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LAUSD 2015 School Board Race Results: $5 Million in Charter Lobby Money Spent For Middling Outcomes

May 20, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Tamar Galatzan and the discredited John Deasy

Tamar Galatzan, incumbent, was defeated by challenger Scott Schmerelson. Likely her close connection to the much-despised John Deasy was one she couldn’t shake. Sadly, incumbent Bennet Kayser was defeated by charter-backed Ref Rodriguez. Finally, incumbent Richard Vladovic was re-elected over his challenger, Tea Party-allied Lydia Gutierrez. The race was marred by mailers paid for by […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: LAUSD School Board

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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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