“The ideals of education, whether men [sic] are taught to teach or plow, to weave or to write, must not be allowed to sink into sordid utilitarianism. Education must keep broad ideals before it, and never forget that it is dealing with Souls and not with Dollars.” 1902, W.E.B. DuBois, educator and civil rights leader. Not […]
¡Ref Rodriguez: RESIGN!
LAUSD School Board Member Ref Rodriguez continues to represent LAUSD stakeholders while accused of felony crimes. Please sign this petition demanding his resignation. En Español: ¡Ref Rodríguez: RENUNCIA! Ref Rodriguez has been charged with felony “…conspiracy, perjury and procuring and offering a false or forged instrument, as well as 25 misdemeanor counts related to alleged […]
“Creative” Charter School Finance: Orange County School of Arts…In Duarte (San Gabriel Valley)?
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 […]
Above the Law?
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, […]
A Charter With Its Hand in the Cookie Jar?
“It was discussed how and why Granada is running in the red” – El Camino Real Charter High School Board Meeting Minutes, September 18, 2013 Under California law, Associated Student Body (ASB) organizations are “student organizations that are established to raise and spend money on behalf of students”. These funds are supposed to enhance the education […]
Send Your Child to a Charter, Sign Away Your Parental Rights?
Our School “is permitted to meet with your child without your knowledge of prior consent.” –James W. Salin, GHCHS Governing Board Chair Like a page out of 1984, Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) includes stock language in responses to complaints asserting that “GHCHS values your input”, while the actual response shows the direct opposite. […]
Tax Spending Without Representation
“Charter schools allow parents, teachers and the community to transform our public school system.” -California Charter School Association As Eli Broad prepares to implement his plan “to reach 50 percent charter market share” within the LAUSD, now is the time for Angelenos to begin asking what this privately controlled system would look like. While Broad […]
Why the Los Angeles Times Missed the Biggest Education News this Week
By Karen Wolfe. She is an LAUSD parent activist and supporter of public schools with children who currently attend district schools. According to the Los Angeles Times, there was not much to report: “Protestors Add a Little Rain to Otherwise Sunny Broad Museum Opening Day.” Not “Education Activists Rain on Eli Broad’s Parade” or even […]
Open Letter to Parents on Common Core Testing Results
Dear Parents, Soon California will release the results of your child’s Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, or SBAC tests. These tests are also known as the new Common Core test that California and states across the country implemented last year. Please know that as you receive the results of your child’s SBAC scores our child’s results […]
Six Education Policies A 2016 Presidential Candidate Must Embrace
On the eve of passage of amendments to the Senate’s Every Child Achieves Act, the Rev. Dr. William Barber, a distinguished contemporary Civil Rights leader, released a powerful statement of support that gave qualified support for the law’s draft reauthorization and pointed to the work ahead. He said: But as we under-resource our public […]