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Failing Charter Schools and the LAUSD Board’s Choice

February 11, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Confronted by the state of California with a list of 22 low-performing charter schools, will the LAUSD School Board take action to shut them down?

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Allison Bajracharya, Allison Greenwood Bajracharya, Camino Nuevo, Charter School Accountability, Green Dot, KIPP, Low Performing Schools, NAACP Charter School Moratorium, PUC

The Largest Charter School in the Country Will Get Even Larger

October 8, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

A perfect example of what is wrong with the California law regarding charter authorizing.” – Scott Schmerelson The average school in the United States has 507 students. Through the 2018-2019 school year, Granada Hills Charter High School is authorized for an enrollment capacity of 5,500 students.  This is more than the total number of students […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada Hills Charter High School, Granada Hills Charter School, iGranada, Jose Cole-Gutierrez, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Scott Schmerelson

The Charter Industry Proves Again That They Are Not Public Schools

April 27, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Money comes based upon some hypothetical projection of how many special needs kids you might have in the school…if they give you more than you need, you don’t have to give the money back.” – LAUSD Board Member Dr. George McKenna As the LAUSD School Board continues to ignore the fact that Granada Hills Charter […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Charter School Accountability, Delaine Eastin, Jim Beall, SB-1362

Depriving the LAUSD Board of Ignorance

November 18, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

At the Los Angeles Unified School District, our goals are…5. School safety” – LAUSD Given the vastness of the LAUSD bureaucracy, there is no guarantee that the members of the School Board knew that Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) had been cited for making unauthorized modifications to their District owned campus that threatened student […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, Los Angeles Unified School District

Sold to the Highest Bidder – The Charters Assume Control of the LAUSD

August 15, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Although comparison of GHCHS’ current demographic data to the data of other schools in the surrounding community does show differences in the numbers and percentages of students in various subgroups, historical demographics data shows that GHCHS has generally increased its diversity over time. For example, in its current approved charter, the school reported that, since its […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, GHCHS, GHCS, Granada, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD

LAUSD Schools Face Bankruptcy While Charters Cheat on Admissions

January 9, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

Through admissions policies that exclude vulnerable students by erecting various barriers to entry, charter schools have the potential to create a two-tiered system of public education.” – ACLU and Public Advocates The LAUSD Charter School Division (CSD) says that “a review of charter school pre- and post-enrollment forms is part of our oversight process”.  It […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Charter School Accountability, Charter School Admissions, ECRCHS, El Camino Real Charter High School, GHCHS, Granada Hills Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division

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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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