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Most Crenshaw High teachers being displaced in LAUSD reorganization
More than half of the teachers and staff at Crenshaw High School, including two teachers union representatives, are being displaced by a campus reorganization process ordered by L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy. The school board in January endorsed Deasy's...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Students, Teachers
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LAUSD fighting for zero-tolerance on teacher cheating
The job of veteran teacher Ricardo Gonzales was on the line before a state review panel. He's a respected elementary school instructor who tutors students and coaches soccer on his own time. But the L.A. Unified School District wanted to fire him...
Tags: Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Sex Crimes, Academic Progress, School Examinations
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The basics of better schools
The bile flowed freely in the first round of L.A.'s school board elections in March, fueled by unprecedented sums of campaign money. To what end? Listening to the ads of the self-styled reformers, you'd have thought that charter schools were the...
Tags: Graduation, Teaching and Learning, University of California, Berkeley, Los Angeles Unified School District, Human Interest
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State recognizes schools for physical fitness, arts programs
In an era where test scores dominate discussions about education, a handful of schools received state recognition Friday for their physical fitness programs. Other groups were singled out for arts programs or career education. Warren High School in...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Schools, Middle Schools, Teaching and Learning, Education
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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. The result will have no direct effect on Deasy’s employment but could provide a temperature check on how...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Elections, School Examinations, Students
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Letters: Teaching and tests
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: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Bill Gates, Los Angeles Unified School District, School Examinations
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Gates' warning on test scores
A recent op-ed article in the Washington Post warned against overusing students' standardized test scores in evaluating how well teachers are doing their jobs. There would be no surprise about that — if it had been penned by the leader of a teachers...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, The Washington Post, Bill Gates, Students, School Examinations
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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...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Los Angeles Unified School District, Politics, Elections
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Deasy orders test scores to count for 30% of teachers' evaluations
L.A. NOWL.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... -
Los Angeles teachers union approves use of testing data in evaluations
L.A. NOWA landmark agreement to use student test scores for the first time to evaluate Los Angeles Unified instructors was approved by the teachers union Saturday.... -
Student test scores can identify effective teachers, new study says
L.A. NOWStudent standardized test scores can accurately identify effective teachers, along with other performance measures such as classroom observations and pupil surveys, according to a major national study released Tuesday. The study of 3,000 teachers in seven... -
Degree of Preparation
If you’re thinking about going back to school to finally get your master’s, there’s no better time than now. But before you start, it’s important to know what the process entails. With more and more professionals seeking to advance...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests, Financial Aid
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