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Teacher Misconduct Proposal Wins Unexpected Support
While a recent Daily News headline described LAUSD Board Member Tamar Galatzan’s new “teacher jail” proposal as an “overhaul” of the current system, the resolution is probably best described as an...
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Alleged Murderer Had No Reported Classroom Behavior Issues
Accused murderer and meth addict Michael Kane, an LAUSD elementary school teacher, has no previous history of violence during his career as a teacher and his personnel file states he was never removed...
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Where shame is policy: Inside LAUSD’s ‘teacher jail’
Where shame is policy: Inside LAUSD’s ‘teacher jail’ Via The Nation | By JoAnn Wypijewski Iris Stevenson hurt no child, seduced no teenager, abused no student at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles....
View ArticleVIDEO: End of teacher ‘jail’ policy at LAUSD
VIDEO: End of teacher ‘jail’ policy at LAUSD Kim Baldonado reports for NBC4 News on a shift in policy at LA Unified (LAUSD) where teachers accused of misconduct will no longer spend days at district...
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Crenshaw choir director released from ‘teacher jail’
Crenshaw choir director released from ‘teacher jail’ Eight months after being yanked off campus, long-time choir director Iris Stevenson returned to Crenshaw High School today. Stevenson, who’s led an...
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Teachers union talking strategy for combatting teacher jail
Teachers union talking strategy for combatting teacher jail While officials from the teachers union, UTLA, are contemplating salary demands in a new labor contract with the district, they have not lost...
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UTLA holds morning rally to insist Deasy be thrown into ‘jail’
UTLA holds morning rally to insist Deasy be thrown into ‘jail’ Alex Caputo-Pearl speaking at a news conference 9-3-2014 UTLA is calling on Superintendent John Deasy to lock himself in teacher jail...
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Deasy on his critics: Constant attacks are ‘politically motivated’
Deasy on his critics: Constant attacks are ‘politically motivated’ Superintendent John Deasy Under withering criticism over the iPad program, a new student-tracking computer system and discordant...
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Cortines springs an art teacher after months in ‘teacher jail’
Cortines springs an art teacher after months in ‘teacher jail’ South Gate Middle School teacher Stuart Lutz LA Unified art teacher Stuart Lutz had a celebratory homecoming today as he returned to the...
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JUST IN: Geragos plans class action against LAUSD over teacher jails
JUST IN: Geragos plans class action against LAUSD over teacher jails Mark Geragos High-profile attorney Mark Geragos has notified LAUSD that he intends to file a class action lawsuit about the...
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A closer look at the Mark Twain quote that led to ‘teacher jail’
A closer look at the Mark Twain quote that led to ‘teacher jail’ Rafe Esquith Just what was it that landed Rafe Esquith, a nationally-renowned teacher, in LA Unified’s “teacher jail”? A line from Mark...
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Most in LAUSD ‘jail’ facing charges of sexual misconduct, violence
Most in LAUSD ‘jail’ facing charges of sexual misconduct, violence Despite persistent concerns about teachers sexually harassing or abusing students in the classroom, only slightly more than a third of...
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To speed up probes, LAUSD has doubled investigation team
To speed up probes, LAUSD has doubled investigation team The staff that investigates allegations against residents of LA Unified’s “teacher jail” has doubled since the team started last year, with the...
View ArticleJUST IN: Ian McKellen, Hal Holbrook join video to support Esquith
JUST IN: Ian McKellen, Hal Holbrook join video to support Esquith In response to the “teacher jailing” of a beloved LA Unified teacher, Rafe Esquith, acclaimed actors Ian McKellen and Hal Holbrook...
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Suspended teacher sues LAUSD over Facebook page he says is fake
Suspended teacher sues LAUSD over Facebook page he says is fake A teacher at LA Unified filed a lawsuit against the district Wednesday after he was suspended in 2014 over a lewd Facebook page that was...
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UTLA discusses new issues of unjustly housed teachers
UTLA discusses new issues of unjustly housed teachers When the union representing LA Unified teachers meets tomorrow afternoon to discuss “unjustly housed teachers,” one of the potential discussion...
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JUST IN: LAUSD slapped with $1 billion lawsuit to end teacher jails
JUST IN: LAUSD slapped with $1 billion lawsuit to end teacher jails Following up on a months-long threat, high-profile attorney Mark Geragos today slapped LA Unified with a class action lawsuit,...
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State senator calls for audit of LAUSD’s ‘teacher jail’
California Senator Tony Mendoza The state Joint Legislative Audit Committee yesterday approved an request by Senator Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia) to examine LA Unified’s “teacher jail,” a controversial...
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Teacher Misconduct Proposal Wins Unexpected Support
While a recent Daily News headline described LAUSD Board Member Tamar Galatzan’s new “teacher jail” proposal as an “overhaul” of the current system, the resolution is probably best described as an...
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Alleged Murderer Had No Reported Classroom Behavior Issues
Accused murderer and meth addict Michael Kane, an LAUSD elementary school teacher, has no previous history of violence during his career as a teacher and his personnel file states he was never removed...
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