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Quotes

"Those that don't make the move to "the cloud" will find themselves marginalized"

"If first base is current thinking and second base is extraordinary thinking, you can't steal second base without taking your foot off first", Steve Rosenthal, CEO of GAP.

“School Pride” on NBC

NBC fishes for new ratings by testing the public’s interest in education. Schools in Los Angeles were part of the episodes. Let’s hope the interest spurs NBC to renew the series.  You can watch some episodes here.

http://www.nbc.com/school-pride/

Crips And Bloods: Made in America

Important & extremely relevant film by Stacy Peralta looks at the L.A. gang situation.

http://www.cripsandbloodsmovie.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN4pP-1NWoA&feature=player_embedded

15,000 people dead over 20 year period? Stacy Peralta succeeds in putting a fresh face on the issue and imploring us all take another look.  The movie’s website also has a viewer’s guide, Community outreach plans that can be used to host screenings, [...]

SayNoToCuts.Com Addresses California Budget Cuts Directly to the Governor

Hot for Teachers w/ Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green from Megan Fox

 

www.saynotocuts.com

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Award Winning Video from LACOE’s Roger Espinosa Sheds Light on Incarcerated Students, Improving Lives & The Learning of Trades

 

Roger Espinosa, Teacher and Documentarian at Kilpatrick High School

Roger Espinosa and students produced this Digital Voice Award-winning video about a successful vocational education program for incarcerated students.  The contemporary video has a personal feel, shedding insight on students’ lives while demonstrating valuable lessons on electrical trade skills.

Roger is a teacher at Camp Kilpatrick in Malibu, California.  “Kilpatrick [...]

Challenges of The Urban Education Grind

At a TED Conference, Shukla Rose talks about changing lives by reaching kids in the slums of India….one at a time…and getting transformed in the process. It is a story that great teachers everywhere are familiar with.

LAUSD School Choice Reform Board Decision Results

February 23 2010

The tally:

NEW CAMPUSES (24 )

-19 teacher-district proposal

-4 Charters

-1 Mayor’s Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

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EXISTING SCHOOLS (13)

-10 teacher-district proposal

-2 Mayor’s Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

-1 Youth Policy Institute

-0 other charters

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1. There was an election, involving parents, students, community members, employees.

2. Superintendent Cortines made his recommendations

3. Board made final decision

 

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Challenges for Charter Management Organizations:

Vernerable charter organizations, [...]

New KCLS Series: The Teacher’s Hour: Response to Instruction and Intervention

ANNOUNCING the NEW KLCS SERIES!

The Teacher’s Hour: Response to Instruction and Intervention

The first broadcast is tomorrow night, Wednesday, February 24, 2010,
beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Tune in to your local KLCS station to view best practices happening all
over LAUSD!

This Wednesday’s show features Cienega ES, Van Nuys MS, South Gate HS
and how they are addressing students’ needs through [...]

Classroom 2.0 Seminar for L.A. School Principals

How do teachers integrate 21st Century technology into a seamless learning and teaching environment?  …  including interactive whiteboards, document cameras, student responders and countless other tools?

Register to attend an intriguing and informative presentation in the Los Angeles area March 23.

It’s easy to see the benefits of many of the 21st Century learning tools & techniques, but having [...]

Linked Learning: Better way to prepare H.S. students for real life w/ Multiple Pathways

Whats the big deal?  This effort helps High School Students prepare for real life, both additional schooling afer high school and vocational readiness.  This is opposed to simply delineating between college bound and career worker students, and hopes to utilize small learning communities to grow overall life skills for all students.

What is the Linked Learning [...]

African American US History on Display: by Mayme & Avery Clayton

When I look at students, sometimes I see the whole family, their recent history or even the long line of ancestors that lead up to that student there today.   I wonder who in the line of relatives before them had sacrificed in order to give to the following generations … which leads to where that student is today.   Is this what the ancestors hoped [...]

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