NPE Board President, Diane Ravitch says, “Bennett Kayser has been a strong advocate for public education, for class size reduction, and for careful oversight of the LAUSD budget. As an experienced teacher, he understands the schools’ needs.” Network for Public Education endorses Bennet Kayser’s re-election for LAUSD School Board District 5 and asks you to support him […]
Fact checking LA Weekly on Kayser, Aspire, Rodriguez’s PUC, and Barr
“It is not legally or morally acceptable that these so-called “schools of choice” that are concentrated in urban communities and supported with public funds, should be permitted to operate as segregated learning environments where students are more isolated by race, socioeconomic class, disability, and language than the public school district from which they were drawn.” […]
Principled Latino leadership stands with Bennet Kayser against CCSA’s scurrilousness
“The idea [Ethnic Studies], brought forward by Board of Education members Bennett Kayser, George McKenna and Steve Zimmer, is aimed at narrowing the academic gap between minority students and their white and Asian peers by pushing students to achieve through the exploration of different perspectives in literature, history and social justice. More than 90 languages […]
Sunday, November 23, 2014: Two ways to support Ethnic Studies supporter Bennet Kayser!
Sunday (Nov 23) Echo Parque for Bennett Kayser Precinct Walking https://www.facebook.com/events/556087097859768/ Join me, Robert D. Skeels, as we gather signatures for the Honorable Bennett Kayser to qualify for the ballot. Kayser’s sponsorship was a key factor in the recently passed Ethnic Studies for #LAUSD requirement resolution, and he has been a force for progressive change […]
Parents, Teachers, and Even LAUSD School Board Members Speak Out Against Parent Trigger
Want to know what real-live parents think of “parent trigger”? Watch these videos. These selected speeches were excerpted from the June 18, 2013 Los Angeles Unified School District Board meeting and were made in response to board member Steve Zimmer’s resolution, “Comprehensive Information for Parent-Initiated Transformation.” Here’s what some parents had to say: Here’s what […]