At the Los Angeles Unified School District, our goals are…School safety” -LAUSD As a father of two daughters who require special education services, I know from personal experience that the LAUSD has a less than stellar track record of working with parents to meet the needs of our students. A parent should not have to […]
Archives for March 2016
K12NN Bilingual Chinese/English Education Survey
In 2014, Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA5) stirred up unexpected outcry from some Chinese American communities in California. Here’s a refresher on the issues. Given this rise of many whose voices hadn’t been heard before, we wanted to take the pulse of Chinese Americans on a range public education issues, including thoughts on SCA5. Please […]
Monica Garcia’s Attack on Special Education
When we say $1.4 billion for special ed and we only have $700 million from the federal government and the other $700 million are coming from every child in this district, I’m not about defunding special ed. I just know that we have a serious issue to how can we serve our own kids?” -Monica […]
Judge, Jury, Executioner: The Charter School Version of Accountability
No further action is being taken at this time.” -Brian Bauer, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) It is the expectation of the CSD that GHCHS will provide notice to all affected parents of students in the 2014-2015 graduating class regarding options for reimbursement or other remedy.” -LAUSD Charter School Division Reasonable efforts to fully […]
Planting a Flag in LAUSD’s District 2
To the Parents of District 2: When was the last time you felt that you had a voice in how the LAUSD is run? None of the seven Board members currently has a student enrolled in the District and cannot empathize with parents fighting to get the best education possible for their children. Those of […]