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How To Assure Representation In A Public-Private Partnership?
15 Aug 2020In California’s primary on March, 2020 Angelenos voted for delegates to our County “Central” political “Committee”. Democrats selected from among…
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Yup, Police PACS Give A Lot Of Money
09 Jun 2020There’s been some shock about LA City Council members receipt of monies from the LA Police Protective League. But they…
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Black Lives Matter; The Truth Matters
30 May 2020I was packed into the intersection at Fairfax and Third today with my adult daughter. And I didn’t feel any…
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Prodigious Funding Drives Distorted Accusations in LAUSD3
14 Feb 2020Scurrilous flyers have been peppering LAUSD board member Scott Schmerelson’s 3rd District. As former teacher, counselor and principal, the incumbent…
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Schools Reach Beyond The Classroom
12 Feb 2020On the eve of launching LA’s new Education Examiner, I attended a Los Angeles Public Library “ALOUD” discussion stimulated by…
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Big Political Interests Control LAUSD’s Southern Ports District 7 (Election News, March 3, 2020)
13 Jan 2020Big political interests are big: Yep, we all know this, but until a tiny little just-me person comes up against…
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Why Is “Growth Data” Risky?
03 Nov 2019Because it is a model that predicts the future. It is not a metric, it is not direct data or…
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Charter Apologists Make Trumpian Claim Regarding “Hidden” Data Not Part Of CA’s School Dashboard
01 Nov 2019The astroturf groups ParentRevolution and SpeakUp are flooding social media of late with their PR-honed contention that opposing LAUSD charter-advocacy-backed…
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Yelp! … But For Schools?!
27 Sep 2019Is it a good idea to label schools with a really simple star-rating? Can we do for Education and schools…
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