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The LAUSD’s 2019 Report Card

December 31, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

There were huge changes in the last year for the second largest school district in the country. A look back at some of the major events…

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Austin Beutner, California Charter School Association, CCSA, Chanda Smith, EE, iPads, Jackie Goldberg, John Deasy, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, MiSiS, Modified Consent Decree, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, Special Education, State of Denial, Strike, teachers strike, UTLA

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

Neighborhood Council Reiterates Support For School Board Resolution

August 31, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The “Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public” proposal would move start times of LAUSD Board meetings so that more parents could attend.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Austin Beutner, Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin

State of Our Schools: Rudderless

August 20, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

LAUSD’s Superintendent Austin Beutner fails to set a vision for the school district as he sets the tone for the upcoming school year.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Austin Beutner, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District

The Country’s Second Largest School District Enters a New Era

July 6, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The charter industry loses its grip on the LAUSD School Board’s Presidency. Is the oversight of Superintendent Austin Beutner next?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Austin Beutner, California Charter School Association, Cassy Horton, CCSA, Jackie Goldberg, John Deasy, LAUSD, LAUSD School Board, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Ref Rodriguez, Richard Vladovic, UTLA

The LAUSD Tried to Secure a Source of Funding and All It Got Was a Bill for $12.5 Million

June 6, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner presented a parcel tax resolution without getting input from the public. The voters rejected his proposal.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Austin Beutner, EE, George McKenna, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Parental Engagement, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson

Did Austin Beutner Sabotage Measure EE?

May 31, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Opponents are spending over $1 million to defeat a parcel tax that will fund local education. Is the LAUSD Superintendent helping them?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Austin Beutner, EE, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Mónica García, Nick Melvoin, Richard Vladovic, Scott Schmerelson

LAUSD Libraries are Safe (For Now)

May 31, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner ends his plan to defund some elementary school libraries next year as Jackie Goldberg takes her seat on the Board of Education.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Austin Beutner, George McKenna, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, libraries, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Ref Rodriguez, Scott Schmerelson

LAUSD School Board Member Scott Schmerelson Steps Up

March 29, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

It appears that the “Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public” resolution has found the sponsor that it needed to move on toward Board approval.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Austin Beutner, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Open Government, Scott Schmerelson

The LAUSD Empire Strikes Back

March 19, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Parents are caught unaware as Austin “Darth” Beutner quietly launches a plan that could close the libraries in some LAUSD elementary schools.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Austin Beutner, LAUSD, libraries, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, UTLA

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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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