CA Legislature saves $248 million from being cut from #cabudget & leaving school kids w/o buses to go to school.California lawmakers keep school buses rollingwww.latimes.comSchool buses are likely to keep rolling for now, as the Legislature on Thursday…
Archives for February 3, 2012
Data-driven madness conflates raw student standardized test scores with teacher…
Data-driven madness conflates raw student standardized test scores with teacher and/or school performance. Outrageous distortion of what data can and cannot be made to say.The Perilous Conflation Of Student And School Performanceshankerblog.orgFar too …
Kids in a youth group, Unidos, organize their own ethnic studies classes in the…
Kids in a youth group, Unidos, organize their own ethnic studies classes in the absence of Tucson Unified’s Mexican American Studies classes. Kids, motivated to learn, won’t be stopped.Tucson Youth Group Hosts Their Own Chicano Studies Classes on Weeke…
1850 students in Los Angeles answered a survey about the impact of budget cuts o…
1850 students in Los Angeles answered a survey about the impact of budget cuts on their schools. Read their responses here. H/T @dad_strangelandLA Youth » School cuts survey resultswww.layouth.comMore than 1,850 students told us how budget cuts have …
Learning a trade need not be a demeaning, unintellectual, or low-skilled endeavo…
Learning a trade need not be a demeaning, unintellectual, or low-skilled endeavor. In fact, in many countries, high school and post-secondary skilled trades are taught in rigorous technical institutes with a great deal of cooperation between schools an…