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Open Letter to the LAUSD School Board on Superintendent Deasy's Performance

October 28, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Roberta Eidman, MPH, is a public health expert and past adult education lecturer in LAUSD. If you too would like to share you concerns with the Los Angeles Unified School Board, their emails are below: Richard.Vladovic@lausd.net Monica.Garcia@lausd.net Tamar.Galatzan@lausd.net Monica.Ratliff@lausd.net boarddistrict5@lausd.net Marguerite.Lamotte@lausd.net Szimmer@lausd.net Kelli.Bernard@lacity.org (Kelli Bernard, Mayor Garcetti’s Education & Workforce deputy) Dear LAUSD Board Members: […]

Filed Under: Educators, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: 1-to-1 computing, Deasy, iPads, John Deasy, LAUSD

Speak Up and Be Heard! Attend the LAUSD School Board Meeting and Reassert the Will of the Voters

October 28, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Guest op-ed by Ellen Lubic, educator and longtime Los Angeles resident. She is founder of Joining Forces for Education. We Must Stop This! Join me and other Los Angeles residents, Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at 9 AM at 333 South Beaudry St. in downtown LA — and I would hope to see hundreds of parents, […]

Filed Under: Educators, Los Angeles, Parents, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Deasy, iPads, John Deasy, LAUSD

Slicing Up LAUSD's "Apple" iPad Pie

October 26, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

  Guest post by Understanding Equity, a Los Angeles resident and teacher. Even Costco most likely could provide a break down of the cost of every ingredient needed to make one  of their famous apple pies.  But, when it comes to LAUSD’s Apple iPad purchase, no one seems or admits to have any idea how […]

Filed Under: Ed Tech, Educators, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: 1-to-1 computing, Deasy, iPads, John Deasy, LAUSD, San Diego Unified School District

Let's Have A One-to-One Chat

October 22, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Guest post by Roberta Eidman, MPH, a Los Angeles community member. On October 29th, the LAUSD School Board will review Superintendent John Deasy’s controversial One-to-One i-Pad initiative.  Parents, teacher and press have criticized the project for its $1B price tag, use of bond funding, security glitches and absence of instructional planning.  Still, Deasy is determined […]

Filed Under: Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, The Testing Industry Tagged With: Amplify, Apple, Deasy, iPads, John Deasy, LAUSD, Rupert Murdoch

LAUSD: Deasy's iPads for All, At What Cost?

October 20, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Warning….coming soon to a school district near you:  iPads for all – paid for by voter approved construction bonds!!!! Yes, it’s true and it’s happening right now in Los Angeles.    Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy decided that all students should be given their own iPad. No matter that in January, 2012,  he […]

Filed Under: Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, The Testing Industry Tagged With: Computers in the classroom, iPads, John Deasy

Might Makes Right When Viewing LAUSD and California Nepotism…..or Does It?

October 9, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Guest post by Ellen Lubic, educator and angry taxpayer. She is Director of Joining Forces for Education, a new non-profit group based in Los Angeles. Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times printed two stories that affect public school education, and those who ‘dabble’ in it.  One was by journalist Howard Blume on the Billion Dollar iPad scandal at LAUSD, […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Eli Broad, iPads

iPads in the Classroom: How Did Lewisville Independent School District Get It So Right and Los Angeles Unified Get It So Wrong?

October 8, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Guest post by Los Angeles resident and edublogger Understanding Equity. Contrast between LAUSD and Lewisville ISD, Lewisville, TX: One to One Technology Plan as featured in Ed Week Recently, issues surrounding the rollout of iPads to students in LAUSD have lead to media reports of breaches in security, missing iPads and indecisiveness as to the […]

Filed Under: Ed Tech, Innovations, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: CCSS, Common Core State Standards Testing, iPads, LAUSD

Open Letter to LAUSD Board Members Regarding iPad Purchases

September 16, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

The following letter was sent to the LAUSD Board (emails below) and has been shared with K12NN. The author’s concerns are undoubtedly shared by many but s/he prefers not to self-promote as well as protect her/his privacy. Accordingly, the author’s name is not included. –Ed. marguerite.lamotte@lausd.net | (213) 241-6382 mónica.garcia@lausd.net | (213) 241-6180 tamar.galatzan@lausd.net | […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, The Testing Industry Tagged With: inBloom, iPads, LAUSD

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