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    Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Michelle Rhee and the unproven teacher evaluation

    The debate -- and that’s putting it nicely -- over the use of standardized test scores in teacher evaluations has always confused me, because the answer seemed so simple. One of the things we ask of teachers -- but just one thing -- is to raise those scores. So they have some place in the evaluation. But how much? Easy. Get some good evidence and base the decisions on that, not on guessing. The quality of education is at stake, as well as people’s livelihoods.
    The debate -- and that’s putting it nicely -- over the use of standardized test scores in teacher evaluations has always confused me, because the answer seemed so simple. One of the things we ask of teachers -- but just one thing -- is to raise...

    Tags: School Examinations, Education, Elections, Teachers, Politics

  2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. Teacher evaluation bill opposed by unions dies in committee

    Legislation that would have required more frequent evaluations of educators was killed by a state Senate committee Wednesday under strong opposition from teachers' unions. The bill, by Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello), would have required permanent...

    Tags: Education, Teachers, Ron Calderon, Teaching and Learning

  4. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Teachers to vote on 'confidence' in L.A. schools Supt. Deasy

    Members of the L.A. teachers union begin casting ballots Tuesday in a symbolic confidence-vote referendum on L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy.
    Members of the L.A. teachers union begin casting ballots Tuesday in a symbolic confidence-vote referendum on L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy. The result will have no direct effect on Deasy’s employment but could provide a temperature check on how...

    Tags: School Examinations, Elections, Teachers, Unions, Teaching and Learning

  6. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. A dangerous game for UTLA

    The leadership of the Los Angeles teachers union recently conducted a survey among its members asking if they had confidence in Los Angeles Unified Supt. John Deasy. Although it was highly unusual for the union to mount this kind of frontal attack on the superintendent, the maneuver wouldn't have raised eyebrows had it not been for the union's full-court press to influence the vote. Not only did the union send out misleading information about Deasy's record, it also posted unflattering, juvenile caricatures of him on its website.
    The leadership of the Los Angeles teachers union recently conducted a survey among its members asking if they had confidence in Los Angeles Unified Supt. John Deasy. Although it was highly unusual for the union to mount this kind of frontal attack on...

    Tags: Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Unified School District, Teachers, Elections, Unions

  8. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. Divided over L.A. Unified

    One nasty election later, there is no sign that the divisiveness in the Los Angeles Unified School District will abate. If anything, it looks likely to increase, with activists in United Teachers Los Angeles announcing that teachers will vote on a passel of anti-reform <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/03/union-to-vote-on-aggressive-stand-against-deasy-policies.html">positions.</a> The resolution aims to fight the district's policy of reconstituting some of its lowest-performing schools by removing and replacing teachers, to minimize use of student test scores in teacher evaluations and to spend more money in the classrooms.
    One nasty election later, there is no sign that the divisiveness in the Los Angeles Unified School District will abate. If anything, it looks likely to increase, with activists in United Teachers Los Angeles announcing that teachers will vote on a...

    Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, Elections, Teachers, Politics, Examinations

  10. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. The wrong fight over schools

    Over the last century, American public education was built on an assumption that it would be apolitical. School districts would not be dragged into the mire of city elections. School board members would remain above the partisan fight. Candidates would be drawn from respected local elites, sufficiently known so that large, expensive elections would hardly be necessary. Once elected, they would hand over operating responsibility to an appointed superintendent and forswear the sin of micromanagement.
    Over the last century, American public education was built on an assumption that it would be apolitical. School districts would not be dragged into the mire of city elections. School board members would remain above the partisan fight. Candidates would be...

    Tags: Lobbying, Economy, Business and Finance, Los Angeles Unified School District, Teachers, Finance

  12. Mar 6, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  13. School board election: Split decision for Deasy; 3rd race to runoff

    L.A. NOW
    In a school board election that attracted national money and attention, candidates backing both Supt. John Deasy and the teachers union won election Tuesday night....
  14. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  15. Local fixes for 'failing' schools

    About half of the schools in the country have been labeled "failing," thanks to the federal No Child Left Behind Act and its rigid, unhelpful measurements. We've called on Congress for years now to overhaul the law, and in the absence of any action, the Obama administration has begun offering waivers to states and some individual school districts that meet its definition of progress.
    About half of the schools in the country have been labeled "failing," thanks to the federal No Child Left Behind Act and its rigid, unhelpful measurements. We've called on Congress for years now to overhaul the law, and in the absence of any action, the...

    Tags: Education, Teachers, Schools, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education

  16. Feb 15, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  17. Deasy orders test scores to count for 30% of teachers' evaluations

    L.A. NOW
    L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy announced Friday that 30% of a teacher’s evaluation will be based on student standardized test scores, setting off another round of contention in the nation’s second-largest school system just weeks before a...
  18. Feb 15, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  19. Anti-LAPD graffiti likely inspired by Dorner, police say

    L.A. NOW
    A tagger who spray-painted an expletive about the LAPD across a wall in El Monte probably was inspired by Christopher Dorner, the fugitive who died in a gun battle, police said Friday....
  20. Feb 7, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  21. Outside spending pours into L.A. school board race

    L.A. NOW
    Outside groups are mounting campaigns to influence the outcome of three races for seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education. The outside donations are helping more than one candidate in District 4, which stretches from the Westside to portions......
  22. Jan 19, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  23. Los Angeles teachers union approves use of testing data in evaluations

    L.A. NOW
    A landmark agreement to use student test scores for the first time to evaluate Los Angeles Unified instructors was approved by the teachers union Saturday....
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