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How Can a Charter School Renew or Expand Without a Legitimate Governing Board?

August 28, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

A material revision of the provisions of a charter petition may be made only with the approval of the authority that granted the charter.“ – FCMAT Having already billed itself as the largest charter school in the country, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) has submitted a charter renewal that would change the school to […]

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

The Charter School Industry Puts Bigotry Front and Center

August 24, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Appointing a non-Latino candidate like Goldberg to the seat, even temporarily, ‘is definitely not in the spirit of the law. It would seem contrary to what LAUSD’s own commission did’ when it drew the district.“ – Political Consultant Mike Trujillo Speak Up is a pro-charter group that was formed in the Palisades on the west […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Board District 5, Dr. George McKenna, Jackie Goldberg, Nick Melvoin, Speak Up

Flushing Your Money Down the Toilet

August 20, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Team Granada: It was nice meeting with you yesterday to discuss possible solutions to the challenges you’ve gotten yourselves into with non-DSA approved improvements to your campus.” – Jim DiCamillo, Architect Private businesses operate under a model that has built-in accountability. If a corporation does not generate profits, then the shareholders will demand a change […]

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

The LAUSD’s Failure of Leadership

August 18, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail.“ – Benjamin Franklin On Wednesday, August 15, the LAUSD School Board met for the first time since Ref Rodriguez resigned in disgrace on July 23, 2018. Neither a discussion about scheduling a special election to fill the seat nor Board Member Scott Schmerelson’s resolution to temporarily […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Bennett Kayser, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Richard Vladovic, Scott Schmerelson

Proposed LAUSD Board Resolution Would Give Board District 5 Representation

August 11, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

The constituents of Board District 5 endured a tainted election in 2015 and have suffered the absence of a legitimate office holder since July 1, 2015, and therefore immediately deserve a respected and experienced voice and representation on the Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District“ – LAUSD Board Member Scott Schmerelson Ref […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson, Special Election

Silly Parents, We’ll Tell You What to Look For

August 11, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Families have a right to know how well public schools are performing across a variety of measures (encompassed by a summative, overall rating), so that they can better understand the diverse options within the District“ – LAUSD Res-036-17/18 When my oldest child was born, I was relieved to find out that she was a girl […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: LAUSD, parent engagement, School Report Cards

Is This What Democracy Looks Like in the LAUSD?

August 4, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

This is a very surreptitious way of doing business whereby you’re trying to hide…something perhaps you don’t want us to know.“ – Roberto Fonseca, LAUSD Parent LAUSD Board members elected with the support of the charter industry held a majority for a little over a year before Ref Rodriguez was forced to resign after committing […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Kelly Gonez, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, SENI 2.0, Student Equity Needs Index 2.0

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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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