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LAUSD to Propose Los Angeles Parcel Tax AgainThe Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is looking at a $543 million budget hole. To make up some of these funds, Superintendent John Deasy is proposing a parcel tax ballot measure.- In L.A. Schools: Shootings, a Food Fight and Mayor Villaraigosa vs. UTLATo say that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is beleaguered would be an understatement. Interestingly, a lot of its problems are of its own making. What's going on with California's largest public school system?
Halloween Comes Early to LAUSD Teachers, Part IIIMore concerning the value added method of evaluating teacher and what led up to it.
LAUSD Financial Woes Pit Los Angeles Mayor Against Teachers UnionThe Los Angeles Unified School District is California's largest public school system and mired in union squabbles, embezzlement scandals and hiring problems. Now the L.A. mayor takes a stand. Question is: what took him so long?- California Budget Crisis Leads to LAUSD Teacher Layoffs and Odd MathWhen the LAUSD urged voters to approve a parcel tax to help prevent teacher layoffs, Angelenos refused. With the California budget crisis problem adversely affecting LAUSD employment, voodoo mathematics doesn't help. Or does it?
Embattled LAUSD to Raise Los Angeles Property Taxes in Spite of Proposition 13Los Angeles County homeowners, who are currently upside down in their mortgages, will soon see a property tax increase, if the LAUSD gets its way. How is it possible for the school district to circumvent Prop 13?- LAUSD Discord Spreads to ParentsParents on the LAUSD Advisory Council disagreed over whether meetings should be in Spanish or English. What next for this already dysfunctional school district.
- How to Survive the LAUSD System - Part 2Tips on making CHOICES work for you - the current state of LAUSD with the new Superintendent
- How to Survive the LAUSD School System - a SeriesIn this series, I will describe my various experiences in demanding better from our public school system.
- Should L.A. Mayor Have Control of LAUSD?A judge's ruling could end up leaving a controversial issue regarding LAUSD tied up in the court's for a long time. The question is whether power needs to be taken away from the L.A. school board?
LAUSD Improved School Lunches! Good, but Not Good Enough!LAUSD finally changed school lunches, adding nutritious veggies and fruits. But at one local school, it's all going to waste!!! Find out why good is not good enough!- While Administrators Fiddle, Parents Step in to Save Failing California SchoolThe Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) reports a four-year derived grade 9-12 dropout rate of 34.4 percent for the 2008-2009 school year. Compare this to the statewide figure of 17.2 percent.
- Teacher's Salary and Benefits ExposedAddressing the current debate over government workers' unions, this article evaluates teacher salaries and benefits in California.
- OPINION: Value-added Assessments: Has the Data Been Cooked?A report published this month by UC Berkeley economist Jesse Rothstein raises serious ethical questions about the objectivity of an analysis of "value-added" models by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Integrative Object Image for Letters and Words as Derived from Poet Louis Zukofsky and Applied to My WorkApplying concept of Intigrative Object image to my work.
Halloween Comes Early to LAUSD Teachers, Part IIExploring Value Added Model of evaluating teachers and its effect on education.
Halloween Comes Early to LAUSD Teachers Part IThoughts about public education and publicly evaluating teachers by standardized test scores.- Improvement by Evaluating the InstructorIt's proposed that improvement in LAUSD schools be achieved through teacher evaluations and publishing those scores in the Los Angeles Times will promote improvement and increased teacher accountability.
- Government-run Health Care and Education Are Colossal FailuresGovernment-run failures are everywhere. From the USPS raising rates and reducing service, to denials of proper health care in the UK health care system, to our incompetent US school systems, we can see that government-operated services are failures.
- Surviving LAUSD - the Final ChapterHow I got my daughter into KIPP, and found a true partner in my daughter's education