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Education coalition wants to stay course in L.A. Unified
A coalition of groups, including the United Way of Greater Los Angeles, has launched an effort to put education at the center of the mayoral race and civic attention. But they aren't calling for sweeping changes in the L.A. Unified School District....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Students
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Greuel vows school reform as Garcetti seeks end to 'division'
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: Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, Local Elections, Academic Progress, Politics
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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, Students, School Examinations, Bill Gates
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Perris teacher accused of trying to seduce student is free on bail
A Perris middle school teacher arrested for allegedly trying to seduce a minor is free on bail, Riverside County jail records show. Jeffrey Rightmire, 41, of Murrieta, was arrested Tuesday by police after he allegedly sent harmful material by text and...
Tags: Teaching and Learning
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No teaching, just tests: A new California college?
Here's what they're saying in academic circles across the country: California wrecked its public schools decades ago, and now it's starting in on its colleges. That may be an exaggeration, but few would deny that this is a pivotal time for the state's...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Education
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Perris middle school teacher accused of trying to seduce student
A 41-year-old Perris middle school teacher was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of trying to seduce a minor, authorities said. Jeffrey Rightmire, who works at Lakeside Middle School, allegedly sent harmful material by text and the Internet "with the intent...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Lotteries, University of California, Los Angeles, Lifestyle and Leisure
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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: Politics, University of California, Berkeley, Teaching and Learning, Graduation, Students
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Firing the worst teachers
Finally, there's legislation that proposes reasonable solutions to the tortuous procedure for firing the worst teachers in California. The teachers who routinely screen movies instead of giving instruction, who denigrate their students, ignore them,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning
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Leo Branton Jr. dies at 91; civil rights lawyer defended Angela Davis
Leo Branton Jr., a civil rights and entertainment lawyer whose stirring defense of '60s radical Angela Davis brought him his most celebrated victory in a six-decade career often spent championing unpopular cases, died of natural causes Friday in Los...
Tags: Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, Celebrities, University of California, Los Angeles, Laws
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Angry teachers take a break, but threats to Mexican reform remain
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has been busy telling the world about the economic miracle the country will experience after lawmakers approve the package of reforms he calls the Pact for Mexico. Nobody said the reforms would...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Unions, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, Education
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Letters: The common core revolution
Re "A curriculum crunch for California," Editorial, April 22 You are correct that California isn't prepared for the new Common Core State Standards, but neither are the rest of the states. Under development for nearly 30 years, common core will...Tags: Teaching and Learning
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L.A. Unified classroom breakfasts may be axed, Deasy says
An L.A. Unified classroom breakfast program feeding nearly 200,000 children but sharply criticized by the teachers union will be eliminated next year unless school board members vote to reinstate it, Supt. John Deasy said Thursday. Deasy said he had...
Tags: Teaching and Learning
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