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LAUSD District 3 Endorsement — Lifetime Educator Scott Schmerelson

February 24, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

The incumbent has a record of improving opportunities for children and is a far better choice than the charter profiteer or the inexperienced parent.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Elizabeth Badger, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Marilyn Koziatek, Parental Engagement, Reproductive Rights, Scott Schmerelson, Sex Education, Special Education

Disregarding the Needs of the LAUSD’s Most Vulnerable Students

February 1, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

First and foremost, our students with disabilities are general ed students…All of them.” – Anthony Aguilar, LAUSD Chief of Special Education The end of 2019 brought a conclusion to the Chanda Smith consent decree and its modification. For the first time in over a generation, the delivery of special education services within the LAUSD is […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Anthony Aguilar, Chanda Smith, CTC, Dr. Silke Bradford, Elizabeth Badger, FAPE, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, LRE, Marco Tolj, Moderate to Severe, Patricia Castellanos, Scott Schmerelson, Special Education, Special Education Centers, Tanya Ortiz Franklin

LAUSD Candidate Profile: Elizabeth Badger

January 26, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

This is the last of two articles profiling the candidates running to represent the residents of LAUSD’s Board District 3.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Elizabeth Badger, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Scott Schmerelson, Speak Up, Special Education, Special Education Centers, UTLA

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

Using Students with Severe Special Education Needs As Lab Rats In An Education “Reform” Experiment

December 27, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Was LAUSD’s plan to limit accessibility to Special Education Centers in the best interests of the students who needed those services?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Modified Consent Decree, Nick Melvoin, Special Education, Special Education Centers

A School Board Member’s Latest Attack on Special Education

November 25, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Nick Melvoin’s plans for an exclusive new middle school include displacing children with special education needs from Fairfax High School.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: CTC, CTC West, Fairfax, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Special Education

Excluding Special Education

November 20, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Confronted by evidence that the charter school industry is not fully serving children with special education needs, will the LAUSD act?

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Special Education, State of Denial

The Hijacking of Special Education

September 29, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The Chanda Smith consent decree should have helped every LAUSD student with special education needs. Instead, it harmed the most vulnerable.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, Division of Special Education, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Special Education, Special Education Centers

State of Denial: How Do Charter Schools Meet the Needs of Students in Special Education

September 16, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The Los Angeles School Board is presented with a report detailing the discrepancies in enrollment between charter and public schools.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Special Education, State of Denial, UTLA

Charter Schools Vs. Public School Students

August 9, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Transparency is key.” – CCSA Email marked “Confidential” The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is not always a welcoming place for a person who needs accommodations. According to a report released on October 25, 2017, a child with a physical disability would be unable to enter through the main entrance of one-fifth of the […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, David Holmquist, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, PRA, Proposition 39, Special Education

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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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