Posted by Ssgoldurs on Aug. 27, 2011 at 5:30 PM
Not the Superintendent. Not 4 of the 7 School Board members. The Generals in the Army, were trained, served in the ranks and worked their way up. The Admirals in the Navy, were also trained, then served, and worked their way up. Historically, LAUSD administration has always included people with...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Aug. 21, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Testing is not teaching! LAUSD spends millions and millions of dollars each school year on testing and test preparation materials. Teachers spend countless hours preparing the students for the test and avoiding thinking activities, cooperative learning, and practical skills, while many subjects formerly taught in elementary and secondary schools are...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Aug. 15, 2011 at 7:34 PM
A car with a manual 3 speed transmission, an AM radio only, crank up windows, and without power steering or an air conditioner or a heater. Using a early personal computer with no memory. Trying to play a compact disk on a record player. Trying to hit a 100 mile...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Jul. 21, 2011 at 9:45 AM
This may be truer than ever! They don’t test in Kindergarten. They don’t teach to the test in Kindergarten. They have cooperative learning and free time with manipulatives in Kindergarten. They sing and they dance in Kindergarten. They work with partners in Kindergarten. They do Art for the sake of...
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Posted by RJ PRICE on Jul. 20, 2011 at 12:01 AM
The Debt Ceiling, Cut, Cap & Balance and More! Reporting live from the Nation’s Capitol – Today the House of Representatives passed the Cut Cap and Balance bill which is a compromise bill that will keep the US Government moving beyond the August 2nd Debt Ceiling end date is passed...
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Posted by RJ PRICE on Jul. 8, 2011 at 11:58 PM
Since the 1950’s, the American Manned Space Program has been the technological tip-of-the-spear that has kept the United States well ahead of the world wide curve when it came to technology development. Many advances in medicine, electronics and computer can be directly connected to NASA and the Space Program. From...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Jul. 6, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Last month I attended the 5th grade culmination at an LAUSD elementary school. I’ve known most of the students since Kindergarten. Many of them are quite small, yet they will be in Middle School with 8th graders. All of them need another year of elementary school treatment. Some need more...
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Posted by RJ PRICE on Jul. 5, 2011 at 12:01 PM
The President of the United States of America has picked the week Americans celebrate their independence to open FORMAL negotiations with the Muslim Brotherhood which is based in Egypt. Forget the propaganda that the Brotherhood prints in English. "We believe that the political reform is the true and natural gateway...
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Posted by RJ PRICE on Jul. 4, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Be Proud it all started here! Declaration of Independence When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the...
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Posted by Bill Zeltman on Jun. 24, 2011 at 9:16 AM
The Big Man does his weekly rant about college kids graduating and the prospects of getting a job or moving out of their parents house. The Big Man is available for shows, parties, and prank phone calls! Book The Kid From Brooklyn today 201-286-9119!
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Jun. 20, 2011 at 8:55 AM
The emphasis was not on test scores and teaching to the test calendar. The emphasis was on the children and on their education. At the end of the elementary school year we took a test to see if we had mastered the skills for our grade level. During the secondary...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on Jun. 12, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Drastically decrease class sizes. It is true that the fewer students in a classroom the more time the teacher can give to each student Empower and respect the teachers. Let the teachers make the decisions. Make teaching a desirable career to attract the best and the brightest as they do...
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Posted by Asian Martin on May. 31, 2011 at 2:25 PM
University president McCormick sends an early farewell to the Rutgers community.
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on May. 29, 2011 at 12:11 PM
The downtown and local district administrators are not educators. At one time, some were principals, even teachers. Now they are bureaucrats. The Board of Education and the Superintendent are not educators. They are bureaucrats preserving their own territories, maintaining their sovereignty, and cya. So why are they making the decisions...
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Posted by Ssgoldurs on May. 5, 2011 at 6:20 PM
A parent who lives by Palms Middle School chooses to send her child to Paul Revere Middle School about seven miles away. This is a heavy traffic drive and the street leading to Revere is a one lane road in each direction. Why? Because she wants the best education for...
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