“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 […]
Archives for October 2015
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 […]
$1 Billion
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 […]
#EduVoter #DemDebate Democrats, What Parents And Teachers Want to Know From The Presidential Debate
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 […]
For Once, The Local Media Uncovers The LAUSD Wizard
“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 […]
Democracy’s Necessary For the LAUSD Superintendent Search
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 […]
Repeal California Charter Schools movement grows and gains a celebrity-activist endorsement
“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 […]
Attempting to Obtain Information Through a Looking Glass
“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 […]
Pros and Cons of Charter Schools
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 […]
“Golden” Granada Hills Charter High School: Scofflaws When It Comes to California Ed Code?
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 […]