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A Charter School Violates Student Privacy to Shame Parents Into Volunteering

June 18, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

When work is required, it’s not voluntary. It’s wrong and unlawful to punish a child for what his or her parents can’t or won’t do.” – Hilary Hammell, Public Advocates attorney In return for their receipt of public funding, charter organizations are not allowed to charge parents and guardians any type of fees for their […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Alliance, alliance college ready public [sic] schools, Charter, Charter Accountability, LAUSD, Parent Volunteer Hours, Public Advocates

Paying the Price for Monica Garcia’s Win

March 16, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

If parents are not happy with the school program, it is a school of choice. They are free (and indeed encouraged) to remove their kids from the school. There are plenty of other public school options for their children.” – Mr. Tschang, former KIPP Principal As I walked off stage at the only debate in […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Arminta Street Elementary School, Charter, co-location, Imelda Padilla, Kelly Gonez, KIPP, LAUSD, Marianna Avenue Elementary School, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Steve Zimmer

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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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