The Peaceful Transfer Of Power And An Enduring Friendship
Jimmy Carter put aside his political differences from the 1976 campaign to become close friends with Gerald Ford. Will Donald Trump get over the bitterness of his humiliating loss to Joe Biden in 2020?
Read more of my thoughts at: change.hopp.to/Tale
The Future Is Put On Hold
Steve Barr delayed the consideration of Future Is Now, his new charter school scheme, and announced a plan to use the Los Angeles firestorm crisis to save it from denial.
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Pulling The Alarm
Can the Constitution survive if Co-Presidents Trump and Musk usurp the other branches of government and nobody has the guts to stand up?
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Sunday Mailbag February 16
Politics: The Kennedy Center
"C.J.P. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: Maybe Trump just took the Kennedy Center over to ensure the Village People are inducted and 'YMCA' is given the true honor it deserves.
(V) & (Z) respond: If the plan is to get rid of the drag queens (see above) to make room for the Village People, the irony is thick, indeed."
Read the complete column HERE.
Ignore Parents At Your Peril
The largest school district led by a democratically elected Board is known for inadequate engagement with parents. Is it getting worse?
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Who Is Watching Out For The Safety Of Children In Charter Schools?
The LAUSD School Board ignores KIPP Charter School’s attempt to build a school on a toxic waste site and approves the renewal of three of the chain’s schools.
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Sunday Mailbag February 9
Politics: The Air (Traffic) Up There
"C.J.P. in Los Angeles, CA, writes:
'I think what is going to happen is we're all going to sit down and do a great computerized system for our control towers. Brand new—not pieced together, obsolete,' Donald Trump vowed.
Did this system reach obsolescence during the last 4 years? He handed Joe Biden a modern air traffic control system four years ago and now it is no good?"
Read the complete column here.
Crete Can’t Run From Its Failures
Ranked as one of the worst schools in California, Crete Academy, a “low-performing” charter school, fights to renew its charter by using faulty data.
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Words Left Behind By Walter Mondale
What were Donald Trump and Mike Pence thinking as they heard the words left behind by Jimmy Carter’s Vice President, Walter Mondale? Did they flash back to January 6, 2021?
Read more of my thoughts in THIS ARTICLE.
One Less KIPP
After the KIPP charter school chain shut down three franchises, the LAUSD Board rejected renewing another, citing poor academic performance.
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