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What Is This Charter School Hiding?

October 30, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Three years after their principal resigned in disgrace, El Camino Real Charter High School still refuses to release records that show how public funds were allowed to be used for private benefit.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Public Records Act, David Fehte, ECRCHS, El Camino, El Camino Real Charter High School, fraud, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District

How Do You Rank The Value Of A School?

October 14, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

While the charter school industry continues to push for a Yelp-like rating of schools, LAUSD parents support the effort to fight back.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carl Petersen, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

Now In the Minority, A School Board Member Changes His Tune

September 27, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

In the majority, charter school supporters had little respect for the minority. With the roles switched, Nick Melvoin demands collaboration.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, School Boards, Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin Beutner, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, Steve Zimmer

Don’t Believe the Sacramento Charter School Compromise is a Bad Deal?

September 15, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

A charter school proponent does not even wait for the final vote on a charter reform bill to declare victory for these publicly funded private schools.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charter School Reform, Gavin Newsom, Mike Trujillo

Charter Schools Vs. Public School Students

August 9, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Transparency is key.” – CCSA Email marked “Confidential” The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is not always a welcoming place for a person who needs accommodations. According to a report released on October 25, 2017, a child with a physical disability would be unable to enter through the main entrance of one-fifth of the […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, David Holmquist, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, PRA, Proposition 39, Special Education

A School Board Member Betrays the Public Trust

August 5, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

It appears that there was a mole in the boardroom as the LAUSD defended itself against a lawsuit from the charter school industry.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Brown Act, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Ethics, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Scott Schmerelson

School Board Member Strikes Out in Attempt to Change Board Rules

June 28, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

For the third time, Nick Melvoin is unable to get his fellow LAUSD board members to vote on a project that he has been working on for over two years.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents, School Boards, Uncategorized Tagged With: Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin

Vote on LAUSD Rules Changes Delayed Again

June 13, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

For the second time, Nick Melvoin’s attempts to change the LAUSD Board rules have been pulled from the agenda before a vote could be taken.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, Uncategorized Tagged With: Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public, Board Rules, Brown Act, EE, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin

LAUSD’s Measure EE Highlights the Need For Charter School Oversight

May 23, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The parcel tax will help provide the funds to give Los Angeles students the schools they deserve. But Charter schools will also get a cut.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: CCSA, EE, George McKenna, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Parcel Tax, Proposition 13, Public Education, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson

LAUSD School Board Race Turns Ugly

May 10, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Unable to compete against Jackie Goldberg’s experience, the supporters of Heather Repenning resort to the politics of bigotry as election day in LAUSD Board District 5 approaches.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bigotry, Heather Repenning, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Ref Rodriguez, SFER, Students for Education Reform

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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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