Change The LAUSD

C.P. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. If "there are prominent members on both sides of the aisle who think Joe Biden is being too cautious," why don't they do their job and take up the issue themselves?

Read the full column at Electoral-Vote.com.

"Carl J. Petersen keeps an eye on the Los Angeles school system. Here he suggests that the new superintendent needs something other than carefully orchestrated visits to school sites....Read the full post here."

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"Carl J. Petersen keeps an eye on charter shenanigans in the Los Angeles area. In this post from the end of 2021, he tallies up some of the massive debt that publicly funded private schools owe the district...Read the full piece here."

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

C.P. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: If Ron DeSantis does not want students to be WOKE, does that mean he supports them sleeping through their education?

V & Z respond: It worked for him, apparently.

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C.P. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: Chris Truax is absolutely correct, "the House of Representatives is not your typical workplace." Most workplaces don't have the threat of customers violently storming the worksite because they don't like the product.

I do agree with the part about making Lauren Boebert the face of the party, as I wrote about last week.

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"Carl Petersen writes about educational shenanigans in the Los Angeles area. This time he’s looking at the vast slice of unpaid debt that charters owe the public school system...Read the full post here."

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"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.

C.P. in Los Angeles, CA, writes: You wrote: "A Wisconsin attempt to recall several school board members in the Milwaukee suburb of Mequon-Thiensville got national attention and featured over $50,000 in spending (an insane amount for a school board race of any sort)."

In Los Angeles, $50k is chump change. In 2017, I spent $3,114.30 in my campaign for a school district seat. The other challenger spent $12,302.00. $622,536.89 was spent in support of the incumbent.

In last year's school board race, $17,820,970.08 was spent on four races. The biggest spenders were the charter school industry looking to reduce oversight.

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"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."

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 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." 

Read the complete report on the In The Public Interest website.