Change The LAUSD

"One Los Angeles charter school wanted complete independence–until it came time to pay the bills. Carl Petersen has the story. Reposted with permission."

The NPE Blogs of the Day feature what the NPE editors think are interesting and important blog posts centered on issues of public education.

The booster club of a school named after a great American patriot promotes right-wing groups that seek to dismantle the LAUSD.

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With total payments of just $13,437, charter schools still owe the students of the LAUSD $13,585,182. Who is responsible for the failure?

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Palisades High School used to be part of the LAUSD. Shouldn’t breaking free of the district mean that it stands on its own financially?

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What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time we were on the precipice of a new surge and #Thanksgiving was a casualty. Thanks to vaccines and actual leadership in the White House, Thanksgiving returns. A look back:

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Kamala Harris becomes the first woman in American history to officially take the reigns of the presidency. What took so long?

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A local story highlights the different realities experienced by both sides of the political divide. The unhoused are trapped in the truth.

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LAUSD’s Jose Cole-Guitierrez’s department finds issues at Citizens of the World but provides no consequences. It is time for his head to roll?

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When LAUSD Board Vice-President Nick Melvoin accepted a questioner’s premise that parents were labeled “domestic terrorists,” was it a lack of courage or blatant pandering?

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A recurring nightmare has haunted my dreams for years. Has it finally been conquered?

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