LAUSD Board President Monica Garcia and Vice-President Nick Melvoin both make reference to a Rules Committee that has not held any public meetings. Where is the transparency?
The LAUSD’s Revolving Door Continues
Board President Monica Garcia announces her run for City Council. Once again she puts her personal aspirations above the children of Los Angeles.
L.A. Schools’ Superintendent Attempts a Coup
Austin Beutner gets caught actively keeping information from some of his bosses on the School Board. What is he hiding?
The LAUSD Superintendent’s Web of Deceit
The newly revealed lobbying contract with Sebastian Ridley-Thomas isn’t Beutner’s first dance with scandal-plagued former state assemblyman.
The Winners and Losers of the LAUSD Strike
In a School District currently defined by the fight between public education and privatization, both sides put everything on the line. Was it worth it?
Austin Beutner Must Go
As the LAUSD strike drags on it is abundantly clear that the only way to bring an end to the chaos is to fire the Superintendent.
Lowering Class Size: If Not Now, When?
If current and past members of the LAUSD School Board have called for lower class sizes, why are they battling their union on the issue?
As Strike Looms, LAUSD Special Education Practices Come Into Focus
With District leaders openly hostile towards the needs of students in special education classes, can the union extract essential changes?
Is This What Democracy Looks Like in the LAUSD?
This is a very surreptitious way of doing business whereby you’re trying to hide…something perhaps you don’t want us to know.“ – Roberto Fonseca, LAUSD Parent LAUSD Board members elected with the support of the charter industry held a majority for a little over a year before Ref Rodriguez was forced to resign after committing […]
LAUSD Board Member Ref Rodriguez Resigns. Now what?
Rodriguez’s misdeeds…made a mockery of the laws governing elections.“ – LA Times Editorial Board When Ref Rodriguez was first charged with felonies related to his 2015 election to the LAUSD School Board, his attorney declared that it was “much ado about nothing“. It actually amounted to a great deal since Rodriguez is now a convicted […]