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The LAUSD’s Hostility Towards Special Education

November 30, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

On November 16, 2016, the Office of the Independent Monitor held its semi-annual public hearings about the services provided by the LAUSD to students with special education needs. The following is a copy of my testimony before Dr. Rostetter: When I saw your reaction to Adam’s speech, it gave me something that I haven’t had […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, Dr. Rostetter, Inclusion, John Deasy, LAUSD, Mainstreaming, Modified Consent Decree, Mónica García, Office of the Independent Monitor, Sharyn Howell, Special Education

Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) December General Assembly

November 29, 2016 by Robert D Skeels

Every month students, parents, and teachers of #StudentsDeserve gather to discuss and plan for the future of educational justice inside and outside our schools in Los Angeles. Considering the political state we are in, now more than ever we know that our grassroots work is important and necessary. For that reason, we invite YOU (students, parents, and teachers) to […]

Filed Under: Educators, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: ethnic studies, LAUSD, LCFF, rdsathene, resistance, resistance to privatization, SLASD, struggle

Rejecting Education by Division

November 3, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

If we accept the notion that education is the great equalizer, then we must demand that all children have equal access to education. This does not mean that we should expect that every student will have the same results. However, we should expect as a society that all children are given the opportunity to reach […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Carl Peteren, LAUSD, Mónica García

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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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