Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
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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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Hostile Takeover 2.0
03 Jul 2019Charter schools in California band together as an embattled group, agitating for hostile takeover of the Public Commons. They serially…
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LAUSD By Some Numbers
03 Jun 2019The largest school district in America with an elected school board, LAUSD (the “District”) is vast indeed. It is hard…
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Measure EE Works Like The Corporate Program To “Match Gifts”
22 May 2019On June 4, 2019 at the polls, we’ll approve fairly funded Public Education for all by voting YES ON EE.…
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The California Charter Schools Lobby Masks Influence And Effect Through Myriad “Independent Expenditure Committees”, As Difficult To Follow As A Shell Game
28 Apr 2019The Charter industry lobby has expended a total of $91.4 million dollars in California between 11/18/08 and 12/31/18, according to…
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Repenning Is The Charter Candidate in LAUSD’s Runoff For Board District 5
19 Apr 2019Jackie Goldberg is on record, with great, deep, theoretical and experiential evidence, for not being “against charters”. Do listen to…
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Charter Infiltration Ends With Social Filtration
21 Mar 2019It’s time to collect some straight-forward demographics on charter schools. How many are aware of just how pervasive they are…
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