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Marshall Tuck’s racist dog whistle

October 26, 2018 by Robert D Skeels

Marshall Tuck’s racist dog whistle

First published in Schools Matter * * * “Blowing the racist dog whistle in politics is shameful. This disgraceful practice against black candidates unfortunately has a long and shameful history. That this would happen in California in 2018 is deeply disturbing. It appears you have chosen to follow President Trump’s playbook of using lies and […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools Tagged With: Marshall Tuck, Racism, Tony Thurmond

Prop 13 and California’s Education Failures

October 26, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people.” – Mary Landrieu In California State Superintendent of Education candidate Marshall Tuck’s TV advertisement, he points out that California is 44th in achieving education results. What he leaves unsaid is that this performance parallels our state’s lack of funding for our […]

Filed Under: Elections, Uncategorized Tagged With: California state school funding, Education Spending, Marshall Tuck, Prop 13, School Funding

Marshall Tuck’s ethnocentrism contradicts Californian values

October 22, 2018 by Robert D Skeels

Parents protesting Marshall Tuck for closing language programs. Photo by Ron Gochez.

First published in the LA Progressive * * * Business banker Marshall Tuck is running for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction again. He’s backed by the same ideologically charged billionaires as the last time — several of whom supported reactionary measures like Proposition 8. With nearly unlimited funding, voters will be deluged with Tuck’s […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Los Angeles, San Francisco, State Education Law Tagged With: ethnic studies, language rights, Marshall Tuck, Tony Thurmond

Under Marshall Tuck Jordan HS went five years with under 20% of students scoring proficient for CSU

October 20, 2018 by Robert D Skeels

Under business banker Marshall Tuck Jordan High School Partnership Academy for the Arts went five years without achieving even twenty percent of students scoring proficient on either the mathematics or the English portion of the California State University (CSU) entrance exams. Five years! Jordan High School Partnership Academy for the Arts CSU results: the years […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Los Angeles, School Districts Tagged With: California State Superintendent of Instruction, CSU, Eli Broad, Marshall Tuck, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond

Abandoned Representation

October 17, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Recently, I was presented with an amazing opportunity in the private sector to work with some of the most brilliant and well-respected leaders in their industry. While I didn’t seek this out – sometimes tremendous opportunities find you” – LA City Councilman Mitch Englander Republican Mitch Englander spent $404,421.93 during his last re-election campaign in […]

Filed Under: Elections, Los Angeles Tagged With: Board District 5, Mitch Englander, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson, Special Election

Marshall Tuck’s Financial Support of Convicted Felon Ref Rodriguez

October 11, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Rodriguez’s misdeeds…made a mockery of the laws governing elections.” – LA Times Editorial Board By the time the last vote was counted in the 2015 LAUSD School Board election, it was the most expensive school board race in the history of the country. The impending cost to run for the Board District 5 seat was […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: 2018 Elections, Election Fraud, March 2015 elections, Marshall Tuck, Ref Rodriguez, Tony Thurmond

The Largest Charter School in the Country Will Get Even Larger

October 8, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

A perfect example of what is wrong with the California law regarding charter authorizing.” – Scott Schmerelson The average school in the United States has 507 students. Through the 2018-2019 school year, Granada Hills Charter High School is authorized for an enrollment capacity of 5,500 students.  This is more than the total number of students […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, iGranada, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Scott Schmerelson

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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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