Five Best Blogs: Villaraigosa Supports LAUSD Lawsuit

Romney claims federal money doesn't pay for teachers (and firefighters, etc.) http://ow.ly/bymwl @huffpost

Gov. Jerry Brown's misguided plan to lower the science bar - latimes.com ow.ly/byopP

LAUSD ordered to use student achievement in judging teachers -http://latimes.com http://ow.ly/byoDG Villaraigosa endorses

Standardized tests for the arts: Is that a good idea? - Slate Magazine ow.ly/byJsX

In Defense Of Teach For America : NPR ow.ly/byEH0 @HeatherHJ

Children of Immigrants Lag Behind, Posing Risk for Economy - WSJ.com ow.ly/byBRr via @wonkbooks

Professional certification has gone too far (in ed and in general) says NPR's Jacob Goldstein in the NYTSM ow.ly/byBsm

Politico's @jeneps recaps Obama education record, with quotes for everybody! ow.ly/byBkf (not new)

New report on the cool-sounding unified application and enrollment process from @APlusDenverow.ly/byzFO 

The Teacher You've Never Met: Inside an Online High School Class - TIME ow.ly/byoJl 

That's way more than #5bb

Comments

[Sarah]

Standardized tests for the arts is a horrible idea. Art is about feeling, about aesthetic, and you can’t really quantify those facets of existence. Trying to would undermine student ability.

[Sarah]

And while Romney’s technically correct on a direct level, the ability measurement techniques enacted by federal government ultimately decide who gets paid what in education. In a “trickle-down” economy, as I believe right-wing thought so frequently poetically describes it, all flow of money ultimately depends on government regulation, or the lack thereof.