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  1. Non-teaching employees in L.A. Unified agree to 4 furlough days this year to forestall layoffs. By Jason Song. http://tinyurl.com/y8mqqds
  2. Veteran subs won back their senioritiy rights in L.A. Unified Wed night. Details on blog in the morning.
  3. L.A. mayor to ccompete with teachers group for control of Jefferson High: p://tinyurl.com/yd66b25
  4. 11/4:Editorial: A bill to attract federal school grants includes too many disparate ideas to be practical. http://tinyurl.com/y99z3dv
  5. Opinion: California's higher-education debacle. By Jeff Bleich. http://tinyurl.com/ygo7fd8
  6. 11/5: NY-based Ford Foundation's $100 million in grants will reach to L.A. http://tinyurl.com/yccxnaq
  7. 11/5: Dangling federal grants, Obama challenges rules separating student performance from teacher evals. http://tinyurl.com/y8al4lj
  8. 11/4:State Senate passes education measure with eye on federal grants. http://tinyurl.com/yahuxrv
  9. 11/4:2 Los Angeles-area teachers get high marks with Milken Educator Awards. http://tinyurl.com/ydrk8zt
  10. Loss of students, many apparently to charters, exacerbates disruption and budget woes at other schools: http://tinyurl.com/yjvkoz3
  11. Charter school enrollment surges; number of students at other L.A. Unfied schools declines. http://tinyurl.com/ylheg5a
  12. L.A. schools Supt. Cortines will examine pros and cons of shortening the school year to balance budget. http://tinyurl.com/yg8o496
  13. L.A. schools chief stands by deal that displaces veteran subs with laid-off teachers. subshttp://tinyurl.com/yjsdpzx
  14. Plan emerges to solve new $140-million gap in L.A. schools budget that opens after Gov's veto. http://tinyurl.com/ylx7q2f
  15. Sorry about lack of posts. Hard to keep up. Just blogged: Teachers reject favoring laid-off teachers over subs. http://tinyurl.com/yggdbg7
  16. Garfield High among those schools that will be made available for outside takeover. http://tinyurl.com/ydabf4a
  17. 9/18: Study of Portugal finds students fare worse when teachers are evaluated based on student performance. http://tinyurl.com/m23jmb
  18. 9/18: Rank-&-file teachers want to rescind deal that could result in loss of benefits and work for veteran subs. http://tinyurl.com/ne5u52
  19. 9/17: 16-year-old student stabbed near Fremont High in South L.A. [Updated] http://tinyurl.com/ox6bv7
  20. 9/17: L.A. and Baldwin Park teens launch website to fight obesity. http://tinyurl.com/n8oasz