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Carl Petersen is a parent, an advocate for students with special education needs, an elected member of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council, a member of the LAUSD's CAC, and was a Green Party candidate in LAUSD's District 2 School Board race. During the campaign, the Network for Public Education (NPE) Action endorsed him, and Dr. Diane Ravitch called him a "strong supporter of public schools." For links to his blogs, please visit www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com. Opinions are his own.
Carl Petersen is a father of five, including two daughters who are on the autism spectrum. His involvement in education issues began when the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) refused to provide services that his daughters' teachers agreed they needed. It was then that his family was forced to sue the District.
At the end of two days of mediation at the District's headquarters, he turned to his wife, Nicole, and said: "somebody has to change this." His wife replied, "What about you?" He accepted the challenge and has run twice for a position on the LAUSD School Board. His platforms included advocacy for special education issues and strong support for public education. In his last election he was endorsed by Americans for Democratic Action Southern California, SFV/NELA Chapter of the National Organization for Women, and Network for Public Education (NPE) Action, a group co-founded by Dr. Diane Ravitch.
When Carl is not working or engaging in activism, he enjoys hanging out at theme parks with his family. He took his oldest daughter to Woodstock '94 when she was two and used to play in several local bands. If he is at his home in Northridge, California, there is a dog at his feet and he is probably writing one of his blogs which have been published in OpEdNews, Medium, Patch, and K-12 News Network.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, March 12, 2018 Three Headlines That Got Buried Last Week
If the presidency were not defined by chaos, these stories would have been front page news. Under Trump, you probably missed them.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, January 1, 2018 If Money Continues to Talk, We're Screwed
We the people need to stand up to the legalized bribery that corrupts our democracy from our school boards all the way to the White House.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, February 16, 2018 Finding Hope in Florida
Has the NRA met its match as teenagers fight back against "thoughts and prayers" instead of action against gun violence?
(25 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 27, 2017 The Conman-In-Chief and His Unshakable Fans
Trump's cult-like following is undeterred as he stumbles through the early stages of his presidency, leaving chaos in his wake.
(8 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 13, 2017 Indivisible?
Are we witnessing the failure of the American experiment or a continuation of the status quo?
SHARE Monday, December 18, 2017 An Administration Built on Black is white
While 1984 was written as a cautionary tale, Trump's GOP seems to view it as a training manual. The elimination of Net Neutrality provides one example.
(10 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 20, 2019 The High Cost of the Trump Presidency
America was already bitterly divided when Trump became the 45th occupant of the Oval Office. Then he threw kerosene on the fire.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 16, 2019 Sometimes It Is All About the Benjamins
While the establishment tries to distract with false charges of anti-Semitism, Ilhan Omar's attack was actually against money in politics.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 28, 2017 The First 100 Days: Trump Builds His Wall
Truth has been the victim as political discourse has shifted from competing ideologies to alternate versions of reality.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Rules? Where we're going we don't need"rules.
The President of the largest publicly elected School Board in the country is hauled into court and his excuses should sound very familiar to those following charter schools.
SHARE Monday, June 11, 2018 Lessons From A Tweet Gone Viral
Trump's commutation of Alice Johnson's sentence caused me to reflect on Obama's presidency. In return, I received an earful of opinions.
(23 comments) SHARE Friday, July 8, 2016 #BlackLivesMatter
If you believe that "all lives matter", then you also need to demand answers to the questions asked by activists from the black community.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 28, 2018 School Board Set to Consider Holding a Charter School Accountable
Fourteen months into the fight over enrollment practices, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board will take up the issue of a charter school discouraging the enrollment of those with special needs at a February committee meeting.
(43 comments) SHARE Sunday, September 30, 2018 Sex, Lies, and Hypocrisy: Kavanaugh's Glass House
Should we hold the indignant SCOTUS nominee to the same standards that he applied to Bill Clinton as part of Kenneth Star's team?
SHARE Friday, November 29, 2019 The GOP Must Really Hate Mike Pence
Contrary to the Republican talking point, impeachment will not put Hillary Clinton in the White House.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 8, 2018 WANTED: A Resister-In-Chief
Traditionally, former presidents are supposed to stay out of the way of their successors. That was in a world before Trump.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 26, 2015 Who Harvested the Conservative Brain?
Carly Fiorina moves ahead in the polls by proving that she knows how to cling to a lie.
(24 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 18, 2015 The Buck Stops Where?
Trump exposes the Bush family's rewriting of 9/11 history and the refusal to accept responsibility.
SHARE Monday, May 21, 2018 Was the Public Deceived in School District's Superintendent Search?
Los Angeles Unified School District Board member Scott Schmerelson provides information about how someone with no experience in education was picked to lead the country's second largest school district.
(19 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 23, 2015 Outfoxed
Trump gives Fox "News" a chance to look in the mirror, and they do not seem to like what they see.
SHARE Sunday, September 6, 2015 Battle Scarred Schools
The school rooms of my youth have lost their luster. How can the kids who learn there now have the same chances that I did?
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 28, 2018 A Charter School Cheats, LAUSD Sleeps
Where was the Los Angeles Unified School District's Charter School Division as the North Valley Military Institute charged students to attend summer school and broke labor law?
SHARE Sunday, August 12, 2018 A Plan that Restores Democracy to the Second Largest School District
A plan by Current Board Member Scott Schmerelson would seat former Board Member Jackie Goldberg until a special election can be held. This would finally provide the stakeholders legitimate representation.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 22, 2015 Character Assassination in the First Degree
The LAUSD skips past "guilty until proven innocent" and uses "guilty before we have even finished our investigation".
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Truthiness and Trump's Presidential Campaign
Fact checkers take Hillary Clinton to task in the last debate of the year. Trump counters by adding to his own list of lies.
(14 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Guns Don't Kill People: Bullets Do
If the Second Amendment will not allow for common-sense gun control, let's turn guns into paperweights.
(14 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 12, 2019 Biden and Trump: Two Sides of the Same Corrupt Coin
Trump ignores the real corruption in the Hunter Biden case. Could this be because his own family is personally benefiting from the office he holds?
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 13, 2018 Los Angeles Charter Schools Allowed to Write Their Own Rules
The charter industry is given exclusive representation in a working group that will write District Required Language that charters must follow in the country's second largest school district.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 14, 2017 It Is Not Enough to Claim Inclusion
Mainstreaming of students with special education needs requires training, effort and a focus on student need.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, November 27, 2015 A Real War on Christmas
I agree that there is a War on Christmas, I just think that FOX news is looking in the wrong place.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 9, 2017 Broken Promises: Another Failing Charter Gets A Pass
Under the control of the Green Dot charter organization, Alain LeRoy Locke High still gets failing grades, but is renewed by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
SHARE Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Excluding Special Education
Confronted by evidence that the charter-school industry is not fully serving children with special-education needs, will the LAUSD act?
SHARE Saturday, October 27, 2018 Prop 13 and California's Education Failures
California State Superintendent of Education candidate Marshall Tuck receives support from the same people who limit education funding.
SHARE Thursday, May 31, 2018 CA-25 House Candidates on Education Issues
Jess Phoenix and Katie Hill answer questions about federal education policy as they seek to replace Republican incumbent Steve Knight.
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 23, 2020 COVID By Numbers
Over 175,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. Trump supporters are still minimizing the threat. What do the numbers say?
SHARE Sunday, August 25, 2019 Beating Trump to the Payroll Tax Punch
As recession fears threaten Trump's reelection, he signals another tax cut. Democrats should go first and bring fair relief to the working class.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, November 30, 2015 "American Idiots"
Usually I fear the ideas that Republican Candidates bring to the table. As we approach 2016, I fear their base.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, June 29, 2020 The Attempted Assassination Of A Public School District
After losing re-election, former board member Caprice Young, supported by the charter school industry, went on to profit from the failures she herself set in motion.
SHARE Sunday, September 29, 2019 The Hijacking of Special Education
The Chanda Smith consent decree should have helped every Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) student with special-education needs. Instead, it harmed the most vulnerable.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 5, 2019 A Fox Watches Over the Data Hen-House
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member Nick Melvoin got caught manipulating data for the benefit of the charter-school industry. He now oversees the district's data-driven efforts.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 27, 2018 Trump's Wall Hits the Popular Vote
Donald Trump's biggest failure may be his inability to recognize that a minority of Americans voted for his presidency.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 12, 2016 Meet the Impotent Press
Chuck Todd's face to face interview of Donald Trump provides an example of a press that chooses access over journalism.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 11, 2020 It's Not Easy Being Green
Abandoned by the Democrats, I took the #DemExit and looked for a home in the Green Party. It did not work out as well as I had hoped.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 29, 2020 The Trumpification of the 2020 Election
Political campaigns have always bent the truth. In the Age of Trump, the lies don't even have to make sense as long as they vilify the opponent.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 10, 2016 Do the Right Thing?
In making excuses for their uncontrollable gas leak, Sempra Energy shows why government regulation is necessary.
SHARE Wednesday, January 1, 2020 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...
SHARE Friday, September 29, 2017 Without Discussion a School Board Chooses a President
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board made Ref Rodriguez their president without properly vetting him. He is now facing felony charges. Would they make the same mistake again?
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Has Biden Thrown His Candidacy Under the Bus?
Obama's VP can't get out from under a 40-year-old issue without current relevance. Trump still manages to prove he is even more incompetent.
SHARE Thursday, November 14, 2019 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.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, October 14, 2019 How Do You Rank The Value Of A School?
While the charter school industry continues to push for a Yelp-like rating of schools, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) parents support the effort to fight back.
SHARE Monday, September 28, 2015 Eli Broad's LAUSD?
Eli Broad and his fellow "reformers" announce their final push to replace public education in Los Angeles with a privately controlled district.
SHARE Thursday, January 16, 2020 LAUSD Candidate Profile: Tanya Franklin
This is the third in a series of articles profiling the candidates who are seeking to replace Dr. Vladovic in Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) Board District 7. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Saturday, June 1, 2019 Did Austin Beutner Sabotage Measure EE?
Opponents are spending over $1 million to defeat a parcel tax that will fund local education. Is the LAUSD Superintendent helping them?
SHARE Sunday, January 26, 2020 LAUSD Candidate Profile: Elizabeth Badger
This is the last of two articles profiling the candidates running to represent the residents of Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) Board District 3.
SHARE Thursday, July 28, 2016 (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Opt-Out)
Granada Hills Charter High School takes steps to comply with the law, but still refuses to respect the rights of parents to opt-out.
SHARE Friday, November 8, 2019 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.
SHARE Saturday, August 11, 2018 Silly Parents, We'll Tell You What to Look For
If the Los Angeles Unified School District wants to create a way for parents to evaluate schools, shouldn't they ask parents to create the report card?
SHARE Friday, April 14, 2017 A Tale of Two School Districts
Successfully blocked by the Glendale Unified School District, a charter sets its sites on the "relative ease" of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
SHARE Sunday, September 8, 2019 Hurricane Trump
It is bad enough that Trump is a pathological liar. Even worse is the fact that he is really bad at it.
SHARE Friday, January 17, 2020 LAUSD Candidate Profile: Lydia Gutierrez
This is the last in a series of articles profiling the candidates who are seeking to replace Dr. Vladovic in Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) Board District 7.
SHARE Saturday, May 25, 2019 LAUSD Libraries are Safe (For Now)
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner ends his plan to defund some elementary school libraries next year as Jackie Goldberg takes her seat on the Board of Education.
SHARE Wednesday, August 21, 2019 State of Our Schools: Rudderless
The Superintendent for the country's second largest school district fails to set a vision for the future as he sets the tone for the upcoming school year.
SHARE Tuesday, September 3, 2019 Watered Down Charter School Reform Bill Falls Short
A compromise brokered by California Governor Newsom will allow unelected county officials to continue overturning decisions by local school boards.
SHARE Saturday, July 27, 2019 Who Elected the California Charter School Association?
Newly released documents confirm what has long been speculated: the charter school industry is running the office of Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Nick Melvoin.
SHARE Saturday, November 11, 2017 A School District Continues to Reward Failure
Pushing through their "Charters First" agenda, the School Board of the nation's second largest school district renews another charter with a lack of academic and financial success.
SHARE Sunday, October 18, 2020 Ties to Anti-Gay and Anti-Abortion Groups Stain Record of School Board Candidate
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School board candidate Marilyn Koziatek's ties to groups promoting discrimination against LGBTQ people and families and to those defrauding and coercing pregnant women raises concerns about her fitness for office. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Monday, November 6, 2017 Parents Against Accountability
If charter schools perform as well as their supporters allege, then why do they resist any attempt to hold a magnifying glass to their operations?
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, August 9, 2019 Charter Schools Vs. Public School Students
When the Los Angeles Unified School District tried to improve accessibility to school buildings for children with Special Education needs, they were sued by the California Charters School Association. A school board member helped them with that suit.
SHARE Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Who is Choosing Who? A Charter School Places Barriers to Entry
The largest charter school in the country not only requires incoming students to attend a summer program, but they also make it as inconvenient as possible for incoming students and their families.
SHARE Monday, February 5, 2018 Charters: Public Schools or Private Businesses?
The charter industry claims to operate public schools but opposes attempts to make them accountable to those who fund their operations.
SHARE Sunday, March 8, 2020 Let The Next Round Of Anti-Semitic Ads Begin
All four pro-public education candidates came in first in their Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board elections, but two will face run-offs in November. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Thursday, January 30, 2020 LAUSD Candidate Elizabeth Badger Responds
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board District 3 candidate has demanded a retraction to the candidate profile that was written about her.
(9 comments) SHARE Monday, March 14, 2016 Trump the Alpha Male?
The cancellation of the rally in Chicago pulls back the curtain to expose the Wizard of Ego.
SHARE Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Measure EE Puts LAUSD Children First
As the opposition to the parcel tax in Los Angeles, the Chamber of Commerce represents the interests of businesses, not students in overcrowded classrooms.
SHARE Thursday, October 31, 2019 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.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 30, 2017 The Bipartisan Attack on Public Education
If you are depending on the Democrats to stop the Trump/DeVos plans for privatization, you should probably take a closer look.
SHARE Tuesday, May 29, 2018 CA-30 House Candidate Jon Pelzer on Education
If this candidate is able to take the second spot in the primary election on June 5, he would set up a debate between progressives and establishment.
SHARE Friday, June 19, 2020 What Is The Plan Going Forward?
COVID-19 has brought chaos to our students, especially those with special education needs. How will we help them recover?
SHARE Thursday, January 7, 2016 California Natural Gas Leak Emergency
Porter Ranch, California natural gas leak was finally declared a state of emergency. Methane gas has been spilling from antiquated wells in Porter Ranch, California while politicians wasted time blowing their own hot air.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 27, 2016 Putting A Face On MS
As Multiple Sclerosis Awareness month comes to an end, I am republishing a blog detailing my wife's experiences with the condition.
SHARE Saturday, December 14, 2019 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.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, April 17, 2017 Above the Law?
A charter school asks its supporters to oppose a measure requesting stronger accountability for the charter industry. What are they trying to hide?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, August 28, 2017 Means, Motive, and Opportunity: Forcing a School Board to Act
The evidence once again shows that a charter has still not complied with rules regarding enrollment. It is time for the public to take matters into their own hands and force the School Board to act.
SHARE Tuesday, January 14, 2020 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 the Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) Board District 7.
SHARE Tuesday, February 5, 2019 The LAUSD Superintendent's Web of Deceit
The newly revealed lobbying contract with Sebastian Ridley-Thomas isn't Austin Beutner's first dance with scandal-plagued former state assemblyman.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, June 12, 2020 George Floyd Is Just One Victim
Floyd is only one victim of institutionalized racism and police brutality. How many others have been victimized beyond the reach of cameras?
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 27, 2019 The Winners and Losers of the LAUSD Strike
In a School District currently defined by the fight between public education and privatization, both sides put everything on the line. Was it worth it?
SHARE Sunday, November 19, 2017 Depriving a School Board of Ignorance
Having been made aware of safety violations at a large charter school, will the School Board for the second largest district in the country take the opportunity to put "kids first"?
SHARE Monday, August 5, 2019 A School-Board Member Betrays the Public Trust
It appears that there was a mole in the boardroom as the Los Angeles Unified School District defended itself against a lawsuit from the charter-school industry.
SHARE Thursday, October 26, 2017 Broad's Latest Attack on Democracy
Members of the Los Angeles Unified District's School Board call on their ally to take a leave of absence instead of resigning after he is indicted on charges related to election fraud.
SHARE Tuesday, September 6, 2016 The Unrepresented
Shouldn't every family in the Los Angeles Unified School District be able to hold a Board Member accountable for the schools that their children attend?
SHARE Thursday, May 16, 2019 The Voters Have Spoken (Again). Is the LAUSD Listening?
With an overwhelming victory in the general election, Jackie Goldberg has earned the right to be seated immediately on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Improving Democracy: Ranked Choice Voting
Why hasn't a system that amplifies the voice of the voters, expands the universe of ideas and saves taxpayers money been more widely adopted?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, January 25, 2016 Out of Smell, Out of Mind
The rotten egg smell has sickened residents affected by the Porter Ranch Gas Leak. What about the things that cannot be smelled?
SHARE Friday, April 20, 2018 A Nightwish Come True
Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish digs deep into their back catalog in a journey through the decades during the Anaheim stop of their world tour.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 11, 2018 Losing the Sound-Bite War
Under Donald Trump, the national debt is the highest it has ever been. Unfortunately, the Democrat's treatment of this subject is an example of why they are losing to Donald Trump when it comes to messaging.
SHARE Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Stacking the Deck?
Does Granada Hills Charter High School's Academic Decathlon winning streak have anything to do with their questionable enrollment policies?
SHARE Monday, February 4, 2019 An LAUSD Star is Born
Tyler Okeke is the student representative on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board. At Tuesday's meeting, he made sure the voice of his fellow students was heard.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 11, 2017 Standing Up For Our Public Schools
The charter industry is organized and prepared to flex its muscles to get its way. Where does that leave the students of public schools?
SHARE Friday, June 5, 2020 Are We Tired Of Winning Yet?
As if over 100,000 dead from a pandemic were not enough, now our cities are on fire. The system has failed. Can it be rebooted?
SHARE Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Trump-Style Politics Infects a Local Race
An Los Angeles City Council race shows how the president's themes of anti-intellectualism, immigrant bashing and a lack of empathy have taken root locally.
SHARE Sunday, June 23, 2019 The Death of Community?
Is there any hope for the future of the country when we have lost the ability to empathize with our neighbors?
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, July 3, 2020 This Charter School Did Not Protect its Payroll
After taking $4.606 million from a program meant to save jobs, Palisades Charter High School votes to lay off some of its employees.
SHARE Sunday, January 19, 2020 LAUSD District 7's Open Seat
For the first time in 13 years, voters in South Los Angeles will face a ballot without Dr. Vladovic's name on it. Where do the candidates who seek to replace him stand on the issues? Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Saturday, May 4, 2019 LAUSD Board Moves to Cut Public Speaking Time
Ignoring the proposed "Board Meeting Accessibility to the Public" resolution, LAUSD School Board Member Nick Melvoin seeks less public input on education issues.
SHARE Wednesday, January 9, 2019 Where Do the LAUSD Board Members Stand?
Elected to represent the students in the district's public schools, LAUSD's board members have been mostly silent as the strike date nears.
SHARE Sunday, August 9, 2020 Hydroxychloroquine Is The New Covfefe
Children blame others "to avoid disapproval and negative consequences." At 74 years old, Donald Trump just refuses to admit that anything is wrong.
SHARE Friday, July 12, 2019 The Campaign Finance Problem is About to Get Worse
Los Angeles County will make drastic changes to the way people vote in 2020. One of them will greatly benefit candidates who are flush with cash.
(4 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 13, 2019 A Charter-School Pawn
The charter industry hides behind children when it comes time to go through the renewal process for their publicly funded private schools.
SHARE Monday, August 21, 2017 The People's School Board?
The courts have ruled that constituents have a right to petition their representatives through social media. Will this School Board comply?
SHARE Monday, December 4, 2017 A Very Different Definition of Choice
Did the largest conversion of a public school to a charter school actually reduce the options available to parents and students?
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, September 23, 2016 Asleep at the Switch?
A charter closes down just a month into the school year. How did the Los Angeles Unified School District's Charter School Division even allow them to open?
SHARE Wednesday, May 8, 2019 LAUSD Board Delays Vote on Cutting Public Speaking Time
Los Angeles Unified School District Board member Nick Melvoin's plan to change the Board rules was pulled from the agenda at the last minute. It will now be heard at a Board meeting in June.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, May 11, 2020 CA-25 Candidate Mike Garcia: What Is The Plan?
The Trump-supporting candidate wants voters to know that he is a fighter pilot but does not explain how that has prepared him for office.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, July 21, 2018 A Charter School Regulator Plays the Blame Game
The L.A. County Office of Education did not have a copy of North Valley Military Institute's annual audit. Their charter was still approved.
SHARE Friday, June 28, 2019 School Board Member Strikes Out in Attempt to Change Board Rules
For the third time, Nick Melvoin is unable to get his fellow Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board members to vote on a project that he has been working on for over two years.
SHARE Friday, July 10, 2020 I Am A Patriot (2020)
In Trump's Divided States of America, patriotism is defined by blind obedience. This is the opposite of what is expected of true patriots.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 14, 2019 Weaponized Journalism
As an investor in American Media, Inc (AMI) and the National Enquirer, did Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner learn to benefit from the world of Fake News?
SHARE Thursday, May 30, 2019 Jackie Goldberg Hits the LAUSD Board Running
Ten months after their representative pleaded guilty to a felony and resigned, the residents of Board District 5 are finally represented again.
SHARE Friday, May 10, 2019 A School Board Race Turns Ugly
Unable to compete against Jackie Goldberg's experience, the supporters of Heather Repenning resort to the politics of bigotry as election day in LAUSD Board District 5 approaches.
SHARE Tuesday, March 19, 2019 LAUSD Empire Strikes Back
Parents are caught unaware as Austin "Darth" Beutner quietly launches a plan that could close the libraries in some Los Angeles Unified School District elementary schools.
SHARE Tuesday, November 13, 2018 A House Strategy for Retaking the White House
The Blue Wave has crested and left Democrats with control of the House. Can they use this win to dislodge Trump from the White House in 2020?
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 17, 2018 A City Councilman's Parting Gift
It has been over a month since Los Angeles City Council Member Mitch Englander announced that he was leaving office and a special election has still not been called.
SHARE Friday, August 21, 2020 Embattled City Councilman Is A No-Show
John Lee denies his constituents the opportunity to understand his connections to the developing Los Angeles City Hall corruption scandal.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, August 3, 2020 From The Person Who Brought You Common Core...
Ignoring his failed record as Obama's Secretary of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board candidate Marilyn Koziatek accepts Arne Duncan's endorsement. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Kids First?
The LAUSD School Board loosens the rule on fingerprinting school volunteers. Have they just set up the next child-abuse disaster?
(31 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 25, 2021 Achieving Unity
To fulfill his promise of unification, Biden must bypass the partisan members of Congress and concentrate his efforts on the American people.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, October 14, 2016 Why Was This Charter School Even Renewed?
At the time of the renewal hearing, there were at least two outstanding Notices to Cure. Why was only one discussed by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board?
SHARE Monday, November 5, 2018 Tony Thurmond Feels The Heat
Candidate for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction has learned that money, or morals, are no object to the Charter School Industry.
SHARE Sunday, June 7, 2020 The Charter School Business
Palisades Charter High School takes money from a program meant for small businesses without a plan of how it will be spent.
SHARE Sunday, November 11, 2018 Supporting Parents and Students
The Northridge East Neighborhood Council adopts two resolutions that call for changes to make the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) a student-centered school district.
SHARE Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Abandoned Representation
My city councilman is leaving for a cushy new job and all I will get is a lousy bill for a special election.
SHARE Wednesday, April 1, 2020 It Is Time For "City Staffer B" To Come Clean
Los Angeles City Hall Corruption Case: Now that his former boss has pleaded guilty, it is time for John Lee to reveal to his constituents if he is the person referred to in the indictment.
SHARE Tuesday, August 18, 2020 School Board Member Fights To Secure Funding
With action by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) would receive reimbursement for meals provided to needy adults. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Aiding and Abetting the Killing of an Open Government
Californians are supposed to be governed by an open government. Los Angeles Unified School District's General Counsel David Holmquist ensures that this does not happen and manages to keep his job.
SHARE Sunday, July 14, 2019 A City Council Candidate Peddles Fear
John Lee hands out the pitchforks in an attempt to turn the tide against the opponent who beat him in the primary. Will common sense prevail?
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Emailing It In
Hillary Clinton's ongoing email troubles should raise a red flag for any Democrat who wants to move the country to the left.
SHARE Friday, February 22, 2019 L.A. Schools' Superintendent Attempts a Coup
Austin Beutner gets caught actively keeping information from some of his bosses on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board. What is he hiding?
SHARE Thursday, April 23, 2020 Essential?
Ignoring "Safer at Home" directives, the Los Angeles Unified School District sends a team to determine how Shirley Ave. Elementary's facilities will be given away to Citizens of the World Charter School.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, January 21, 2019 Who "Taught" Your LAUSD Student Last Week?
Teachers are professionals that are trained to handle the many needs of their students. What about the people taking over during the LAUSD teachers' strike?
SHARE Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Flushing Your Money Down the Toilet
Without any oversight from the public, the largest charter school in the country spends thousands on construction and even more money to tear it down. Who is protecting the taxpayer money that is supposed to be used to educate children?
SHARE Wednesday, May 20, 2020 For The Children?
A bitter email from a former candidate highlights what happens when politics becomes about winning and losing instead of doing "good work."
SHARE Tuesday, January 22, 2019 Austin Beutner Must Go
As the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) strike drags on it is abundantly clear that the only way to bring an end to the chaos is to fire the Superintendent.
(14 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 5, 2020 An Elected Representative's Anti-Semitic Rant
Northridge West Neighborhood Councilmember Kathleen Edwards invokes George Soros' name in an attempt to silence those whom she disagrees with.
SHARE Tuesday, October 31, 2017 A School District's Failure to Follow Through
Who will pay the price for the Los Angeles Unified School District's (LAUSD) failure to ensure that violations are corrected at a charter school?
SHARE Wednesday, September 26, 2018 The Boys of Summer
As the seasons change, our perceptions will shift...
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 30, 2021 Establishment Democrats Masquerading As Progressives
Elected officials attempt to hijack the selection of community representatives to the state party convention with their own slate of delegates, including charter-school advocates.
SHARE Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Universal Acceptance
Theme parks like Universal Studios Hollywood are improving the experience of families who have children on the autism spectrum.
SHARE Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Failing Charter Schools and a School Board's Choice
Confronted by the state of California with a list of 22 low-performing charter schools, will the Los Angeles Unified School District Board take action to shut them down?
SHARE Monday, April 27, 2020 Is There an Acceptable Level of Anti-Semitism?
Charter school-industry promoter, Ben Austin, says we should ignore ads in a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board race that he admits were anti-Semitic. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Second Largest School District Faces Teachers Strike
As the teachers vote to authorize a strike, it will be parents who will ultimately decide which side is working for the students who the Los Angeles Unified School District is supposed to serve.
SHARE Wednesday, February 27, 2019 The LAUSD's Revolving Door Continues
Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Monica Garcia announces her run for City Council. Once again she puts her personal aspirations above the children of Los Angeles.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 25, 2016 Putting Lipstick on the Prop 39 Pig
Instead of looking for ways to eliminate co-locations, the Los Angeles Unified School District looks for ways to make them easier for charters.
SHARE Wednesday, July 8, 2020 Is This What This Charter School Was Hiding?
Did El Camino Real Charter High School refuse to reveal the results of an audit in order to cover up a "potential violation of nepotism policy"?
SHARE Sunday, December 27, 2020 Doubling Down on Excluding Parents
The newly crowned Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board President's reasons for not reinstating the Parent Engagement and Special Education Committees are full of holes.
(10 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 4, 2018 George H.W. Bush Led a Different America
We have not always been separated into Red and Blue America and there used to be a time when presidents represented all Americans.
SHARE Tuesday, September 17, 2019 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.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 13, 2015 Lack of Communication
What good is a political dynasty if the the Bush family cannot talk to each other about the lessons that they have learned?
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 26, 2020 This Is Why The Virus Is Winning
Sealed in a Petri dish in the sky, it becomes apparent that we do not have the will to come together and fight a common enemy.
SHARE Sunday, December 2, 2018 The Public School Widget Factory
Success should not be measured by how well a school district fits square pegs into round holes.
SHARE Wednesday, January 18, 2017 A Failing Charter Gets a Pass
Ignoring the recommendations of the Charter School Division, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) renews the View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter Middle School
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 8, 2018 The Largest Charter School in the Country Will Get Even Larger
Does the school district that is supposed to oversee this charter school have the capacity or the will to ensure that students are safe and tax money is spent appropriately?
SHARE Sunday, March 24, 2019 One (White, Property-Owning, Gender Specific) Man, One Vote
Elizabeth Warren gets it half right when she calls for the elimination of the Electoral College. The much bigger problem is unequal representation in the federal government.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Drinking A Charter School's Kool-Aid
A charter's management finds defenders even after a reporter finds evidence of financial improprieties.
SHARE Saturday, March 6, 2021 Trust In The Time Of COVID
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teacher Nicolle Fefferman's commitment to her students includes ensuring that they are safe before returning to school.
SHARE Tuesday, October 13, 2020 The Lies In Your Mailbox
Charter schools blame LAUSD Board Member Scott Schmerelson for the $1 billion iPad scandal that occurred before he took office. They backed his predecessor. Now they back his opponent, Marilyn Koziatek. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, January 7, 2019 Can the LAUSD Ensure Student Safety During a Strike?
The District is encouraging parents to send their students to school if the teachers' union strikes. Will parents be sending their children into mayhem?
SHARE Saturday, January 9, 2021 The LAUSD's 2020 Report Card
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the second-largest school district in the country. A look back at some of the major events...
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 1, 2016 The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is silent after Granada Hills Charter High School admits to using funds owned by the student body for unauthorized purposes.
SHARE Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Testing for Religion
As Republican candidate Dr. Ben Carson continues to pander to the Religious Right, he runs afoul of the Constitution.
SHARE Tuesday, August 16, 2016 A Charter Shell Game
Can you keep focused as a charter tries to divert attention away from the actions of its Governing Board?
SHARE Saturday, February 2, 2019 Los Angeles Asks For a Charter School Pause
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board resists intense pressure from the charter-school industry to ask the state of California for a moratorium on new charter schools.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 2, 2019 Lowering Class Size: If Not Now, When?
If current and past members of the Los Angeles School Board have called for lower class sizes, why are they battling their union on the issue?
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 7, 2019 The LAUSD School Board's Secret Committee
Los Angeles Unified School District Board President Monica Garcia and Vice-President Nick Melvoin both make reference to a Rules Committee that has not held any public meetings. Where is the transparency?
SHARE Friday, June 14, 2019 Vote on School Board Rules Changes Delayed Again
For the second time, Nick Melvoin's attempts to change the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board rules have been pulled from the agenda before a vote could be taken.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 15, 2020 To The Victor Go The Spoils
The Democrats have won the popular vote in seven of the last eight elections. Why should it be up to the left to compromise? Joe Biden needs to lead with the mandate that he was given.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, December 2, 2016 A School District's Hostility Towards Special Education
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has been under the oversight of an Independent Monitor for 20 years. When will their attitude towards special education change?
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 23, 2016 The Absurdity of Charter School Oversight in L.A.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board actually holds charters accountable for their actions and highlights just how rare these types of actions are.
SHARE Tuesday, December 29, 2015 The District's Deaf Ears
Like a toddler throwing a tantrum, the Los Angeles Unified School District ignores complaints by using the Office of General Counsel to stick its fingers in its ears.
SHARE Tuesday, September 1, 2020 The Myth Of Charter Schools And Local Control
Los Angeles Unified School District School Board candidate Marilyn Koziatek says schools need to listen to parents. Shouldn't this start at the school she helps to lead? Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Tuesday, March 30, 2021 What Is The Status Of Parent Engagement In Los Angeles?
The block of school board members elected with the financial support of the charter school industry is battling back against reinstating the Parent Engagement Committee.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, April 21, 2019 Can Pete Buttigieg Reclaim Religion from the Right?
The presidential candidate and his husband put a liberal spin on traditional marriage, showing how progressivism encompasses family values.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, July 15, 2016 LAUSD Law
Who is responsible when outside law firms use questionable and unethical practices in defending the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in court.
SHARE Friday, December 7, 2018 Dismantling Our Public Schools
The California Charter School Association helped put a felon on the School Board of the country's second larges school district. Now the students are paying the price.
SHARE Monday, August 8, 2016 -Adelante?
Moving ahead without a plan will sometimes send you off of a cliff.
SHARE Saturday, February 9, 2019 Coverage of the LAUSD by the L.A. Daily News: News or Propaganda?
Publishing Mark Ridley-Thomas' anti-union editorial without disclosing his son's financial ties to the Los Angeles Unified School District is not the L.A. Daily News' first breach of journalistic integrity.
SHARE Saturday, April 10, 2021 It Is Time To End The Filibuster
The "rights" of the minority party should not come at the cost of minority rights. H. R. 1 must be passed to defend against voter suppression.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 29, 2015 Life is Short. Investigate Wisely.
The Ashley Madison hack provides an opportunity for the LAUSD to open yet another investigation. Is this just another witch hunt?
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 13, 2020 Anti-Union Democrats
While their party's 2020 platform expresses support of labor, these Democratic politicians on the Los Angeles school board work against the right to organize.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, October 2, 2020 On November 3rd, Choose Our Future
The sky is actually falling. We have been told before that we were facing the most important election of our lives; this time it is true.
SHARE Sunday, March 28, 2021 Educating The Squeaky Wheel
Many parents remain cautious about physically returning to school while groups pushing a forced reopening get an outsized voice in the media.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, December 7, 2015 The LAUSD Board Strikes Out
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board steps back from a proposal to draw a line in the sand in the fight against Eli Broad's plan to destroy public education.
SHARE Saturday, October 10, 2020 A Chance To Elect A Real Progressive Candidate
Endorsement: A vote for Angelica Dueñas in CA-29 will bring a voice to the House that will speak for people instead of the corporations.
SHARE Sunday, September 20, 2020 Adding Fuel To The "Defund The Police" Fire
LA Sheriff says that trust in the criminal justice system should be emphasized as his deputies are caught in the act of destroying evidence.
SHARE Saturday, February 23, 2019 The LAUSD Says: "No Voice For You!"
Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Nick Melvoin has pledged to change the rules so that stakeholders have better access to meetings. Why won't he act?
SHARE Friday, September 28, 2018 Are Ticket Scalpers Missing an Opportunity at These School Board Meetings?
Parents jump through hoops for the privilege of addressing their elected representatives in three minutes of public comment at the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Room. My proposed resolution would help boost parent attendance.
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 16, 2016 Apologizer in Chief
After seven years in office, President Obama should have learned that apologizing to your adversaries only emboldens them.
SHARE Saturday, November 3, 2018 Are These California Values?
David Brayton promoted violence and hatred against a former president, Muslims, Jews and the press. Congressman Steve Knight (CA25) put him in an ad.
SHARE Monday, December 7, 2020 Taking the "Special" Out Of Special Education
The reaction to society's stigmatization of special education services should not be to keep students from getting the help that they need.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 1, 2015 Shortchanging Summer
August heat waves and four-day weekends. What was the purpose of starting the LAUSD school year early?
SHARE Sunday, December 16, 2018 KLCS Dismissed
The television station owned by a school district fails at providing unbiased coverage of a public school-board meeting.
SHARE Monday, December 14, 2020 A Failing Charter Hides Behind COVID-19
Prepa Tec Los Angeles High charter school was failing academically and fiscally before the pandemic. Why is the LAUSD giving them a pass?
SHARE Sunday, November 1, 2020 What Does This Charter School Not Want You To Know?
Voters in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board race are going to the polls without having access to all of the information they need to make a decision. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Tuesday, February 9, 2021 Kids Last
A Lawsuit alleges that a proposed KIPP charter school will be built "on a hazardous waste site" posing the risk of "significant environmental harms".
SHARE Sunday, March 12, 2017 Fighting Off a Prop-39 Parasite
Celerity schools are under investigation by the FBI but the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is still offering them space on Arminta Street Elementary School's campus.
SHARE Friday, April 9, 2021 Who Pays The Price For Charter School Expansion?
Voices From The Community
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Teacher Angie Romo asks why the victims of charter school takeovers are usually students in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 25, 2021 I've Seen Cancel Culture and This Isn't It
The First Amendment may give us the right to draw bigoted caricatures, reinforce racial stereotypes, include hateful symbols, and create a misogynist cartoon skunk, but it does not protect the owners of copyrights from the consequences in the marketplace.
SHARE Thursday, February 4, 2021 Enabling Theft And Fraud
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) continues to take away space from public school students to give to charter schools with past due bills totaling $1.9 million.
SHARE Friday, October 30, 2020 Pretending To Be A Public School Employee
Has LAUSD Candidate Marilyn Koziatek realized that an endless parade of scandals has made the "Charter" label toxic with the general public? Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, February 21, 2021 Expanding Inequity
As Los Angeles school closures approach the first anniversary, teachers from a high-priced private school jump the COVID-19 vaccination line.
SHARE Thursday, January 14, 2021 Charter Schools Are Not The Answer
Guest columnist Emiliana Dore makes the case for preserving public schools as a way of fighting racial injustice in our communities.
SHARE Tuesday, September 15, 2015 A Chartered Data Breach
Without proper oversight by the LAUSD, Granada Hills Charter High School makes plans to release student data to a third party.
SHARE Saturday, September 26, 2020 A Private School Flaunts The Law To Keep Its Doors Open
The education gap between the rich and poor widens as Heritage Christian ignores orders that say all schools in Los Angeles County are supposed to be closed.
SHARE Saturday, November 7, 2015 (D) n' (R)
If a person is running for the highest office in the land, shouldn't they prioritize country over party?
SHARE Tuesday, April 16, 2019 The Los Angeles Times' History of Putting Kids Last
As the paper of record for those who want to privatize our education system, the Los Angeles Times endorses a candidate for the Los Angeles Unified School District Board even after saying that she does not have any "insightful or original" ideas. They did have good things to say about Jackie Goldberg.
SHARE Thursday, April 1, 2021 Is Equity Just A Talking Point?
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member Monica Garcia talks a lot about how the children of the district deserve equity. Will she back those words up with action?
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 21, 2020 Attacking Black Lives Matter And Teachers
Instead of pushing for a plan to address the concerns expressed by students, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) police prove their point by engaging in demagoguery.
SHARE Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Condoning Corruption At City Hall
Two former members of the Los Angeles City Council have already been ensnared in a federal probe. Why won't the council clean their house?
SHARE Thursday, March 18, 2021 Remembering Ken Bramlett
The former Inspector General of the LAUSD is one of the 550,671 victims of COVID-19. His oversight of the district is sorely missed.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Exercising The Mandate
Obama was elected to lead and must not let Republicans rob him of his responsibility to appoint the next justice to the Supreme Court.
SHARE Thursday, November 26, 2020 Thanks?
Finding thankfulness when a global pandemic has turned our world upside down.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 9, 2021 How Deeply Is Anti-Semitism Ingrained In Los Angeles?
A member of the judiciary is the latest public official to advance an anti-semitic conspiracy theory that is popular among white supremacists.
SHARE Saturday, March 13, 2021 Getting Advice From Texas?
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) School Board President Kelly Gonez brings in a controversial former Texas Education Agency official to coach the board on governance.
SHARE Tuesday, April 6, 2021 Choosing A Public School
Voices From The Community: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) parent Audrey Wauchope Lieberstein details the reasons why she chose her neighborhood school when enrolling her child in kindergarten.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, October 19, 2020 Cutting Through The Noise On California's Propositions
Originally intended as a way for citizens to have direct input into the lawmaking process, the initiative process is now buried by Big Money.
SHARE Saturday, January 16, 2021 An Attempted Coup, Not A Peaceful Protest
Even those who did not enter the Capitol Building at the urging of Trump were trying to overthrow an election and disenfranchise millions of mostly minority voters.
SHARE Sunday, January 17, 2021 Losing It
As COVID-19 spread through a fractured populace, it exposed a nation unable to confront a crisis. Is 2020 the year that the American experiment died?
SHARE Sunday, December 6, 2020 Caught Red Handed: A Charter School Cherry Picks Their Students
The percentage of students with special education needs at El Camino Real Charter is significantly lower than in surrounding high schools. This must be fixed before the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) renews its charter.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Planting a Flag in LAUSD's District 2
Today I filed paperwork with the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission to become a candidate for the District 2 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District School Board.
SHARE Monday, September 7, 2020 Challenger A No-Show At Public Meeting
LAUSD Board Member Scott Schmerelson updates the public on what is happening in Los Angeles schools while Marilyn Koziatek stays silent. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Friday, January 15, 2021 Did An Elected Official Falsify A Public Record?
The fallout from the John Lee controversy continues to grow as Northridge West Neighborhood Council whistleblower resigns after alleging misconduct.
SHARE Sunday, March 21, 2021 Los Angeles Parents Score A Victory!
BREAKING NEWS: After months of asking for meetings of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Special Education Committee to resume, one has been scheduled for March 25!
SHARE Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Can This Candidate Turn CA30 Progressive?
Shervin Aazami seeks to replace long term Congressman Brad Sherman with a platform that is solidly to the left of the corporate Democrat.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 20, 2015 The Learning Curve of the LAUSD Shutdown
Thankfully, the threat against the Los Angeles Unified School District proved to be a hoax. What can be learned from the experience?
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, March 11, 2016 A School District's Attack on Special Education
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board member sets up a funding fight between special education and general education.
SHARE Sunday, February 14, 2021 School Board President Punts
Kelly Gonez was elected to help run the Los Angeles Unified School District. Where is her plan for how students will return to classrooms?
SHARE Monday, January 4, 2021 Every. Vote. Counts.
A total of 338,943 votes were cast in the CA-25 congressional election. Christy Smith lost her bid to unseat Mike Garcia by 333 votes.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 26, 2016 The Great and Powerful Executive Director
A charter student's health is compromised by a school administration that tries to cut a parent out of the equation.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, June 13, 2016 The LAUSD Empire Strikes Back
District appeals Court ruling that allowed parents of moderately to severely disabled children to challenge forced mainstreaming.
SHARE Sunday, November 15, 2020 Take Your Lies and Shove It
The electorate rejects a negative campaign funded by millions of dollars of charter school-industry money and re-elects Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board Member Scott Schmerelson. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Monday, November 2, 2015 Tax Spending Without Representation
Is Granada Hills Charter High School what Eli Broad has in mind as he seeks to privatize the Los Angeles Unified School District? This school serves a smaller percentage of both English Language learners and Special Education students than the District as a whole. It has also eliminated its democratically elected governing board.
SHARE Thursday, February 25, 2021 This Is How To Fight For Public Education
Los Angeles board members could learn from the approach of newly elected Oakland Unified School Board trustee Mike Hutchinson.
SHARE Wednesday, September 30, 2020 Dirty Money In A School Board Race
Environmental predator, Villaraigosa benefactor, and securities fraudster Keith Brackpool contributes to Marilyn Koziatek's LAUSD campaign. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, April 26, 2019 A Sarcastic Look At Political Correctness Under Trump
Should Obama have warned the Right that he was about to commit a microaggression before tweeting his condolences to the people of Sri Lanka?
SHARE Thursday, October 22, 2020 When Lies Replace Plans
Unable to articulate how they would govern differently than their opponents, both Trump and Koziatek resort to smear tactics. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Parents Oppose District Housing Plans On School Sites
Instead of adding green space or Wellness Centers, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) bureaucracy proposes building housing on three campuses.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, March 4, 2019 Allison Bajracharya: Looking to Fail Up?
Camino Nuevo runs two charter schools labeled as "underperforming." Their chief of operations wants a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board.
SHARE Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Sabotage in the Classroom?
Do a series of actions by those seeking to privatize public education represent an attempt to destabilize the schools they seek to destroy? Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Sunday, January 3, 2021 Happy Holidays! You're On Your Own.
While the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) continues to feed children and adults during the holiday break, Granada Hills Charter leaves students to fend for themselves.
SHARE Monday, October 26, 2020 Leaders Are Built In Times Of Crisis
Treating every child as if they were his own, school board member Scott Schmerelson moved mountains to get Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students out of harm's way.
SHARE Sunday, April 3, 2016 The Hidden Children
April is Autism Awareness Month. My daughters' autism is something that they will live with for their entire lives. How will you handle the few moments when they enter your life?
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 24, 2016 Trading Student Safety for Independence?
Who holds a charter organization responsible when the school makes decisions that negatively impact student safety?
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 26, 2015 An Attempt At Engagement Falls Flat
The Los Angeles School District gives stakeholders two weeks to provide input on a new Superintendent. In the first week they heard mostly silence.
SHARE Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Is Anyone Watching The Hen House?
Schools receiving public funding in California are required to fill out a school report card. Why does the North Valley Military Institute charter school not have one on file?
SHARE Thursday, May 2, 2019 Mishandling Data to Create Failing Schools
How can schools designed to serve children with specific needs be judged by the same criteria as those serving the general population?
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, January 15, 2016 King Us
The Los Angeles Unified School District finally has a Superintendent. Has she already been weakened by the District's actions?
SHARE Thursday, March 7, 2019 The Voters Have Spoken. Is the LAUSD Listening?
With an overwhelming victory in the primary election, Jackie Goldberg has earned the right to be seated on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.
SHARE Tuesday, September 22, 2020 Let The Charter School Lies Begin
The California Charter School Association mails its first flyer of the general election. They start with the same debunked lie as before. Series: 2020 LAUSD Elections (33 Articles, 29905 views)
SHARE Wednesday, April 14, 2021 A School District's Gag Rule
To prevent parents from sharing what services are available for children with special education needs, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) requires confidentiality.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 15, 2015 Saving Summer?
The LAUSD attempts to engage parents in planning the school calendar and instead shows how entrenched their bureaucracy is.
SHARE Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Stealing Scarce Education Funds From Students
The Community Preparatory Academy charter school was allowed to operate for two years while being past due on $82,240 in Los Angeles Unified School District invoices.
SHARE Wednesday, April 17, 2019 It is Time to Stop Talking About Impeachment
According to the GOP, lying about oral sex met the definition of High Crimes & Misdemeanors. Isn't telling subordinates to ignore the law worse?
SHARE Tuesday, February 23, 2016 Obstruction in the "Public Interest"?
The Los Angeles Unified School District refuses to disclose public records, claiming the information is "protected" and "confidential." What are they hiding?
SHARE Monday, December 14, 2015 Controlling Information
The LAUSD seems to forget that California law says that the public has a right to inspect the documents of government agencies.