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The LAUSD’s 2019 Report Card

December 31, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

There were huge changes in the last year for the second largest school district in the country. A look back at some of the major events…

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Austin Beutner, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Chanda Smith, EE, iPads, Jackie Goldberg, John Deasy, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, MiSiS, Modified Consent Decree, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, Special Education, State of Denial, Strike, teachers strike, UTLA

Using Students with Severe Special Education Needs As Lab Rats In An Education “Reform” Experiment

December 27, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Was LAUSD’s plan to limit accessibility to Special Education Centers in the best interests of the students who needed those services?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Modified Consent Decree, Nick Melvoin, Special Education, Special Education Centers

Special Education Program at Fairfax High School Is Safe For Now

December 16, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Nick Melvoin’s plan to displace a school for students with special needs is temporarily delayed. Will the other LAUSD board members fight to save it?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: CTC, CTC West, Fairfax, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin

Parent Engagement Charter School Style

December 14, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

One school demands payment to access records while another stations armed guards at a board meeting. Both continue to receive public funds.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Brown Act, California Charter School Association, California PRA, CCSA, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Marilyn Koziatek, School board elections, The Accelerated Schools

#PublicEdForum #MSNBC2020 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

December 14, 2019 by Brad

We’re live-blogging the second major education forum held by a coalition of public education groups here in Pittsburgh, PA. Six major presidential candidates are scheduled to appear in person with each candidate expected to discuss their K-12 education platforms for 30 minutes. WATCH HERE: We’ll be collecting interesting tweets, posts, reports and analysis here to […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #MSNBC2020, #PublicEdForum, 2020Elections

The Face of CTC & The Lack of Transparency By Those in Power #SaveFairfax

December 9, 2019 by Tracy Abbott Cook

I met Florencia, Jose’s mother, a few days earlier. Florencia and another mom had just left a meeting where they were told by district that CTC was being moved to accommodate WHFA. They were a combination of shock and sadness. They both did not want the school moved. The one mom whose daughter attends CTC said, “The Fairfax area is safe, I feel good having her here.” Florencia nodded in agreement. When I asked them if a move would be hard on their kids they said, “Yes.”

Filed Under: featured, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents, School Boards, School Districts, Special ed Tagged With: #sped, Co-Locations, LAUSD

Does #MeToo Apply to Students in Charter Schools?

December 4, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Students at North Valley Military Institute claimed they were victims of “abhorrent child sex abuse”. Was anyone listening?

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Kelly Gonez, LACOE, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, MeToo, North Valley Military Institute, NVMI

A School Board Member’s Latest Attack on Special Education

November 25, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Nick Melvoin’s plans for an exclusive new middle school include displacing children with special education needs from Fairfax High School.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: CTC, CTC West, Fairfax, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Special Education

Excluding Special Education

November 20, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Confronted by evidence that the charter school industry is not fully serving children with special education needs, will the LAUSD act?

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Special Education, State of Denial

Charter School Industry’s Data Plan Goes Bust

November 14, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The School Performance Framework (SPF) written by those who would like to privatize public education has been revoked by the LAUSD board with a 6-1 vote.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: George McKenna, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

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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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