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L.A. Unified releases school ratings using 'value-added' method
In a dramatic turn for the country's second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified released school ratings based on a new approach that measures a school's success at raising student performance — the first in a series of high-stakes moves...Tags: Los Angeles Unified School District, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Examinations
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Charters generally perform better than traditional schools, not as well as magnets
At their best, charter schools in Los Angeles shatter the conventional wisdom that skin color and family income are the greatest predictors of academic success. Setting standards high and wringing long hours out of students and teachers, the highest-...Tags: Personal Income, Minority Groups, Teaching and Learning, National or Ethnic Minorities, Social Issues
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L.A. charter schools flex their educational muscles
Over the last decade, a quiet revolution took root in the nation's second-largest school district.
Fueled by money and emboldened by clout from some of the city's most powerful figures, charter schools began a period of explosive growth that has...Tags: Richard Riordan, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Teachers Unions, Curricula
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UCLA's new admission policy rights a wrong
It's no secret that the number of African American students admitted to UCLA plummeted after 1996, when Proposition 209 was passed. The proposition banned "preferential treatment" of race, sex or ethnicity in admissions to California's public...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Science, Examinations
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Don't judge teachers by test scores
In her Op-Ed article, "Put teachers to the test," Camille Esch writes that "the old evaluation system that ignores student achievement and finds virtually all teachers 'satisfactory' simply sets the bar too low." Although I agree with her, and with all...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Heroism, Judges
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What's eating LAUSD?
Today, Tokofsky and Downtown Magnets High School junior Jordan Senteno navigate the obstacles to high-quality schooling. Thursday they debated readin', writin' and relevance; Wednesday they focused on social promotion; Tuesday the topic was class size;...Tags: Documentary (genre), Crime, Law and Justice, United Nations, Examinations, Elections
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Students Rate California's Schools
Times Poll DirectorAccording to a Los Angeles Times poll on education taken a few months after the start of the 1997-98 school year, students between the ages of 12 and 17 said they are pretty satisfied with the public school education they are receiving and believe a...Tags: Gang Activity, Teaching and Learning, Recreational Substance Use, Teachers, AIDS
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Poll Analysis: What Parents, Children and Teachers Think About California's Public Education System
Times Poll Asst. DirectorThe issue of education covers a lot of ground. One can focus on school facilities; are there enough books to go around? Are the facilities adequate and safe for children and their teachers? One can look at the public school curriculum, the quality of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Emergency Planning, National or Ethnic Minorities, Drug Use, Hispanic and Latino Americans
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3 bills tied to EPISD on way to governor
El Paso Times, TexasThree bills filed in response to El Paso County school scandals are headed to the governor. The bills passed the Texas Senate on Friday as the legislative session enters its final days. Filed in response to cheating in the El Paso Independent School...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Gaming, Subway Transportation, Judges
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So much state testing, so little scrutiny
In the past few weeks we have heard horror stories from throughout Indiana about testing under ISTEP+ -- particularly the overload of the computer system and the failure of the testing company's servers to handle the testing. This caused Indiana to...Tags: Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Academic Progress, Teaching and Learning, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
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Baltimore Teachers Union supports call to halt Common Core consequences
The Baltimore Teacher's Union has called for the district hold off on attaching penalties to schools' performance on the the new Common Core assessments, citing insufficient professional development and resources to implement the new high-stakes...Tags: American Federation of Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Credit and Debt, School Examinations
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Two Portland schools, two miles apart, far different grades
Portland Press Herald, MaineSarah Thompson and her husband, John, put two daughters through Portland elementary schools. One went to Fred P. Hall. The other went to Longfellow. As far as Sarah Thompson is concerned, neither child got a better education than the other. That's...Tags: Arizona State University, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, School Examinations, Government
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