Manipulating Data for the Benefit of Charter Schools
Instead of providing parents with information, The School Performance Framework (SPF) was doctored to serve the needs of the charter school industry. It is time to investigate @NickMelvoin for his role in this debacle.
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State of Denial: How Do Charter Schools Meet the Needs of Students in Special Education
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board is presented with a report detailing the discrepancies in enrollment between charter and public schools.
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Celebrating with Save Catskill
When we fight, we win! These hard-working public education activists successfully fought off a co-location from a charter school. On Saturday they took time to celebrate their victory.
Thank you for including me in the festivities.
Hurricane Trump
It is bad enough that Trump is a pathological liar. Even worse is the fact that he is really bad at it.
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Don't Believe the Sacramento Charter School Compromise is a Bad Deal?
A charter school proponent does not even wait for the final vote on a charter reform bill to declare victory for these publicly funded private schools.
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Carl Petersen: The Flaw in California’s Charter Reform Legislation
"Carl Petersen, a veteran of the charter wars in Los Angeles, writes here about the serious defect in the charter reform law.
The law finally allows local school boards to determine whether proposed charter schools will damage the fiscal stability of the public schools, a welcome change.
But it also allows the unelected County Board of Education to overturn the decisions of the elected district school board. If the elected school boards determine that the proposed charter will damage the district, the unelected County Board can reject the decision of the local elected board. That is just plain wrong."
Read the article on Diane Ravitch's Blog.
Watered Down Charter School Reform Bill Falls Short
A compromise brokered by Governor Newsom will allow unelected county officials to continue overturning decisions by local school boards.
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Neighborhood Council Reiterates Support For School Board Resolution
The “Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public” proposal would move start times of LAUSD Board meetings so that more parents could attend.
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Carl J. Petersen: Watch Nick Melvoin Give Away Public Facilities to the Charter Industry
"Carl J.Petersen describes the machinations of Nick Melvoin, a school board member who was put into office by the money of the charter school lobby.
As blogger Michael Kohlhaas has demonstrated by publishing leaked emails between Melvoin and leaders of the California Charter School Association, Melvoin is looking out for the interests of his sponsors."
Nick Melvoin's Fire Sale Continues
The “School Performance Framework” was supposed to give parents more data. Instead, it manipulates information so charter schools can more easily take classrooms from LAUSD students.
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