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LAUSD District 3 Election: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

January 27, 2020 by Carl J. Petersen

Five years ago Scott Schmerelson unexpectedly toppled a charter industry-backed incumbent. In 2020, these forces hope to seek revenge.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: Elizabeth Badger, LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Marilyn Koziatek, Scott Schmerelson, Tamar Galatzan

The Los Angeles Times’ History of Putting Kids Last

April 16, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

As the paper of record for those who want to privatize our education system, the Los Angeles Times endorses a candidate for the LAUSD School Board even after saying that she does not have any “insightful or original” ideas. They did have good things to say about Jackie Goldberg.

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Heather Repenning, Jackie Goldberg, LAUSD, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Unified School District, Ref Rodriguez, Tamar Galatzan

Lowering Class Size: If Not Now, When?

January 1, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

If current and past members of the LAUSD School Board have called for lower class sizes, why are they battling their union on the issue?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized Tagged With: charter schools, class size, Great Recession, LAUSD, Mónica García, National Education Association, NEA, Nick Melvoin, Steve Zimmer, Strike, Tamar Galatzan, UTLA

A Charter Serves Up More Kool Aid

August 19, 2016 by Carl J. Petersen

The Los Angeles Times reported on August 18, 2016, that the LAUSD is considering revoking El Camino Real Charter High School’s [ECRCHS] charter, saying that “fatal flaws in judgment … call into serious question the organization’s ability to successfully implement the charter in accordance with applicable law and district requirements.” The school’s principal, Dave Fehte, […]

Filed Under: Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles Tagged With: David Fehte, El Camino Real Charter High School, LAUSD, LAUSD Charter School Division, Scott Schmerelson, Tamar Galatzan

Fact-Checking Attack Mailers on Schmerelson Sent By the California Charter School Association

May 14, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Tamar Galatzan and the discredited John Deasy

Below in the Scribd window is yet another attack mailer sent to residents of Los Angeles by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA), a lobbyist group that pushes for unfunded expansion of unregulated charter schools in the state. In the race for LAUSD District 3, the runoff is between incumbent Tamar Galatzan and the challenger […]

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts Tagged With: Galatzan, schmerelson, Tamar Galatzan

Guest Post: Who is paying for Tamar Galatzan’s flashy mailers?

March 1, 2015 by cynthia

Tamar Galatzan and the discredited John Deasy

An anonymous parent sent this informative Op Ed. Have you noticed how Tamar Galatzan is stuffing your mailbox?   Where is Tamar getting all this money?   Tamar Galatzan, running for Board District 3, has been a disaster for LAUSD.   In 2011, she authored a resolution to increase technology and took full credit when disgraced […]

Filed Under: Elections, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards Tagged With: Board of education, Guest Post, LAUSD, School Board, Tamar Galatzan

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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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