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Marshall Tuck’s ethnocentrism contradicts Californian values

October 22, 2018 by Robert D Skeels

Parents protesting Marshall Tuck for closing language programs. Photo by Ron Gochez.

First published in the LA Progressive * * * Business banker Marshall Tuck is running for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction again. He’s backed by the same ideologically charged billionaires as the last time — several of whom supported reactionary measures like Proposition 8. With nearly unlimited funding, voters will be deluged with Tuck’s […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, Los Angeles, San Francisco, State Education Law Tagged With: ethnic studies, language rights, Marshall Tuck, Tony Thurmond

Bay City Beacon Gets San Francisco USD School Assignment Wrong

May 4, 2017 by K12NN Site Admin

reposted with permission from Caroline Grannan A new online startup here in San Francisco is spreading misinformation about how our district’s school assignment works. So I’m posting a myths-vs.-facts commentary to help combat the misinformation. Feel free to share this if you like. I’m not defending the current system, because it’s stressful and problematic, but […]

Filed Under: Attendance Boundary Gerrymandering, Parents, San Francisco, School assignment Tagged With: School assignment

Lawsuit Opens Door To Potential Student Data Privacy Breach: California Parents Opt Out Here By April 1, 2016

February 15, 2016 by K12NN Site Admin

By Jeanne Berrong Parents of California schoolchildren: If your child was or has been a student in California public schools since January, 2008, their personal records will be released to a private party as the result of a lawsuit filed by a non-profit requesting public records. That means their social security numbers, mental health records, […]

Filed Under: Call to Action, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, Student Data Privacy, Too Good For the LA TImes Tagged With: FERPA, SOPIPA, Student data privacy

Edison Schools: Proof That Grifters Can Be Defeated, Part II

January 13, 2016 by K12NN Site Admin

Charter School Fraud Robs ALL our students!

By Caroline Grannan, parent activist Part II The fun of getting interviewed by a hostile though icily courteous New York Times reporter. This is a follow-up to my earlier post marking the 15th anniversary of the Edison Schools controversy in San Francisco, which launched me as a mommy volunteer critic of so-called education “reform” until […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, San Francisco, School Districts Tagged With: California Charter Schools Association, Edison Schools, For-profit schools

Edison Schools: Proof That Grifters Can Be Defeated, Part I

January 13, 2016 by K12NN Site Admin

Charter School Fraud Robs ALL our students!

By Caroline Grannan, parent activist Part I It’s been 15 years this month since the Edison Schools sh*tstorm hit San Francisco and I got deeply involved as a mommy volunteer advocate, and stayed that way for a long time. Edison Schools Inc. was a for-profit company that sold itself to school districts as a manager […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, San Francisco, School Districts Tagged With: California Charter Schools Association, Edison Schools, For-profit schools

“Golden” Granada Hills Charter High School: Scofflaws When It Comes to California Ed Code?

October 1, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

By Carl Petersen. “I am a former candidate for the District 3 seat on the LAUSD School Board, founder of Change The LAUSD and member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council. Opinions are my own.”   “Per GHCHS Board Policy, all students must participate fully in California CAASPP and Granada Testing in their 9th, 10th […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents, Sacramento, San Francisco, School Districts, State Education Law

Catholic Sainthood For Junipero Serra Will Erase Native Americans All Over Again

February 2, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

This guest post comes from Pamela Casey Nagler, who is a teacher in California. This piece is part of a series, Why We Need Ethnic Studies. This is why we need better history courses — more ethnic studies in our high schools.   video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player   The Pope has just announced that […]

Filed Under: Cross-Cultural Comparison, Curriculum, Educators, Ethnic Studies, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Francisco, Students, Voices From the Classroom, Why We Need Ethnic Studies Tagged With: California, Junípero Serra, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, Pope

Guest Post: From the Court to the Courtroom: Why It’s Unconstitutional for Fort Bragg High School to Silence Mendocino’s Student-Athletes

January 5, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Adam Juratovac is currently a football coach at Palo Alto high school (CA) and an attorney. He was a student-athlete, a 4-year Academic All-Conference selection from the University of Idaho, and an Arena Bowl XXIII Champion with the Spokane Shock. He is utilizing his athletic and legal background to build a support system for athletes […]

Filed Under: Athletics, Educators, San Francisco, School Districts, Students Tagged With: First Amendment, Free speech, I can't breathe, Mendocino

Why I Support An Ethnic Studies High School Graduation Requirement in LAUSD and SFUSD…And Beyond

December 1, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

Cynthia Liu, PhD, is founder and CEO of K-12 News Network. Once upon a time there was a girl who grew up in a remote small town in upstate New York. There were five Asian American families in her town; hers was one. At that time, she knew nothing about transcontinental railroad workers from China, […]

Filed Under: Bilingual education, Curriculum, Dual language immersion, Educators, LAUSD, Los Angeles, San Francisco, School Boards Tagged With: ethnic studies

March 14, 2014: Remarks at the Association of Children's Librarians Annual Institute

March 19, 2014 by K12NN Site Admin

Cynthia Liu is CEO/Founder of K-12 News Network. On March 14, 2014, I was invited to speak to the Association of Childen’s Librarians of Northern California at their annual Institute in the beautiful San Francisco Main Public Library. Here’s the substance of the talk I gave. In re-arranging my address to the ACL for publication […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Common Core, Educators, Innovations, Los Angeles, Orange County, Parents, Sacramento, San Francisco, School Districts, State Education Law, Students, The Testing Industry

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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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