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The LAUSD Says: “No Voice For You!”

February 23, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin has pledged to change the rules so that stakeholders have better access to meetings. Why won’t he act?

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Accountability, Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Transparency

Six Ways to Boost Parent Attendance at LAUSD School Board Meetings — Support This Resolution!

September 27, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Thanks to the Brown Act, by law, public meetings of school boards in the state of California are  made accessible to the public for attendance and comment. But almost two-thirds of parents in two parent households work outside the home, as do about the same numbers of single-parent families. Meetings held during daytime working hours […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, Uncategorized Tagged With: Accountability, LAUSD School Board

Means, Motive, and Opportunity: Forcing the LAUSD School Board to Hold GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter

August 28, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Charter schools may not enact admissions requirements or other barriers to enrollment and must admit all students who apply, just as traditional public schools cannot turn away students.” – ACLU On Tuesday, August 23, 2017, I made a third presentation to the LAUSD School Board about the enrollment practices of Granada Hills Charter High School […]

Filed Under: Call to Action, Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Accountability, bankruptcy, Charter Accountability, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, LAUSD, Special Education

The People’s School Board?

August 21, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” – The First Amendment Apparently, the Bill of Rights is […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Accountability, David Holmquist, First Amendment, LAUSD, Mónica García, Ref Rodriguez

California charter school industry bill attempts to eliminate only source of public oversight

April 1, 2016 by Robert D Skeels

Save Public Schools! Adult Education Students protest school privatizer Monica Garcia in Koreatown after she voted to shut down all adult schools and use the money for privately managed charters.

“…charter schools have used their public characteristics to qualify for public funding under state constitutional law, while highlighting their private characteristics to exempt themselves from other laws that apply to public schools.”—Professors Preston C. Green and Joseph Oluwole School privatization promoting Nonprofit Industrial Complex (NPIC) EdSource has long been a source of both political cover, […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools Tagged With: Accountability, California, CCSA, charter schools, LAUSD, LAUSD Office of the General Counsel, neoliberalism, Privatization, rdsathene, resistance, resistance to privatization

Controlling Information

December 14, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.” -Atifete Jahjaga During the last Budget, Facilities and Audit Committee meeting […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Uncategorized Tagged With: Accountability, California Public Records Act, Facilities and Audit Committee, LAUSD, LAUSD Budget, LAUSD Charter School Division, parent engagement

For Once, The Local Media Uncovers The LAUSD Wizard

October 10, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

“It is clear to all present that which you have pointed out. I would sarcastically compare you to Sherlock Holmes, were I the type, but suffice it to say, sir, that you are a dullard.” -Matt E. In reporting on Racy Film Sets, KNBC found that the LAUSD is a “school system lacking oversight,” that […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Accountability, LA School Report, Los Angeles News Media, Racy Film Sets, Ramon Cortines

Attempting to Obtain Information Through a Looking Glass

October 6, 2015 by Carl J. Petersen

“Everything you know is wrong Black is white, up is down and short is long” -Weird Al Yankovic When I was a student, 44 was definitely larger than ten; I am sure of it. I did not fail math until I reached Calculus Three in college and in all the classes before that, 44 was the […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Uncategorized Tagged With: Accountability, Disruptive Parent Letter, LAUSD

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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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