Under business banker Marshall Tuck Jordan High School Partnership Academy for the Arts went five years without achieving even twenty percent of students scoring proficient on either the mathematics or the English portion of the California State University (CSU) entrance exams. Five years! Jordan High School Partnership Academy for the Arts CSU results: the years […]
Broad’s Latest Attack on Democracy
We serve the people of Greater Los Angeles because we believe there is a better path for the children of our great district. Unfortunately, the serious allegations against Dr. Ref Rodriguez distract from that critical mission.” – Monica Garcia, Nick Melvoin and Kelly Gonez While the LAUSD School Board was evaluating the performance of the […]
What About the Los Angeles Times’ Conflict of Interest?
The following Letter to the Editor was sent yesterday in response to the Los Angeles Times’ article “L.A. school board member Ref Rodriguez faces conflict-of-interest complaint over $285,000 in payments”. Unsurprisingly, it was not published. As the accusations against LAUSD Board member Ref Rodriguez mount, it is important to note that the charges are not […]
The LAUSD Board Strikes Out
Resolved, That the LAUSD Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles opposes the Broad Foundation plan and all initiatives that present a strategy designed to serve some students and not all students -Scott Schmerelson When a leaked copy of Eli Broad’s Great Public Schools Now Initiative was published by the Los Angeles Times, […]
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 […]
$1 Billion
Rafe Esquith “wants to shut down teacher jail. Mostly he wanted to teach. That’s not going to happen anymore not at Hobart, not by L.A.Unified and he wants to never let this happen to any teacher again.” -Mark Geragos When it comes to Rafe Esquith, the LAUSD is in a no-win situation. Eventually, the public […]
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 […]
Protest against Eli Broad’s charter putsch by Voices Against Privatizing Public Education
The activists comprising Voices Against Privatizing Public Education, whose efforts were recently highlighted on Professor Diane Ravitch’s blog, are holding a rally/protest in front of the Broad Foundation’s headquarters. This is in response to Broad and his fellow reactionaries’ announcement of plans to privatize more than half the Los Angeles Unified School District within the […]
A District 5 LAUSD debate forum not ruled by Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR firm
“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”—Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed This event is being hosted by an elected Neighborhood Council, not by the billionaire funded Non-profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) like Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR […]
Important information for the critical Torlakson v. Tuck election
“…raises significant concerns that [Marshall Tuck run] PLAS continues to disregard state law, regulation, and LAUSD policy and is failing to implement transparent and uniform procedures to ensure parent and student rights are protected.” — MALDEF / Public Counsel I’ve followed Tuck’s career since he graduated from Broad’s Urban Residency. I think there’s a chance […]