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			<title><![CDATA[Ratliff holding slim lead in LAUSD race]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-election-day-school-college-20130522,0,4968149.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The race for an open seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education was close in early returns with Monica Ratliff ahead despite financial support and union backing that made her opponent, Antonio Sanchez, a heavy favorite. 

In the Los Angeles Community...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 22:47:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. 

Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[LAUSD fighting for zero-tolerance on teacher cheating]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-lausd-cheating-20130512,0,2989243.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-11 16:46:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The job of veteran teacher Ricardo Gonzales was on the line before a state review panel. 

He's a respected elementary school instructor who tutors students and coaches soccer on his own time. 

But the L.A. Unified School District wanted to fire him...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Letters: How to define cheating in schools]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-le-0515-wednesday-teachers-cheating-20130515,0,1657983.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-15 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Re "A clash over how to address teacher cheating," May 12 

As a principal and a superintendent, I had always taken the view that one of the very important roles of a teacher was to model appropriate behavior. It would appear that the state Commission...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[L.A. mayoral candidates support making teacher evaluations public]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-07 21:08:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Los Angeles' two mayoral candidates said Tuesday that they support making teacher evaluations public, going well beyond a level of disclosure that is supported by top school district officials. 

City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Councilman Eric...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Schools act to prevent high-tech cheating on standardized tests]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-06 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The proliferation of cellphones and their potential use for cheating has prompted heightened security measures on this year's administration of standardized tests in California schools. 

The chief concern is that students will take pictures of test items...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Walton foundation gives $8 million to StudentsFirst]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-30 03:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A foundation associated with the Wal-Mart family fortune has expanded its support for the education advocacy group run by former District of Columbia schools chancellor Michelle Rhee. 

The Walton Family Foundation announced Tuesday an $8-million grant...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rumor of deal roils teachers union]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-24 22:28:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The leadership of the Los Angeles teachers union is roiled over whether its officials made a private deal with a Board of Education candidate whom critics view as an ally of anti-labor forces. 

The dispute centers on an alleged understanding worked out...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A curriculum crunch for California]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-ed-common-core-20130422,0,4689619.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-22 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[While education reformers in Sacramento continue to obsess about how easy it should be to fire teachers and how important tests should be in evaluating their performance, almost no one is talking about the central issue of what students are supposed to be...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Giving every kid in L.A. a computer tablet? Pros and cons]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-ln-lopez-tablet-experiment-lausd-20130425,0,4547408.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-25 16:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[My wife and I have tried, with mixed results, to keep our daughter from becoming too obsessed with digital electronics. And yet her school district, L.A. Unified, has a plan to give every child in every school a digital tablet. 

LAUSD chief John Deasy,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Test scores under investigation at Burbank school]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-21 14:40:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A McKinley Elementary teacher has been placed on administrative leave after a third-grade student reported that the teacher helped a class answer questions on state standardized tests this week. 

Burbank Unified Supt. Jan Britz, who made the announcement...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[L.A. school reform effort draws diverse group of wealthy donors]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-14 18:30:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[They hail from New York, the Silicon Valley, Arkansas, Los Angeles and elsewhere. They are a rich and diverse lot, including Republicans, liberals, Hollywood notables and international corporate executives. 

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, L.A....]]></description>
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