Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
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TNSTAAFL
10 Feb 2014There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Which includes even that Apple on teacher’s desk. Our superintendent John Deasy,…
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Ipad, Upad
06 Feb 2014We’re all going for ipads here in LAUSD and who’s to say the technology gap isn’t in fact a hallmark…
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Parents Are Labor’s Client
03 Feb 2014My principal job as a parent is to nurture my children. I feed, clothe and house them. I scrutinize their…
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Schools Are Inequitable Because Support Staff Is Scarce
30 Jan 2014The titans of private industry intent on dismantling our public school system have launched a new offensive, this one via…
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Too Much Change, Too Fast: Leaving Everyone Behind
27 Jan 2014As a parent I am overwhelmed by all the new education changes flying toward us, straight in the face: ‘NEW! …
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Neighborhood Councils Should Scrutinize Neighborhood Schools, iPad Initiative
23 Jan 2014When Mayor Villaraigosa made a grab for control of school affairs channeling the approach of his Big Apple-counterpart, we Angelenos…
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Politically Hyperventillating
20 Jan 2014I am an LAUSD parent, and I am scared. They say you have to name your problem, and this is…
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What’s In A Choice?
16 Jan 2014“Choice” has to be the most loaded word in the English lexicon. “Loaded” in the sense that, when one person…
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Is It Melodrama Or Is It Farce?
09 Jan 2014I’m as desirous of allowing one and all to speak as the next. But permitting a parade of the voiceless…
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The Real-est Place On The Westside
08 Jan 2014The one-hundredth post on this blog will consider a different sort of education. It concerns the Culver Ice Arena which…
