Maybe It Is Best Not To Confess To A Crime On Social Media
The LAUSD issues a statement about the fake Twitter account impersonating Superintendent Beutner. The perpetrator is unapologetic.
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Did Los Angeles Superintendent Improperly Back School Board Candidates?
Leader from Board Member Nick Melvoin’s Astroturf group, Speak Up, pretends to be Austin Beutner on Twitter and retweets campaign messages.
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Privatization Report - November 2, 2020
"California: Carl Petersen asks “What Does Granada Charter High School Not Want You To Know?” in his look at an LAUSD school board race."
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What Does This Charter School Not Want You To Know?
Voters in the LAUSD School Board race are going to the polls without having access to all of the information they need to make a decision.
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Pretending To Be A Public School Employee
Has LAUSD Candidate Marilyn Koziatek realized that an endless parade of scandals has made the “Charter” label toxic with the general public?
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LAUSD School Board: The ABC's Of November's Runoff Races
DISTRICT 7
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- This Might End Up Being The Most Expensive LAUSD School Board Primary Ever (LAist)
- What Is A Charter School, Exactly? A Field Guide (LAist)
- LAUSD District 7's Open Seat (Medium/Carl Petersen)
DISTRICT 3
LEARN MORE*
- This Might End Up Being The Most Expensive LAUSD School Board Primary Ever (LAist)
- Those Nasty LAUSD School Board Campaign Ads: What's Fact? What's Opinion? (LAist)
- What Is A Charter School, Exactly? A Field Guide (LAist)
- LAUSD BD3 Candidate Marilyn Koziatek: Parents 'want a voice and a seat at the table' (Speak Up)
- LAUSD Candidate Profile: Scott Schmerelson (Patch/Carl Petersen)
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This Candidate Is Not Running To Represent District Students
Charter school students make up 20% of enrollment in the LAUSD but will get 100% of the representation if Marilyn Koziatek wins this election.
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L.A.’s School Board Races Turn Expensive and Ugly
"While the race may represent a proxy war between charters and traditional schools nationally, there are real issues at stake if the balance of power is tipped on the board. Sources tell Capital & Main that teachers’ gains from 2019 could be on the chopping block. Heilig said there would be more co-location of charter and traditional schools if the board majority is pro-charter. District 3 parent and blogger Carl Petersen said he doesn’t think that a larger percentage of charter schools would be approved if the board tilts toward charter forces because 'barely any are rejected' now.
'The bigger problem is that there will be even less oversight of schools that are already operating,' Petersen said."
Read the full article in Capital & Main.
Leaders Are Built In Times Of Crisis
Treating every child as if they were his own, school board member Scott Schmerelson moved mountains to get LAUSD students out of harm's way.
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