History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Data details on worst schools due out
- 03-26-2010
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Superintendents with schools on the state’s worst performing list and others have remained frustrated over the controversial selection process and the lack of transparency surrounding it. Today or tomorrow at the latest, the state Department or Education is promising to post the data file that should shine more light on why the 188 schools were chosen for restructuring. (You should be able to find it here.) Two weeks ago, the State Board of Education approved the final list. However, that hasn’t stopped the complaints. Calling the state’s list “an embarrassment to the district and the state,” Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines last week wrote the State Board and Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell, asking that they come up with a better methodology to create a “more realistic” list. (more...)
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