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Stacking the Deck?

April 19, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

“Moreover, ‘lower achieving students’ is not a protected class.” -Brian Bauer, GHCHS This week, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) will attempt to win its sixth national Academic Decathlon championship in seven years. If this were a high school sports team instead of an academic one, the improbability of this accomplishment would probably be more […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Academic Decathlon, Cherry Picking, Creaming, El Camino Real Charter High School, English Learners, GHCHS, Gifted and Talented, Granada Hills Charter High School, Palisades Charter High School, Special Education

Above the Law?

April 18, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

By Carl Petersen “The LAUSD Board will be voting on whether they support a package of anti-charter laws that would threaten our schools’ funding, flexibility to implement the programs best for our students, and our ability to continue serving our families.” -Granada Hills Charter High School Real estate records show that on March 17, 2005, […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Profiteering, School Boards, School Districts, State Education Law

South Pasadena Unified School District, Establish Schools as Safe Havens and Create 21st Century Learners Now

April 14, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

Dear South Pasadena Unified School District School Board, Superintendent, District Staff, and SPUSD teachers, Please establish the district as a safe haven for learners who will be shielded from ICE on or near campus and advance racial literacy and cultural competency by accelerating implementation of the ethnic studies, FAIR Act, multilingual education, and other parts […]

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Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

April 2, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Call to Action, Charter Schools, Elections, Federal Policy, Los Angeles Tagged With: CA CD34

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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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