Sunday, April 26, 2009

The news that didn’t fit from April 26th

Mammoth CA. Times: ICE CLIMBER HAS FATAL FALL OFF MT. WHITNEY TRAIL.
Friday, April 24, 2009 5:27 PM
Early last Monday morning Dr. Kent Ashcraft, husband of Tenth District PTSA President-elect Ilene Ashcraft - father to Jessica, Matthew, Andrew, Tiffany, Jonathan and Nathaniel Ashcraft - had an accident while climbing with his son Andrew and two friends on the east ice chute of Thor Peak in the Eastern Sierra. Kent was a well known "peak bagger" - a subset of hiking attuned specifically to

May 19th Ballot: NONPARTISAN INFORMATION FOR PARENTS
Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:20 AM

Delaine Eastin: PROPOSITION 1D – THE D STANDS FOR DUMB
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:06 PM
By Delaine Eastin – OpEd in the San Francisco Chronicle  Wednesday, April 22, 2009 -- The first several generations of Californians were led by visionaries committed to the education of our children. They built the finest public college and university system the world has ever seen, as well as investing generously in K-12 education. California grew rich because the return on our education

LAUSD WANTS TO MAKE FIRING TEACHERS EASIER
Thursday, April 23, 2009 9:22 AM
By George B. Sanchez, Staff Writer | LA Newspaper Group/ Daily News  23 April 2009 -- Embarking on a monumental task that some say is doomed to fail, Los Angeles Unified school officials are taking aim at state laws that make it virtually impossible to fire teachers.   Facing unprecedented layoffs, including 3,500 teachers with less than two year's experience, district officials and their allies

FEMALES, MINORITIES FALTER IN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM (CAHSEE) + CALIFORNIA’S EXIT EXAM POLICY; A STUDY IN INEQUITY + more…
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:19 PM
THE STUDY: Effects of the California High School Exit Exam on Student Persistence, Achievement, and Graduation          Sean F. Reardon, Allison Atteberry, Nicole Arshan - Stanford University, Michal Kurlaender           - University of California, Davis            April 21st, 2009          The Institute for Research on Education

SCHOOLS LIKE SENDAK FACE UNCERTAINTY
Monday, April 20, 2009 8:59 AM
By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer| los Angeles newspaper Group/daily news  April 20, 2009 - NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Four years ago Nancy Oda opened Maurice Sendak Elementary, taking the name of the famed children's author who penned "Where the Wild Things Are,"  a tale of a rebellious boy with a monstrous imagination.   Oda, Sendak's principal, saw the moniker as symbolic of the creative learning

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