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The California Charter School Association Purposefully Puts Students In Danger

September 30, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

For almost a century, the Field Act has successfully protected public school students from earthquake damage. Charter schools are exempt.

Filed Under: Charter Schools Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Earthquake, Earthquake Safetly, Field Act, Student Safety

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

Now In the Minority, A School Board Member Changes His Tune

September 27, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

In the majority, charter school supporters had little respect for the minority. With the roles switched, Nick Melvoin demands collaboration.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, School Boards, Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin Beutner, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, Steve Zimmer

Manipulating Data for the Benefit of Charter Schools

September 17, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Instead of providing parents with information, The School Performance Framework (SPF) was doctored to serve the needs of the charter school industry.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, Speak Up, SPF

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

Don’t Believe the Sacramento Charter School Compromise is a Bad Deal?

September 15, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

A charter school proponent does not even wait for the final vote on a charter reform bill to declare victory for these publicly funded private schools.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Uncategorized Tagged With: Charter School Reform, Gavin Newsom, Mike Trujillo

Watered Down Charter School Reform Bill Falls Short

September 3, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

A compromise brokered by Governor Newsom will allow unelected county officials to continue overturning decisions by local school boards.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Alex Johnson, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Gavin Newsom, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Magnolia, Magnolia Charter Schools, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Michael Kohlhaas dot org

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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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