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Disregarding the Needs of the LAUSD’s Most Vulnerable Students

February 1, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

First and foremost, our students with disabilities are general ed students…All of them.” – Anthony Aguilar, LAUSD Chief of Special Education The end of 2019 brought a conclusion to the Chanda Smith consent decree and its modification. For the first time in over a generation, the delivery of special education services within the LAUSD is […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Anthony Aguilar, Chanda Smith, CTC, Dr. Silke Bradford, Elizabeth Badger, FAPE, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, LRE, Marco Tolj, Moderate to Severe, Patricia Castellanos, Scott Schmerelson, Special Education, Special Education Centers, Tanya Ortiz Franklin

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

Using Students with Severe Special Education Needs As Lab Rats In An Education “Reform” Experiment

December 27, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Was LAUSD’s plan to limit accessibility to Special Education Centers in the best interests of the students who needed those services?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Modified Consent Decree, Nick Melvoin, Special Education, Special Education Centers

The Hijacking of Special Education

September 29, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The Chanda Smith consent decree should have helped every LAUSD student with special education needs. Instead, it harmed the most vulnerable.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, Division of Special Education, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Special Education, Special Education Centers

The LAUSD’s Hostility Towards Special Education

November 30, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

On November 16, 2016, the Office of the Independent Monitor held its semi-annual public hearings about the services provided by the LAUSD to students with special education needs. The following is a copy of my testimony before Dr. Rostetter: When I saw your reaction to Adam’s speech, it gave me something that I haven’t had […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Special ed Tagged With: Chanda Smith, Dr. Rostetter, Inclusion, John Deasy, LAUSD, Mainstreaming, Modified Consent Decree, Mónica García, Office of the Independent Monitor, Sharyn Howell, Special Education

Monica Garcia Votes to Continue Court Fight with Parents of Children with Special Needs

June 16, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

Last month, the 9th Circuit overruled a lower court and stated that parents did have the right to intervene on behalf of their children as they fight to keep special education centers as a choice available to them during the IEP process. While the LAUSD’s lawyers had reportedly already filed the paperwork, the Governing Board […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Chanda Smith, Mónica García, parent engagement, Special Education, Special Education Centers

The LAUSD Empire Strikes Back

June 13, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

“The district court further erred when it found intervention unnecessary to protect appellant’s’ interest in ensuring the receipt of public education consistent with their disabilities and federal law.” – Judge Carlos T. Bea The LAUSD claims that “special education centers are unnecessary because the District can ‘provide all supports and services…at a general education site”, […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: Chanda Smith, Littler Mendelson PC, parent engagement, Special Education, Special Education Centers

Education Should be Based on our Children’s Needs

May 15, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

On May 11, 2016, the Office of the Independent Monitor held public hearings and “parents of children with IEPs [Individual Education Plan] and all other members of the LAUSD community [were] invited to provide comments to Dr. David Rostetter”. The following is a copy of my testimony before Dr. Rostetter’s office: Two of my triplets […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Parents Tagged With: Chanda Smith, LAUSD, Mainstreaming, Modified Consent Decree, Office of the Independent Monitor, OIM, Special Education

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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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