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Mishandling Data to Create Failing Schools

May 1, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

How can schools designed to serve children with specific needs be judged by the same criteria as those serving the general population?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed, Uncategorized Tagged With: Career and Transition Centers, CTC, Joaquin Miller, LAUSD, Miller, Miller CTC, Special Education

The Winners and Losers of the LAUSD Strike

January 27, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

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?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin Beutner, charter schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Scott Schmerelson, Special Education

Can the LAUSD Ensure Student Safety During a Strike?

January 6, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The District is encouraging parents to send their students to school if the teachers’ union strikes. Will they be sending kids into mayhem?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized, Unionism Tagged With: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, safety, Special Education, teachers strike, UTLA

As Strike Looms, LAUSD Special Education Practices Come Into Focus

December 23, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

With District leaders openly hostile towards the needs of students in special education classes, can the union extract essential changes?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed, Uncategorized Tagged With: ADA, Contract Talks, LAUSD, March for Public Ed, March for Public Education, Mónica García, Special Education, Strike

Second Largest School District Faces Teachers Strike

September 5, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

There is currently an effort to call for a strike that pits adults versus adults when students and their families will bear the brunt of a strike action.“ – LAUSD School Board Having gladly accepted the title of “a gadfly at the school board meetings”, I have a natural tendency to be suspicious of the […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: class size, libraries, magnet schools, Public Education, school nurses, Special Education, teachers strike, Testing

How Have Charter Schools Affected Students with Special Education Needs

February 23, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

On February 20, 2018, the LAUSD School Board agendized the proposed Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter as part of their Committee of the Whole meeting. The following is the written statement that I provided to the Board: Honorable LAUSD Board Members: This is Chanda Smith. She was an LAUSD student with special education needs […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Special Education, Students

LAUSD Board Set to Consider “Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter” Resolution

January 28, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead” – Nightwish In order to prevent charter schools from discouraging parents from enrolling children with special education needs, the Office of the Independent Monitor required that the District prohibit them from asking for any special education paperwork prior to enrollment. As originally pointed […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, Independent Monitor, LAUSD, Los Angeles Unified School District, Special Education

The Standoff Continues: GHCHS Doubles Down on Non-Compliance

October 16, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Well I know what’s right, I got just one life In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around But I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down” – Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty In the ten months since I first filed a complaint about Granada Hills Charter High School’s enrollment practices, there have […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, IEP, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD School Board, Special Education

On Deaf Ears: My Public Comment to the LAUSD Board

September 18, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

On September 12, 2017, the LAUSD School Board was set to take a vote to approve several charters for five-year renewals, including ICEF Innovation. However, before doing so they needed to hear public comment. The following are my remarks before the Board: We are told continuously that the purpose of charters is innovation and experimentation. […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: ICEF, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD School Board, Special Education, suspension rate

Means, Motive, and Opportunity: Forcing the LAUSD School Board to Hold GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter

August 28, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Charter schools may not enact admissions requirements or other barriers to enrollment and must admit all students who apply, just as traditional public schools cannot turn away students.” – ACLU On Tuesday, August 23, 2017, I made a third presentation to the LAUSD School Board about the enrollment practices of Granada Hills Charter High School […]

Filed Under: Call to Action, Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Accountability, bankruptcy, Charter Accountability, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Holding GHCHS Accountable to Their Charter, LAUSD, 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 […]

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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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