watchdog in CORE Districts

January 27, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

SoCal Parent is an LAUSD budget wonk and past parent of a K-12 child educated in Los Angeles. Summary: California needs to watchdog state EIA/EDY funds used by CORE Districts who obtained the RTTT federal waiver to supplant legitimate Title I funds programs. In fact, LAUSD has not made its in-lieu-of-SES/PD plan for 2013-14 public […]

Filed Under: Los Angeles, NCLB, School Districts, State Education Law

A Closer Look at Common Core’s ‘Close Reading’ Strategy Reveals Deep Flaws

January 14, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

Special to K-12 News Network, from Coleen Bondy. She is in her eighth year teaching English and journalism at an LAUSD Title One high school in Reseda, Calif.   I went to an LAUSD training on the Common Core State Standards in November, and after the training I had many more concerns about the intent […]

Filed Under: Common Core, Educators, Los Angeles, School Boards, State Education Law Tagged With: California Common Core, CORE

Local Control Funding Formula Accountability Councils — Did You Get the Memo?

January 11, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

K-12 News Network has obtained an email that the United Way sent to its partner groups advertising an informational session held by Superintendent John Deasy that will provide details on the rollout of Local Control Funding Formula councils. These councils, part of Local Control Accountability Plans, must by law include community members, parents, teachers, and […]

Filed Under: Los Angeles, Parents, School Boards, School Districts, State Education Law Tagged With: California, LAUSD, LCFF, Parent Advisory Councils

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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