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Broken Promises: Another Failing Charter Gets A Pass

October 9, 2017 by Carl J. Petersen

It’s not about the kids” – Monica Garcia When the LAUSD School Board handed control of Locke High School to  Green Dot Public [sic] Schools in 2007, the school ranked “among the lowest-performing schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District and in the state.” At that time, Green Dot’s Steve Barr said that if […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: Dr. George McKenna, Green Dot, Green Dot Charter School Corporation, Kelly Gonez, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, LAUSD CSD, Locke High School, Mónica García

Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, some even declined

August 22, 2014 by Robert D Skeels

Marshall Tuck run schools SAT scores remained flat, and some even declined

“The lowest-performing, based on test scores, is the large Green Dot chain.” — Los Angeles Times Marshall Tuck’s campaign literature claims “Marshall has run two of California’s most innovative school systems, improving… student achievement levels in tough neighborhoods” However, achievement data from the schools he ran at both Green Dot Charter Corporation and Partnership for […]

Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: California, Green Dot Charter School Corporation, Marshall Tuck, PLAS, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

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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 […]

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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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