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Common Core Standards Now Available from CA in Print Form
As a tool for better understanding California’s public education shift, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said today the Common Core State Standards are now available in print for the first time. CDE Press, the publishing arm of the California Department of Education, is offering print versions of the California Common Core State Standards: English...
By LA School Report | August 26, 2013
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Common Core Training Session Draws Overflow Crowd
Nearly 1,400 LA Unified educators flooded the California State University Dominguez Hills campus in Carson on Saturday for a free conference on the Common Core State Standards. “Launch LA Common Core” was organized by Teach Plus, a nonprofit that focuses on professional development for teachers. The event was held as states are scrambling to train...
By Brenda Iasevoli | August 26, 2013
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Public Dislikes Common Core Standards, Says New Gallup Poll
The new Common Core State Standards, now being phased in by California and 44 other states, are getting low grades from the American public, according to the 45th edition of the PDK/Gallup Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools, the longest-running survey of American attitudes on education. “Americans’ mistrust of standardized tests and...
By LA School Report | August 21, 2013
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Union Survey Finds Teachers Unprepared for Common Core
Hours after LA Unified announced results of a survey in which teachers expressed “high marks” for their training on iPads and the teaching content on them – the instructional tools for the new Common Core State Standards — the teacher’s union on Monday said its own survey found that a majority of teachers do not...
By LA School Report | August 19, 2013
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Curious About the New Common Core Test? Practice Here
As California educators prepare for the seismic challenge of ushering in the new curriculum known as the Common Core State Standards, much of the worry has centered on student assessment. Legislators are debating whether to suspend the traditional California Standards Tests while students and teachers adjust to the massive shift in approach and material in...
By LA School Report | August 15, 2013
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Aquino Sees Deeper Thinking but Falling Scores with Common Core
Five years ago, as Jaime Aquino was leaving his post as chief academic officer of Denver public schools, a reporter asked him his thoughts on how to improve public education. His response: national standards, coupled with national assessments. But Aquino told the reporter, “I will never see this in my lifetime.’” Fast forward to 2013....
By Brenda Iasevoli | August 14, 2013
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Deasy: ‘One of the Biggest Adjustments Ever’
LA Unified opens its doors for a new school year tomorrow, and despite an especially contentious few months for LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, he’s all optimism. In Part One of a two-part interview, LA School Report contributor Vanessa Romo talks with Deasy about his relationship with teachers, the challenges of pioneering the new Common Core...
By LA School Report | August 12, 2013
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California Could Face Year With No Meaningful Testing Data
People are still scratching their heads over what happened with California students’ test scores, which went down for the first time in a decade, as the state reported on Thursday. But the greater uncertainty could lie ahead. The plan is for all students to be tested on a new curriculum — the Common Core State...
By Hillel Aron | August 9, 2013
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Deasy to LAUSD Administrators: I’m Staying on the Job
John Deasy isn’t leaving. In his annual address to LA Unified administrators, the LASUSD Superintendent addressed head-on recent reports that his rocky relationship with the school board may lead to his resignation or removal. “A lot of chatter this summer, if you read blogs or read newspapers,” he said, “So let’s clear that up really quickly:...
By Hillel Aron | August 8, 2013
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Memo: Deasy Touts Progress on Safety, Suspensions, & English Learners
Superintendent John Deasy recently laid out his vision for the Los Angeles Unified School District over the next three years. Though he focused mainly on his top priorities for spending future revenue, Deasy also reflected on the school system’s recent gains, including 800 new campus safety aides assigned to elementary and middle schools across the city....
By Brianna Sacks | June 5, 2013