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Charter School Industry’s Data Plan Goes Bust

November 14, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The School Performance Framework (SPF) written by those who would like to privatize public education has been revoked by the LAUSD board with a 6-1 vote.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: George McKenna, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

When Facts Get In The Way, Change Them

November 8, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The information age should have held truth to power. Instead, politicians from a school board member to the president just create new realities.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, Speak Up, SPF

Can An Ethically Challenged School Board Member Pass Judgement On Others?

October 26, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Nick Melvoin has put the interests of the charter school industry over the LAUSD students he is supposed to represent. Should this disqualify him from reviewing district employees?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, InvestigateMelvoin, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Michael Kohlhaas dot org, Nick Melvoin, SPF, Student Performance Framework

How Do You Rank The Value Of A School?

October 14, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

While the charter school industry continues to push for a Yelp-like rating of schools, LAUSD parents support the effort to fight back.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Carl Petersen, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

A Fox Watches Over the Data Hen House

October 5, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Board Member Nick Melvoin got caught manipulating data for the benefit of the charter school industry. He now oversees the LAUSD’s data-driven efforts.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, Continuous Improvement Data Committee, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, SPF

Manipulating Data for the Benefit of Charter Schools

September 17, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Instead of providing parents with information, The School Performance Framework (SPF) was doctored to serve the needs of the charter school industry.

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: California Charter School Association, CCSA, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Nick Melvoin, School Performance Framework, Speak Up, SPF

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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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