Articles by Bob Sipchen

131 articles since 1997

A triumph 14 years and $10 million in the making

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | May 21, 2007
Kindergarteners in handmade sun and rainbow hats stand on our neighborhood elementary school’s shiny new stage belting out a heart-lifting song. Read more
 

Arts education getting respect – and funding

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | May 7, 2007
Can a flower be art? Read more
 

These educators have seen what works

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | April 23, 2007

These educators have seen what works

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | April 23, 2007
I’m haunted by a recurring vision. Read more
 

If wired right, computers do belong in classrooms

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | April 16, 2007
A buzzed-about U.S. Department of Education study released this month found that some popular software programs schools use to teach math and reading are pretty worthless. Read more
 

Pied Piper of charters fights back

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | April 9, 2007
Education agitator Steve Barr’s many detractors will tell you that he’s a megalomaniacal publicity hound. Read more
 

Pied Piper of charters fights back

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | April 9, 2007

Assimilation plays no part in this history lesson

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | March 26, 2007
The 400-foot-long mural decorating two outside walls at Theodore Roosevelt High presents a colorful depiction of the rape, slaughter and enslavement of North America’s indigenous people by genocidal Europeans. Read more
 

No accounting for L.A. Unified’s payroll fiasco

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | March 19, 2007

No accounting for L.A. Unified’s payroll fiasco

California | Local | By Bob Sipchen | March 19, 2007
Six weeks ago the Los Angeles Unified School District switched on a $95-million computerized system for paying the district’s 48,000 teachers and other employees. Read more
 
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