The Attempted Assassination Of A Public School District
After losing re-election, former board member, Caprice Young, supported by the charter school industry, went on to profit from the failures she herself set in motion.
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LAUSD: What Is The Plan Going Forward?
COVID-19 has brought chaos to our students, especially those with special education needs. How will we help them recover?
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Is There a Need for School Resource Officers?
Dr. Mike Robinson: Carl Petersen, please share your opening thought on the issue of SRO in schools and the recent protests taking place across America?
Carl Petersen: As protests continue into the fourth week after the murder of George Floyd, more attention has been placed on the defunding of police forces. As this is a concept that has arisen organically and not from the messaging of establishment politicians who run everything through controlled marketing studies, there is not always a clear definition of what this would look like. For purposes of this discussion, I will define “defunding” as systematically eliminating the existing policing system and rebuilding it from the ground up. The goal is to create a system that actually “protects and serves” rather than acts like an occupying force...
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Selling Beaudry: A Step In The Right Direction Or More Of The Same?
The LAUSD headquarters building is a symbol of the vast bureaucracy that leaves stakeholders feeling detached. A sale will compound the problem.
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LAUSD School Board Candidate Doesn't Want You To Pay Attention
Tanya Ortiz Franklin says that given the current protests, we should not ask questions about the charter schools that support her campaign.
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George Floyd Is Just One Victim
George Floyd is only one victim of institutionalized racism and police brutality. How many others have been victimized beyond the reach of cameras?
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The Charter School Business
Palisades Charter High School takes money from a program meant for small businesses without a plan of how it will be spent.
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Are We Tired Of Winning Yet?
As if over 100,000 dead from a pandemic were not enough, now our cities are on fire. The system has failed. Can it be rebooted?
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For The Children?
A bitter email from a former candidate highlights what happens when politics becomes about winning and losing instead of doing “good work.”
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Will Social Distancing Work in Schools?
Dr. Mike Robinson: How can schools practice social distancing when kids return to school?
Carl J. Petersen: If there is a bright side to this crisis it may be that students finally get the smaller class sizes that they deserve. Unfortunately, it took a health care crisis to get it done.
While administrators will bear the responsibility for ensuring that there are fewer students in a classroom, teachers are going to have to be empowered...
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