Parental Engagement
By Carl J. Petersen
Education issues as seen from a father's eyes. LAUSD Candidate Profile: Dr. Silke Bradford
This is the first in a series of articles profiling the candidates who are seeking to replace Dr. Vladovic in LAUSD’s Board District 7.
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The LAUSD's 2019 Report Card
There were huge changes in the last year for the second-largest school district in the country. A look back at some of the major events...
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Using Students with Severe Special Education Needs As Lab Rats In An Education "Reform" Experiment
Was the LAUSD’s plan to limit accessibility to Special Education Centers in the best interests of the students who needed those services?
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Special Education Program at Fairfax High School Is Safe For Now
Nick Melvoin’s plan to displace a school for students with special needs is temporarily delayed. Will the other LAUSD board members fight to save it?
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Parent Engagement Charter School Style
One school demands payment to access records while another stations armed guards at a board meeting. Both continue to receive public funds.
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Does #MeToo Apply to Students in Charter Schools?
Students at North Valley Military Institute claimed they were victims of “abhorrent child sex abuse”. Was anyone listening?
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Excluding Special Education
Confronted by evidence that the charter school industry is not fully serving children with special education needs, will the LAUSD act?
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Charter School Industry's Data Plan Goes Bust
The School Performance Framework (SPF) written by those who would like to privatize public education has been revoked by the LAUSD board with a 6-1 vote.
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When Facts Get In The Way, Change Them
The information age should have held truth to power. Instead, politicians from a school board member to the president just create new realities.
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What Is This Charter School Hiding?
Three years after their principal resigned in disgrace, El Camino Real Charter High School still refuses to release records that show how public funds were allowed to be used for private benefit.
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