“The best way to predict the future is to create it” Steve Zimmer and George McKenna made clear where their loyalties lie when they joined Monica Garcia and Ref Rodriguez to block public access to the finalists in the search for a new Superintendent. At the October 13th Board meeting, Monica Ratliff proposed a resolution […]
Was Refugio “Ref” Rodriguez self-dealing and running front groups?
By Robert D Skeels Currently under investigation by a number of authorities, including the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Office of Inspector General and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Charter industry mogul Refugio “Ref” Rodriguez’s innumerable front groups are hard to keep track of. The following articles should help contextualize the situation, […]
LA Progressive: Ref Rodriguez—What the PUC Is Going on Here?
By Robert D Skeels “The L.A. County district attorney’s office indicated Monday that it expected another, separate probe to be conducted by L.A. Unified’s inspector general.” — LA Times Ref Rodriguez: What the PUC Is Going on Here? In the LA Progressive piece What the PUC Is Going on Here? Hans Johnson and Hector Huezo of […]
How is CCSA’s Ref Rodriguez hiding his billionaire and ideologue contributors?
“In the long run, charter schools are being strategically used to pave the way for vouchers. The voucher advocates, who are very powerful and funded by right-wing foundations and families, recognize that the word voucher has been successfully discredited by enlightened Americans who believe in the public sector. So they’ve resorted to two strategies. First, […]
PROFITS! Why Ref Rodriguez and his CCSA covet the LAUSD Board Seat
“The education industry represents, in our opinion, the final frontier of a number of sectors once under public control… represents the largest market opportunity… the K-12 market is the Big Enchilada.” — Montgomery Securities prospectus quoted in Jonathan Kozol’s The Big Enchilada Most of the time the charter school industry’s corporate leadership is able to […]
Guest Post: Who is paying for Tamar Galatzan’s flashy mailers?
An anonymous parent sent this informative Op Ed. Have you noticed how Tamar Galatzan is stuffing your mailbox? Where is Tamar getting all this money? Tamar Galatzan, running for Board District 3, has been a disaster for LAUSD. In 2011, she authored a resolution to increase technology and took full credit when disgraced […]
The Network for Public Education Endorses Bennett Kayser for LAUSD District 5
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 […]
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 […]
United Way Greater Los Angeles creates ad campaign for their biased LAUSD candidate forums
“By what logic does United Way engage in an activity that is shunned by all the other charities?” — Professor Ralph E. Shaffer Some of United Way Greater Los Angeles and United Way Worldwide’s other “education” related activities: Statement on Gates and Broad Foundation funded United Way Greater Los Angeles running LAUSD forums K12NN: United […]
A District 5 LAUSD debate forum not ruled by Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR firm
“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”—Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed This event is being hosted by an elected Neighborhood Council, not by the billionaire funded Non-profit Industrial Complex (NPIC) like Eli Broad’s United Way Greater Los Angeles PR […]