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The Network for Public Education Endorses Bennett Kayser for LAUSD District 5

February 27, 2015 by Robert D Skeels

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The Network for Public Education Endorses Bennett Kayser for LAUSD District 5

The Network for Public Education Endorses Bennett Kayser for LAUSD District 5

NPE Board President, Diane Ravitch says, “Bennett Kayser has been a strong advocate for public education, for class size reduction, and for careful oversight of the LAUSD budget. As an experienced teacher, he understands the schools’ needs.”

Network for Public Education endorses Bennet Kayser’s re-election for LAUSD School Board District 5 and asks you to support him in any way you can — voting for him, volunteering in the next five days or donating to his campaign.

Bennett Kayser is a champion for our students:

He says, “My top priority is to continue to grow the district and lower-class size so that teachers and students are provided with every opportunity to achieve.”

  • Kayser understands the importance of early childhood education. He directed $34 million dollars to education of our earliest learners for the next four years.
  • Kayser supported the growth of the District’s Supper program expanding this service to an additional 80,000 students—many of whom would go home hungry without it.

Bennet Kayser says,  “We should not close schools because that is a clear sign to our students, teachers, communities that we have abandoned them. We must focus on improving schools, not closing them.” He will vote to protect STUDENT PRIVACY and fight school closures.

HIs opponent is running a smear campaign against him. Corporate money and pro-privatization money is flowing into his opponent’s race because of his support of charter schools.   Bennett needs a quick infusion of cash to help get him elected and protect PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Donate what ever you can — big, small, all of it will help.

According to Martha Infante, teacher at Los Angeles Academy Middle School, “It is those who have been closest to the classroom who have the confidence of teachers, students, and parents. Only they seem to understand the negative impact of class sizes in the 40’s and 50’s on students learning. Only former teachers like Kayser realize the damage the misspending of iPad funds has had on public confidence.”

Public education activist, Robert Skeels says, “Bennett Kayser has been a staunch advocate forStudents with Disabilities (SWD), as well as an important ally for programs serving the community, including Adult Education. His first term will be best remembered for his drafting and sponsoring the historic Ethnic Studies resolution, which makes research proven, culturally relevant curricula a requirement for graduation.”

Kayser has been both a public school teacher and an administrator. The first health teacher on the LAUSD Board, Kayser taught 7th Grade Science and Health at King and Irving Middle Schools and was Director of Information Technology for the Pasadena Unified School District. Later he worked with at-risk youth as the Technology Coordinator for LAUSD’s Independent Studies Program through the City of Angels School.

When NPE decided to endorse candidates we promised we would support candidates who support public education. We don’t have the money to compete with the billionaires. But as Diane says, there is power in our numbers! We hope our support will persuade parents, students and teachers to get out and vote. This election will be a low turnout and your vote will really make a difference.

PLEASE vote for Kayser Bennet on March 3rd.

For more information or to volunteer check out Kayser Bennett’s website.
or donate online here.


WE ARE MANY. THERE IS POWER IN OUR NUMBERS. TOGETHER WE WILL SAVE OUR SCHOOLS.

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Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Bennett Kayser, Board of education, Education Politics, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, NPE, Professor Diane Ravitch, rdsathene, School Board, The Network for Public Education

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