38 days ago by laschoolscout

The Value of Kids Talking, Even When They’re Talking Back I came across this interesting article about teenagers talking back. For those of you who are parents of 2-year olds or 4-year olds, this might be of interest as well. No offense to the teenagers reading this, but I saw myself as a teenager ( ...

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43 days ago by DebbieN

The LA Unified school district may have retooled the menus, but they haven't restored proper working kitchens to the school cafeterias. A lot of the new dishes are still being prepared offsite, just like the pizzas and burgers and fries. Why don't school cafeterias do regular sandwiches anymore?

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48 days ago by Kyle

John & Yoko – Happy X-mas (War is Over) Dear Santa, Tomorrow is Christmas! And with it, I’m wrapping up with this last item on my 2011 Educational Wishlist. If you can’t recall (or have misplaced) all 10 so far, be sure to check the list below. So Santa, what’d I’d really, really, really like this C ...

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50 days ago by Kyle

The Who – Christmas We’re almost there, Santa! The recent personal event of having another nephew being born yesterday highlights, once again, the critical role that parents and families play in the education of their children. While school districts 1, reform advocates 2, parent groups 3, and union ...

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53 days ago by James Boutin

For years, free-market advocates have been pushing for the admittance of charter schools in the state of Washington. They're public schools paid for with taxpayer money, say their proponents. But charter schools are far from that simple. Charter schools are causing extreme conflict in school distric ...

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54 days ago by Ameena

Okay…I’m just going to come out and say it: I don’t enjoy sitting through Maya’s holiday extravaganzas. Last week Maya was in no less than 11 shows. 11 shows! Not only did I have to shuttle her back and forth to rehearsal after rehearsal, and not only did I have to go on a lengthy scavenger hunt to ...

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61 days ago by Kyle

Smashing Pumpkins – Christmastime In all honesty, Santa, I had written this list for you several weeks ago, not realizing that you had already started granting my wishes. It seems as if the next item on my preconceived wish list is already in the works. Santa, what I was merely hoping for was a proc ...

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63 days ago by Kyle

The Beach Boys – I’ll Be Home For Christmas Dear Santa: I apologize in advance for the wonkiness of the following item on my 2011 Christmas list. So I’ve ranted plenty on this blog about the travesty that has been the manner in which education management organizations have analyzed data in recent ye ...

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66 days ago by laschoolscout

Application Deadlines – Avoid Them At Your Peril! We all know that feeling of being on a deadline – that “I’ve got plenty of time to get this done” lightheartedness, followed by the rush of panic, adrenaline, and then scrambling to actually “get this done.” Schools don’t mean to get you in a tizzy o ...

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67 days ago by Kyle

Sufjan Stevens – Christmas In the Room For all of the criticism unleashed upon the 2010 film Waiting For Superman, the filmmakers did manage to get a few things right, one of which was highlighting The Harlem Children’s Zone. While HCZ can be considered a school-system in the same vein as many chart ...

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