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Not that you would notice …

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 31, 2010 | 0 Comments
considering how quiet this blog has been lately (sorry). But I will am off until Tuesday, Sept. 7, so to all, have a restful Labor Day, and we’ll be back at it next week.
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SUSD Live — Toliver comments

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
The superintendent said: “The substitute problem” is nowhere near as big as it was last year. He said the district has “solidified that position,” referring to the Wilson matter discussed earlier tonight. Interim HR guy Bob Thompson said there are 14 subs right now. Last year there were more than 100 into September. Toliver said [...]
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SUSD Live — Public comment

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
There are nine speakers.
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Fiddling while Rome burns

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 20, 2010 | 0 Comments
Interesting opinion piece on school reform from the N.Y. Times. Key paragraph: “A certain skepticism with regard to innovation is always wise, especially in public education, where highly touted new programs often turn out to be disappointments. The problem is that for low-income and minority Americans, the status quo is a deepening calamity.”
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Blog en Espanol?

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
So I want to try something. Google is offering to translate my pearls of wisdom into Spanish. Someone out there: Does it work well? Así que quiero probar algo. Google se ponga rápidamente a traducir mis perlas de sabiduría al español. Alguien por ahí: ¿Funciona bien? So … how’d Google do?
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Evaluating teachers

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 17, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Los Angeles Times ran a huge study of teacher effectiveness over the weekend. The newspaper delved into the controversial matter of evaluating teachers based on standardized test scores. The head of the teachers’ union down there has called for a boycott of the Times. You can judge the Times’ findings for yourself. Here’s a summary:
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Golden parachutes

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
Following up on the earlier post about Jack McLaughlin’s $240,000 pension (thanks again, Zack Johnson), the link to the database where you can find all members of the $100,000-and-up retirees club is here. Retirees are listed by school district and community college district: The database includes all the big local school districts, as well as [...]
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Join us on Twitter, Facebook

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 10, 2010 | 0 Comments
As usual, I’ll be blogging live tonight from the SUSD meeting. For those who don’t know, when I update the blog, I also tweet and post to Facebox. You’re welcome to follow my Twitter feed or friend me at Facebook. That way you’ll be notified when the blog is updated, both during board [...]
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SUSD Live — Smith on committees …

By Roger Phillips | Published: July 27, 2010 | 0 Comments
by a 7-0 vote.
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Join us on Twitter, Facebook

By Roger Phillips | Published: July 27, 2010 | 0 Comments
As usual, I’ll be blogging live tonight from the SUSD meeting. For those who don’t know, when I update the blog, I also tweet and post to Facebox. You’re welcome to follow my Twitter feed or friend me at Facebook. That way you’ll be notified when the blog is updated, both during board [...]
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