Category Archives: Los Angeles Unified School District
Parents who fight for better education
Parents of poor, at-risk students tend to get a pretty bad rep. I think one of the biggest misconceptions that people have about parents of students who attend struggling schools is that they don’t care about their children’s education and/or … Continue reading
Keeping Schools Safe
Two students at Gardena High School in Los Angeles were wounded on Tuesday when a gun stored inside a classmate’s backpack went off during class. Both students are still alive and expected to recover, but obviously that doesn’t detract from … Continue reading
Happy 2011 – what does it have in store for education?
Hello readers! My apologies for the recent lack of posts – December was, as you can understand, a busy time. Teachers don’t think too much about the change of the year since they are still in the same academic year, … Continue reading
Posted in DC Public Schools, Education, Educational Leadership, Funding, Leadership, Los Angeles Unified School District, New York City Public Schools, School Funding, Teacher Quality
Tagged Cathleen Black, Education, Education Reform, Educational Leadership, IMPACT, Joel Klein, Kaya Henderson, Los Angeles Unified School District, Michelle Rhee, New York City Public Schools, School Funding, Teacher Quality, Vincent Gray
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Ticketing for truancy?
Here’s a different approach to combating truancy: ticketing students who are caught out of school. The Los Angeles Times ran a story (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/students-teachers-at-las-roosevelt-high-protest-truancy-ticketing-policy.html) last week about how students and teachers at L.A.’s Roosevelt High School protested the policy of issuing … Continue reading
