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Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin

March 8, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their LAUSD school board elections, but two will face run-offs in November.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Angelica Dueñas, Brad Sherman, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Christy Smith, CJ Berina, Cyndi Otteson, Dr. Silke Bradford, Elizabeth Badger, George McKenna, Jackie Goldberg, John Lee, Kevin De Leon, LAUSD, Loraine Lundquist, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Lydia Gutierrez, Marilyn Koziatek, Mark Reed, Mike Lansing, Mónica García, Patricia Castellanos, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson, Steve Knight, Tanya Ortiz Franklin, Tony Cardenas, UTLA

The Trumpification of the 2020 Election

February 29, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

Political campaigns have always bent the truth. In the Age of Trump, the lies don’t even have to make sense as long as they vilify the opponent.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Bernie Sanders, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Jackie Goldberg, John Lee, LAUSD, Loraine Lundquist, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Scott Schmerelson

The Children Are Left Behind in LAUSD School Board Race

February 18, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

As the California Charter School Association and their allies spend millions on negative ads, education issues are swept aside.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alice Walton, Anti-Semitism, California Charter School Association, CCSA, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Marilyn Koziatek, Nick Melvoin, Reed Hastings, Scott Schmerelson, Speak Up

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

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

When Facts Get In The Way, Change Them

November 8, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The information age should have held truth to power. Instead, politicians from a school board member to the president just create new realities.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Speak Up, SPF

More Eyes Needed To Keep Watch On The Charter School Industry

October 29, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The LAUSD is allowed to appoint a representative to each charter school governing board. The Board needs to step up and make this happen.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Community Representation on Charter School Governing Boards, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District

Can An Ethically Challenged School Board Member Pass Judgement On Others?

October 26, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Nick Melvoin has put the interests of the charter school industry over the LAUSD students he is supposed to represent. Should this disqualify him from reviewing district employees?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, InvestigateMelvoin, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Michael Kohlhaas dot org, Nick Melvoin, SPF, Student Performance Framework

A Fox Watches Over the Data Hen House

October 5, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Board Member Nick Melvoin got caught manipulating data for the benefit of the charter school industry. He now oversees the LAUSD’s data-driven efforts.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Continuous Improvement Data Committee, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

The California Charter School Association Purposefully Puts Students In Danger

September 30, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

For almost a century, the Field Act has successfully protected public school students from earthquake damage. Charter schools are exempt.

Filed Under: Charter Schools Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Earthquake, Earthquake Safetly, Field Act, Student Safety

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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

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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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