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    Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  1. Letters: Teaching and tests

    <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gates-testing-teacher-evaluations-20130411%2C0%2C7561671.story">Re "Gates' warning on test scores," Editorial, April 11</a>
    Re "Gates' warning on test scores," Editorial, April 11 Bill Gates has figured out what those of us in education have known all along: Standardized tests are pretty good at identifying students' academic strengths and weaknesses, one of them being test-...

    Tags: School Examinations, Examinations, Teachers, Bill Gates, Los Angeles Unified School District

  2. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  3. L.A. teachers vote 'no confidence' in Supt. Deasy

    Los Angeles teachers overwhelmingly expressed "no confidence" in L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy in the first vote of its kind in the nation's second-largest school system.
    Los Angeles teachers overwhelmingly expressed "no confidence" in L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy in the first vote of its kind in the nation's second-largest school system. In the weeklong referendum that ended Wednesday, 91% of the participating teachers...

    Tags: School Examinations, Elections, Voting, Lobbying, Career and Workplace

  4. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  5. Teachers vote no confidence in Supt. Deasy

    Los Angeles teachers overwhelmingly expressed &ldquo;no confidence&rdquo; in L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy in&nbsp; the first vote of its kind in the nation&rsquo;s second-largest school system.
    Los Angeles teachers overwhelmingly expressed “no confidence” in L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy inĀ  the first vote of its kind in the nation’s second-largest school system. Over the weeklong referendum that ended Wednesday, more than...

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

  6. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  7. Greuel vows school reform as Garcetti seeks end to 'division'

    Los Angeles mayoral candidate <a href="../75354555/edit">Wendy Greuel</a> laid out her plans to improve public schools on Thursday, pushing for tougher evaluations of teachers and principals, while opponent Eric Garcetti secured endorsements from a handful of African American leaders.
    Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel laid out her plans to improve public schools on Thursday, pushing for tougher evaluations of teachers and principals, while opponent Eric Garcetti secured endorsements from a handful of African American leaders....

    Tags: Elections, Religion and Belief, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Local Elections

  8. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  9. 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: Unions, School Examinations, Students, Elections, Teachers

  10. Mar 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  11. 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: Elections, Los Angeles Unified School District, Examinations, Teachers, Teaching and Learning

  12. Mar 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  13. 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: Elections, Los Angeles Unified School District, Finance, Career and Workplace, Lobbying

  14. Mar 6, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  15. 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....
  16. Mar 6, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  17. 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: Students, Education, Teachers, Schools, Teaching and Learning

  18. Mar 5, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  19. L.A. Now Live: LAUSD board election watched nationwide

    L.A. NOW
    The Times' education reporter Howard Blume will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the Los Angeles Unified school board races, an election that's being monitored around the country. Ten candidates are on the ballot for three seats on the...
  20. Mar 3, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  21. Meet the L.A. school board candidates

    L.A. NOW
    Meet the L.A. school board candidates...
  22. Feb 15, 2013 | Los Angeles Times
  23. 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...
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