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I'm Cynthia Liu, Owner/Founder of K12 News Network. I'm the proud product of public schools through post-grad, the mom of a child in public schools, and the daughter of two teachers. Connect with me professionally on LinkedIn.

“Creative” Charter School Finance: Orange County School of Arts…In Duarte (San Gabriel Valley)?

May 11, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

By Elena de la Cuevas UPDATED 5-13-17 TO ADD California Department of Education denial of Duarte Unified’s Waiver #35-12-2016 (scroll to bottom of the post to view pdf file) The expansion of the Orange County School of the Arts (OSCA) to a sister site in the San Gabriel Valley has led to an complicated mix […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Educators, Los Angeles, Orange County, Profiteering, School Boards, School Districts

Bay City Beacon Gets San Francisco USD School Assignment Wrong

May 4, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

reposted with permission from Caroline Grannan A new online startup here in San Francisco is spreading misinformation about how our district’s school assignment works. So I’m posting a myths-vs.-facts commentary to help combat the misinformation. Feel free to share this if you like. I’m not defending the current system, because it’s stressful and problematic, but […]

Filed Under: Attendance Boundary Gerrymandering, Parents, San Francisco, School assignment Tagged With: School assignment

A Year of Observation on PLAS and Marshall Tuck

May 3, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

by Cheryl Ortega UTLA Director of Bilingual Education   I became acquainted with Mr. Marshall Tuck in 2008, the first year of the rollout out of PLAS.  As Director of Bilingual Education for UTLA, I had received a call from some teachers at Ritter Elementary School in Watts concerned that their Dual Language Program would […]

Filed Under: Bilingual education, Curriculum, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents, School Boards, School Districts, Voices From the Classroom Tagged With: PLAS

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

Three-Part Series: Fact-Checking LAUSD School Board District 4 “Facts,” Part III

February 27, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

by Miriam Efrat. Read Part I here, read Part II here. Part Three:  Dumping the Blame Game and setting some records straight No one likes to have their parenting choices judged by strangers.  Engaged parents try to make choices that give their child the best possible opportunity in life.  Ultimately, the charter vs. public school […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, Too Good For the LA TImes Tagged With: Steve Zimmer

Three-Part Series: Fact-Checking LAUSD School Board District 4 “Facts,” Part II

February 27, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

by Miriam Efrat. Read Part I here, read Part III here. Part Two:  The Budget is tight, but not bust—contrary to the challengers and received wisdom It is unclear whether the challengers just don’t understand the complexities of the District budget, or if they intentionally exaggerate in order to blame Zimmer for problems that he […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Steve Zimmer

Three-Part Series Fact-Checking LAUSD School Board District 4 “Facts,” Part I

February 27, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

by Miriam Efrat. First in a three part series. Read Part II here, and Part III here. Dear Voters of LAUSD Board District 4: Are you a progressive recently woke to the vital need for accountable leadership in public education?  Just someone who likes to be well-informed before casting a vote? I hear your mailboxes […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Magnet schools, School Boards, School Districts

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

February 7, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

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 […]

Filed Under: Betsy DeVos, Big Ed, Federal Policy, Special ed

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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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