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Los Angeles Unified Must Refocus: Five Ways Bad Ed Tech Deals in LAUSD Hurt Kids Right Now

October 1, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Big Ed, Budgets, Ed Tech, Educators, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, The Testing Industry Tagged With: Deasy, iPads, LAUSD, MiSiS, Superintendent John Deasy

iPad Watchdog Stuart Magruder’s Re-Appointment: Which Way Will LAUSD Go?

June 10, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

The question for many school districts around the country this spring was this: how are they supposed to give computer-based, end-of-year Common Core State Standards (CCSS) tests? For over a year in Los Angeles Unified, parents, students, teachers, and community members have wrestled with the details of Superintendent John Deasy’s 1:1 iPad program and its […]

Filed Under: Big Ed, Budgets, Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, The Testing Industry Tagged With: Deasy, John Deasy, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, Superintendent John Deasy

LAUSD iPads and the Will of the Voters: Just the Facts, Please

November 13, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Commentary by Public Policy Educator, Ellen Lubic, Director, Joining Forces for Education Today, Diane Ravitch posted on her website an article on the LA Times editorial which once again lambasted the Board of Education for micro managing the ‘poor beleaguered’ Superintendent of LAUSD, John Deasy. The title of Diane’s writing is Putting Bureaucrats First.  Evidently the LA […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Common Core, Curriculum, Ed Tech, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Deasy, iPads, John Deasy, Parent Revolution

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

In Los Angeles Unified School District Power Struggle, Voters Choose

October 26, 2013 by K12NN Site Admin

Guest post by Karen Wolfe, a parent and public education advocate who lives in Los Angeles. Parents and public school advocates are very concerned following the LA Times article about Mayor Garcetti weighing in on Superintendent Deasy’s waning support. I hope the mayor will keep in mind that voters value their right to elect an independent […]

Filed Under: Educators, Elections, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Deasy, Eli Broad, John Deasy, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, Thelma Melendez

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

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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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