Every month students, parents, and teachers of #StudentsDeserve gather to discuss and plan for the future of educational justice inside and outside our schools in Los Angeles. Considering the political state we are in, now more than ever we know that our grassroots work is important and necessary. For that reason, we invite YOU (students, parents, and teachers) to […]
California charter school industry bill attempts to eliminate only source of public oversight
“…charter schools have used their public characteristics to qualify for public funding under state constitutional law, while highlighting their private characteristics to exempt themselves from other laws that apply to public schools.”—Professors Preston C. Green and Joseph Oluwole School privatization promoting Nonprofit Industrial Complex (NPIC) EdSource has long been a source of both political cover, […]
California’s charter school law repeal movement update
“charter schools comprise a divisive and segregated sector” — Frankenberg, E., Siegel-Hawley, G., Wang, J. (2011) Voices Against Privatizing Public Education’s (VAPPE) grassroots campaign to repeal the 1992 charter school laws imposed on California by corporate reactionaries Donald Fisher and Reed Hastings has been moving forward. In addition to their online petition, they’ve established a […]
Repeal California Charter Schools movement grows and gains a celebrity-activist endorsement
“Choice rhetoric contemplates the sphere for reformed education as a “market.” The commodification of education in this way has prompted no shortage of critique identifying the ways in which the conditions for a properly functioning education market are difficult—if not impossible—to cultivate. Problems with an education market, however, go beyond the mere absence of ideal […]
Brief statement on Washington State Supreme Court finding charter schools unconstitutional
“Though boosted through a language of choice and effectiveness, the charters provide neither. Public funds pay for a system that lacks oversight, transparency, and funnels millions of dollars to privateers, who pocket salaries upwards of $1 million.” — Dr. Megan French-Marcelin By now everyone has heard the wonderful news that the Washington State Supreme Court […]
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) May General Assembly
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) General Assembly Thursday, May 21, 2015 4:30-6:30PM St. Marks Lutheran Church 3651 South Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007 (2 blocks north of the Expo line’s Vermont station) Final General Assembly of the school year. This year we have accomplished so much! Parent Leadership Institutes provided space for parents […]
Alliance corporate charters, teacher organizing, and moral imperatives
First published on solidaridad on March 19, 2015 “The shady nature of Alliance’s real estate dealings, their dismal SAT scores and CSU remediation rates, and their refusal to educate every child are all compelling… [a]llowing these private entities to cherry pick students and avoid educating the most vulnerable and needy students is immoral. Taking a […]
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) March General Assembly
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) General Assembly Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:30-6:30PM St. Marks Lutheran Church 3651 South Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007 (2 blocks north of the Expo line’s Vermont station) Following an invigorating Parent Institute this past Saturday, parents are full of ideas for how to move our work into the […]
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) November General Assembly
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) General Assembly Thursday, November 6, 2014 4:20-6:45PM St. Marks Lutheran Church 3651 South Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90007 (2 blocks north of the Expo line’s Vermont station) The 2014-2015 school year is our time to take concrete action together and change the educational system and bigger systems that […]
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) August General Assembly
Schools Los Angeles Students Deserve (SLASD) General Assembly Thursday, August 28, 2014 4:15-6:30PM Southern California Library 6120 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles CA 90044 SLASD five focal areas (the first four are part of the proposed School Board Motion): Offer critical thinking and creative classes like art and ethnic studies instead of test prep classes […]