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School’s (Not) Out for Summer

December 19, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Thanks to all the effective voices that made this possible for our youth!” – Mónica García, 12/14/16 During last week’s LAUSD meeting, the Board suddenly reversed course and abandoned a carefully compromised plan that would have slowly returned the beginning of the school year closer to its traditional Labor Day start. Without a warning to […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: iPad, John Deasy, LAUSD, Mónica García, Special Education Centers

Charter Principal Gets Caught Engaging in Financial Shenanigans and is Punished with a $215K Payout

December 14, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Ex-charter school chief gets $215K after resigning in wake of spending controversy” – Los Angeles Daily News, 11/30/16 The administration at El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) admits that David Fehte charged “more than $6,000” in personal charges on his school-issued credit card. An investigation by the Los Angeles Daily News found that “over […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter Accountability, David Fehte, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD

LAUSD’s Parent Jail

December 12, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Disruptive Person Letters (DPL) are issued by principals within the LAUSD when someone interferes with the ability “to maintain a safe campus free of disruption.” There is concern among parents that in addition to protecting against “behavior that poses a danger to staff or students”, these letters are also being used to retaliate against those […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Disruptive Parent Letter, Disruptive Person Letter, LAUSD, parent engagement

Is Mónica García Using LAUSD Students as Stepping Stones?

December 10, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

I’m not sure I can be a productive member of this group at this point.” – Mónica García, 12/6/16 In the months leading up to the March 7, 2017, LAUSD election, incumbent Mónica García has made some questionable comments about the children that she is supposed to represent. For example, in March she suggested that […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: LAUSD, Michelle King, Mónica García, Monica Ratliff, Richard Vladovic

ASDC in Denver, CO: “Future of the Party Forum” with DNC Chair Candidates

December 3, 2016 by K12NN Site Admin

Republican Donald Trump will be forty-fifth president of the United States, and his election has spurred the Democratic Party to soul-search as it surveys its many state and local losses as well as that at the top of the ticket. Public education activists seek clarity on the Democratic Party’s commitment to publicly-funded and democratically-run neighborhood […]

Filed Under: Denver, Elections, Uncategorized

The LAUSD’s Hostility Towards Special Education

November 30, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

On November 16, 2016, the Office of the Independent Monitor held its semi-annual public hearings about the services provided by the LAUSD to students with special education needs. The following is a copy of my testimony before Dr. Rostetter: When I saw your reaction to Adam’s speech, it gave me something that I haven’t had […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, Dr. Rostetter, Inclusion, John Deasy, LAUSD, Mainstreaming, Modified Consent Decree, Mónica García, Office of the Independent Monitor, Sharyn Howell, Special Education

Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) December General Assembly

November 29, 2016 by Robert D Skeels

Every month students, parents, and teachers of #StudentsDeserve gather to discuss and plan for the future of educational justice inside and outside our schools in Los Angeles. Considering the political state we are in, now more than ever we know that our grassroots work is important and necessary. For that reason, we invite YOU (students, parents, and teachers) to […]

Filed Under: Educators, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: ethnic studies, LAUSD, LCFF, rdsathene, resistance, resistance to privatization, SLASD, struggle

Rejecting Education by Division

November 3, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

If we accept the notion that education is the great equalizer, then we must demand that all children have equal access to education. This does not mean that we should expect that every student will have the same results. However, we should expect as a society that all children are given the opportunity to reach […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Carl Peteren, LAUSD, Mónica García

The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.

October 31, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

The October staff recommendations represent a fundamental and drastic departure from the Charter School Division’s expressed values of consistency and transparency, and the District’s historic focus on student outcomes as an authorizer.” -California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) Both El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) and Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) were originally LAUSD […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division

The Absurdity of Charter School Oversight in L.A.

October 23, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

This is about the fact that they want to kill our charters and nothing more.” -Magnolia CEO Caprice Young The sky is falling.” -Chicken Little As usual, the LAUSD Board spent a significant portion of their time at Tuesday’s meeting ignoring the needs of students enrolled in District schools so they could focus on charter […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, Caprice Young, CCSA, Celerity, ECRCHS, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Magnolia, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson

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Federal Policy

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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