Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) General Assembly Thursday, August 28, 2014 4:15-6:30PM Southern California Library 6120 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles CA 90044 SLASD five focal areas (the first four are part of the proposed School Board Motion): Offer critical thinking and creative classes like art and ethnic studies instead of test prep classes […]
Archives for August 2014
Commentable Version: Chair’s Report on The Common Core Technology Project Ad Hoc Committee
Many have wondered what the Chair’s Report on the Common Core Technology Project Ad Hoc Committee actually says. This is the committee that has formally tracked progress and implementation of LAUSD’s ed tech program. We’ve obtained a publicly-released copy of the 118-page report, written under the leadership of LAUSD School Board Member Monica Ratliff (official […]
BREAKING: Mixed Messages From Superintendent Deasy In Reply to KPCC Investigative Report on iPad Procurement
In breaking news after the initial revelation that cozy talks between Superintendent Deasy and his upper-level staffers and Apple Corporation/Pearson may have violated open bidding rules, KPCC is now reporting: Deasy seemed to say that the emails unearthed by KPCC address a “pilot” rollout of iPads and not the final $1 billion plan, but the […]
K12NN Open Government Initiative: Public Records Requests of the LAUSD iPad Requests For Proposals (RFP)
This is what we at K12NN do: we prod traditional corporate-owned media to rise to a higher level of investigative journalism when it comes to putting the public good and the well-being of public education front and center. Last fall, when the iPad story was first reported in the major Los Angeles-area news outlets, the […]
UTLA Bilingual Education Committee PSA: LAU V. NICHOLS
40th Anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision on Rights of Linguistic Minorities In 1974, the attorneys for Kenny Lau and 1800 Chinese speaking students sued the San Francisco School District on the grounds that these students were not receiving equal access to an education by virtue of their inability to comprehend English. The unanimous decision […]
Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, some even declined
“The lowest-performing, based on test scores, is the large Green Dot chain.” — Los Angeles Times Marshall Tuck’s campaign literature claims “Marshall has run two of California’s most innovative school systems, improving… student achievement levels in tough neighborhoods” However, achievement data from the schools he ran at both Green Dot Charter Corporation and Partnership for […]
40th Anniversary of Lau v. Nichols Decision: A National Conference on the Rights of Linguistic Minorities
40th Anniversary of Lau v. Nichols Decision: A National Conference on the Rights of Linguistic Minorities
John Deasy’s MiSiS cRiSiS shocks LAUSD’s conscience
“I was interested in the fact that the scandal over Deasy’s PhD hit the headlines at the same time he was hired by Gates. His financial connections with Robert Felner date back to his Santa Monica days” — Susan Ohanian Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Superintendent John Deasy’s job was to insure that the […]
Dan Chang’s dark money SuperPAC now switches to funding Marshall Tuck
“We have our cake, and are eating it too.” — Eli Broad Dan Chang’s SuperPAC, formed to support erstwhile LAUSD candidate Alex “ALEC” Johnson, is now funding a new astroturf group to get his fellow Broad Urban Residency alum, Marshall Tuck, elected to the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction seat. Using the wonderful astroturf […]
Alex Johnson, who ducked my interview and at least six candidate forums, asks why Dr. McKenna won’t respond to the Deasy School Report?
He has dodged multiple requests for policy positions, undoubtably because he is a hand puppet for the neoliberal corporate education reformers. — Robert D. Skeels Neoliberal corporate education reform candidate for Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Alex Johnson holds a Juris Doctor, while I am merely a first year law student. That said, I’ve […]