Recently released investigative reports by Southern California radio station KPCC have increased public scrutiny of Superintendent John Deasy’s cozy relationships with Apple and Pearson executives in the period 2011 to 2013, before both corporations won the 2013 bid to supply Los Angeles Unified with iPads and software. This is the infamous “$1 billion iPad” deal […]
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California Teachers Should Re-Elect Tom Torlakson For State Superintendent of Instruction in 2014
By Alice Mercer, a California teacher. Special to K12NN. California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has been a real friend to public education in a lot of ways because he didn’t just stand up to Arne Duncan on the issue of teacher evaluation, he created a better alternative. Many teachers […]