NPE Board President, Diane Ravitch says, “Bennett Kayser has been a strong advocate for public education, for class size reduction, and for careful oversight of the LAUSD budget. As an experienced teacher, he understands the schools’ needs.” Network for Public Education endorses Bennet Kayser’s re-election for LAUSD School Board District 5 and asks you to support him […]
Archives for February 2015
Fact checking LA Weekly on Kayser, Aspire, Rodriguez’s PUC, and Barr
“It is not legally or morally acceptable that these so-called “schools of choice” that are concentrated in urban communities and supported with public funds, should be permitted to operate as segregated learning environments where students are more isolated by race, socioeconomic class, disability, and language than the public school district from which they were drawn.” […]
‘Parent Trigger” Fails At An Anaheim, California, Elementary School
Virginia Tibbetts is a teacher with 26 years of experience in California public schools. This is her account of the Anaheim City School District’s school board meeting and ACSD’s rejection of Parent Revolution’s ‘parent trigger’ petition to convert Palm Lane Elementary School from a fully publicly-funded and -run public school into a charter school. She […]
Who is the California Charter Schools Association?
Who is the California Charter Schools Association? Founded by nativist Steve Poizner. Revenues of over $2.23-Million. Walmart fortune heir Carrie Walton Penner on their Board of Directors. Director Jed Wallace stuffing his pockets with over $.335-Million in “compensation.” With those dark secrets and massive revenues to protect, it’s no wonder they are attacking sitting school […]
Principled Latino leadership stands with Bennet Kayser against CCSA’s scurrilousness
“The idea [Ethnic Studies], brought forward by Board of Education members Bennett Kayser, George McKenna and Steve Zimmer, is aimed at narrowing the academic gap between minority students and their white and Asian peers by pushing students to achieve through the exploration of different perspectives in literature, history and social justice. More than 90 languages […]
United Way Greater Los Angeles creates ad campaign for their biased LAUSD candidate forums
“By what logic does United Way engage in an activity that is shunned by all the other charities?” — Professor Ralph E. Shaffer Some of United Way Greater Los Angeles and United Way Worldwide’s other “education” related activities: Statement on Gates and Broad Foundation funded United Way Greater Los Angeles running LAUSD forums K12NN: United […]
A Third of Lousiana’s Voucher Schools Don’t Work, But Still Receive Money
Post by K-12 News Network.
A District 5 LAUSD debate forum not ruled by Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR firm
“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”—Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed This event is being hosted by an elected Neighborhood Council, not by the billionaire funded Non-profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) like Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR […]
Ref Rodriguez doesn’t get to claim he’s never heard of California Charter Schools Association
By Robert D Skeels “There’s never a short supply of People of Color willing to tokenize themselves, and prosper, at the expense of marginalized millions.” — Professor Khaled A. Beydoun, Critical Race Theorist The Deasy (LA) School Report blog posted an entry in which Ref Rodriguez tries to distance himself from California Charter Schools Association’s widely […]
Catholic Sainthood For Junipero Serra Will Erase Native Americans All Over Again
This guest post comes from Pamela Casey Nagler, who is a teacher in California. This piece is part of a series, Why We Need Ethnic Studies. This is why we need better history courses — more ethnic studies in our high schools. video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player The Pope has just announced that […]