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What Is This Charter School Hiding?

October 30, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Three years after their principal resigned in disgrace, El Camino Real Charter High School still refuses to release records that show how public funds were allowed to be used for private benefit.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: California Public Records Act, David Fehte, ECRCHS, El Camino, El Camino Real Charter High School, fraud, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District

More Eyes Needed To Keep Watch On The Charter School Industry

October 29, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The LAUSD is allowed to appoint a representative to each charter school governing board. The Board needs to step up and make this happen.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Community Representation on Charter School Governing Boards, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District

Can An Ethically Challenged School Board Member Pass Judgement On Others?

October 26, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Nick Melvoin has put the interests of the charter school industry over the LAUSD students he is supposed to represent. Should this disqualify him from reviewing district employees?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, InvestigateMelvoin, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Michael Kohlhaas dot org, Nick Melvoin, SPF, Student Performance Framework

How Do You Rank The Value Of A School?

October 14, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

While the charter school industry continues to push for a Yelp-like rating of schools, LAUSD parents support the effort to fight back.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carl Petersen, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

A Fox Watches Over the Data Hen House

October 5, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Board Member Nick Melvoin got caught manipulating data for the benefit of the charter school industry. He now oversees the LAUSD’s data-driven efforts.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Continuous Improvement Data Committee, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

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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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