Is This The New Normal?
Had we rallied as a country around the threat that COVID-19 presented, we could have put it quickly behind us. We didn’t and it continues on.
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Corruption Adjacent Or Fully Immersed?
The indictment of Mark Ridley-Thomas is just the latest scandal to plague the LA City Council and supporters of the charter school industry.
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Gluttonous Charter School Continues Taking Space They Do Not Need
Citizens of the World charter schools overestimated their enrollment, depriving public school students of rooms to house essential programs.
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LA City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges
Ridley-Thomas is a long-time stooge of the charter school industry. He had close ties to former LAUSD Superintendent Austin Buetner, as I wrote about in this article from 2019:
Carl J. Petersen: Shouldn’t All Children Be Safe In The Schools They Attend?
"Carl J. Petersen keeps a close eye on Los Angeles schools. Here he offers a reminder that charter schools don’t have to follow the same safety rules as public schools–and they fight to keep it that way. Reposted with permission."
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An Ethically Challenged School Board
LAUSD School Board President Kelly Gonez voted to approve a contract with a former employer. She then accepted a campaign donation from them.
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Dear "Go,"
Trump lost his attempt at reelection almost a year ago but that has not stopped his appeals for more cash from his followers.
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Shouldn't All Children Be Safe In The Schools They Attend?
The California Charter School Association blocks a bill requiring private schools to follow the same environmental rules as public schools.
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Public School Parasite
The LAUSD used COVID response funds to pay a consultant over $281,000 to implement Betsy DeVos’ public school destroying funding scheme.
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Weekly Privatization Report - September 27, 2021
"The collapse of a publicly-funded Los Angeles charter school brings charges that charter regulators are not doing their job. Writing in Patch, Carl J. Petersen, says “the next challenge for these parents will be to find a new school for their children as the Public Policy Charter ‘school is being closed [on] October 1.’ As a publicly funded agency that is subject to California’s Brown Act, the governing board’s decision to cease operations should have been made in a properly noticed meeting that was open to the public. However, no mention of a possible closure is included in the agenda for the meeting held on September 7, 2021. Instead, parents were informed by a robocall after they had dropped off their children for school."
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