Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
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Scarecrows Countering Common Core
27 Nov 2013We seem to be caught up in a national hysteria that confuses association with cause. Everywhere there is talk of…
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Ipad “Opposition” Is Not
24 Nov 2013John Deasy’s ipad fiasco is not just a roadbump on the path to Reform that has triggered an irrational “emotional…
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Magnet Schools, Anti-Poverty Measures and LAUSD
21 Nov 2013Let’s do a little thinking about magnet schools in LAUSD. Currently, there are 696 schools in LAUSD. 476 of these…
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When Title I Betrays The Entitled
17 Nov 2013This just has to be said and it’s not pretty. Why on earth does LAUSD refuse to fund schools of…
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When Adults Play Games With Kids’ Money
14 Nov 2013Whatever happened at Tuesday’s 11/12/13 LAUSD school board meeting? It went on long enough: 8+ hours. That should have been…
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Listen To The Affected: Kids And Guardians
11 Nov 2013I have a guilty parent-secret. I like to pause at the start of the school day and watch guardians and…
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Enacting Economic Equity
07 Nov 2013It’s the avowed 800 pound gorilla in the room: poverty just mucks up everyone’s numbers. Kids don’t “achieve learning”, schools…
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Shifting The Mission Of Public Education
04 Nov 2013I love performance art. Long ago I had the kick-ass opportunity of participating in a gigantic event, pre-cell-phone-era, with hundreds…
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Shock And Awe
31 Oct 2013It was an awesome spectacle this Tuesday at Beaudry. In concert with the superintendent’s job evaluation and on cue for…
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Deflecting Criticism: When Bad Behavior Trumps Incompetence And Insubordination.
28 Oct 2013Being a parent means witnessing a lot of prima donnish, irascible and irrational behavior. So by virtue of my alter-profession…
