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The Network for Public Education Endorses Bennett Kayser for LAUSD District 5

February 27, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

The Network for Public Education Endorses Bennett Kayser for LAUSD District 5

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 […]

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Bennett Kayser, Board of education, Education Politics, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, NPE, Professor Diane Ravitch, rdsathene, School Board, The Network for Public Education

Fact checking LA Weekly on Kayser, Aspire, Rodriguez’s PUC, and Barr

February 25, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

Resist the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) putting profits before pupils!

“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.” […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Bennett Kayser, California Charter Schools Association, CCSA, LAUSD, rdsathene, Ref Rodriguez, School board elections

‘Parent Trigger” Fails At An Anaheim, California, Elementary School

February 20, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Orange County, Parent Trigger, Parents, School Boards, School Districts, State Education Law Tagged With: Gloria Romero

Who is the California Charter Schools Association?

February 12, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

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 […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter Schools Association, CCSA, LAUSD, neoliberalism, Privatization, Racism, rdsathene, Ref Rodriguez, School Board, Walton family

Principled Latino leadership stands with Bennet Kayser against CCSA’s scurrilousness

February 9, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

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 […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, Ethnic Studies, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: ARE, Bennett Kayser, Board of education, California Charter Schools Association, CCSA, LAUSD, neoliberalism, Privatization, rdsathene, Ref Rodriguez, School Board

United Way Greater Los Angeles creates ad campaign for their biased LAUSD candidate forums

February 7, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

Eli Broad's 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 […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Board of education, LAUSD, Nonprofit Industrial Complex, NPIC, School Board, United Way, UWGLA

A Third of Lousiana’s Voucher Schools Don’t Work, But Still Receive Money

February 5, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

  Post by K-12 News Network.    

Filed Under: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Profiteering, School Vouchers, State Education Law

A District 5 LAUSD debate forum not ruled by Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR firm

February 3, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

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 […]

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Board of education, BOE, Education Politics, Eli Broad, LAUSD, rdsathene, School Board, United Way, UWGLA

Ref Rodriguez doesn’t get to claim he’s never heard of California Charter Schools Association

February 2, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

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 […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter Schools Association, CCSA, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, neoliberalism, Privatization, PUC, rdsathene, Ref Rodriguez, United Way, UWGLA

Catholic Sainthood For Junipero Serra Will Erase Native Americans All Over Again

February 2, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Cross-Cultural Comparison, Curriculum, Educators, Ethnic Studies, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, Students, Voices From the Classroom, Why We Need Ethnic Studies Tagged With: California, Junípero Serra, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Pope

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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