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An Attempt At Engagement Falls Flat

October 25, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

“The best way to predict the future is to create it” Steve Zimmer and George McKenna made clear where their loyalties lie when they joined Monica Garcia and Ref Rodriguez to block public access to the finalists in the search for a new Superintendent. At the October 13th Board meeting, Monica Ratliff proposed a resolution […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Uncategorized, vet the Supe Tagged With: Board of education, LAUSD Superintendent, Parental Engagement, Steve Zimmer

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

October 22, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Bernie Sanders, Call to Action, Common Core, Elections, ESEA, Federal Policy, Hillary Clinton, Parents, School Districts, The Testing Industry Tagged With: 2016 Elections, Election

$1 Billion

October 17, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

Rafe Esquith “wants to shut down teacher jail. Mostly he wanted to teach. That’s not going to happen anymore not at Hobart, not by L.A.Unified and he wants to never let this happen to any teacher again.” -Mark Geragos When it comes to Rafe Esquith, the LAUSD is in a no-win situation. Eventually, the public […]

Filed Under: LAUSD Tagged With: Bully Culture, David Binkle, Disruptive Parent Letter, Eli Broad, Mark Geragos, Rafe Esquith, Teacher Jail

#EduVoter #DemDebate Democrats, What Parents And Teachers Want to Know From The Presidential Debate

October 13, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

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

Almost a thousand members of the EducationVoters4BernieSanders Facebook page — teachers, parents, students, and the general public — generated the following questions: 1) when states like New York are abusing high stakes exams with developmentally inappropriate questions, basing 50% of a teacher’s “effectiveness” evaluation on student test scores, and subjects like science and social studies […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

For Once, The Local Media Uncovers The LAUSD Wizard

October 10, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

“It is clear to all present that which you have pointed out. I would sarcastically compare you to Sherlock Holmes, were I the type, but suffice it to say, sir, that you are a dullard.” -Matt E. In reporting on Racy Film Sets, KNBC found that the LAUSD is a “school system lacking oversight,” that […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Accountability, LA School Report, Los Angeles News Media, Racy Film Sets, Ramon Cortines

Democracy’s Necessary For the LAUSD Superintendent Search

October 8, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Vet the Supe, along with other grassroots organizations, has called for the search process for new Superintendent of LAUSD to be an open and transparent one. While grasstops groups like the United Way, Urban League, and other non-profits aligned with Eli Broad demand access to a search committee, real on-the-ground teachers union members, parents, and […]

Filed Under: Educators, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents, School Boards, School Districts, vet the Supe Tagged With: John Deasy, Superintendent John Deasy

Repeal California Charter Schools movement grows and gains a celebrity-activist endorsement

October 7, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

Voices Against Privatizing Public Education protesting billionaire school privatizer Mark Zuckerberg

“Choice rhetoric contemplates the sphere for reformed education as a “market.” The commodification of education in this way has prompted no shortage of critique identifying the ways in which the conditions for a properly functioning education market are difficult—if not impossible—to cultivate. Problems with an education market, however, go beyond the mere absence of ideal […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools Tagged With: California, charter schools, neoliberalism, Privatization, rdsathene, resistance, resistance to privatization, Voices Against Privatizing Public Education

Attempting to Obtain Information Through a Looking Glass

October 6, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

“Everything you know is wrong Black is white, up is down and short is long” -Weird Al Yankovic When I was a student, 44 was definitely larger than ten; I am sure of it. I did not fail math until I reached Calculus Three in college and in all the classes before that, 44 was the […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Uncategorized Tagged With: Accountability, Disruptive Parent Letter, LAUSD

Pros and Cons of Charter Schools

October 2, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Fix our Public Schools, don't Privatize!

Dov Rosenberg is an experienced public school teacher in North Carolina. Some of my issues with charter schools include: They benefit by serving families with the most parental involvement because it requires the knowledge and time to apply to a charter. This further concentrates families with less parental involvement in the traditional public schools. They […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Educators, Voices From the Classroom Tagged With: North Carolina

“Golden” Granada Hills Charter High School: Scofflaws When It Comes to California Ed Code?

October 1, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

By Carl Petersen. “I am a former candidate for the District 3 seat on the LAUSD School Board, founder of Change The LAUSD and member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council. Opinions are my own.”   “Per GHCHS Board Policy, all students must participate fully in California CAASPP and Granada Testing in their 9th, 10th […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents, Sacramento, San Francisco, School Districts, State Education Law

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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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