Posts Tagged with ‘privatization’
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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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It’s the Class Size, Stupid
06 Jan 2019That’s what it is. That’s all it is. LAUSD “management” (Beaudry Big Wigs, Superintendent, Board Members) may talk all they…
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Is LAUSD _Really_ Going Bust?
03 Apr 2017Not at the moment. Have a look at this table: All of the recent years for which final (“actual”)…
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Getting What You Pay For
16 Feb 2017Is it true there are LAUSD board candidates “supported by” Betsy DeVos? Recently this very central, very arresting question was…
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Deflecting Trump In LAUSD4
05 Feb 2017On March 7, 2017, Los Angeles will play a duplicate round of last November’s presidential election, and we’ll have the…
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What’s Wrong With Charter Schools?
08 Mar 2016They foster segregation. Charter schools are in fact the new face of segregation, the enabling excuse for exclusivity and alienation.…
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Selling The Public Farm, Bit By Bit
08 Dec 2014Half-toll roads here (HOT (HOV?) FasTrak (ExpressLanes?)), schools with extra charges there (“public” charters), under resourced post office and other…
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Private giving and the insolvency of chaos
25 Sep 2014Last week Google announced it was funding all DonorsChoose requests posted for LAUSD classrooms. That’s good news, right? Well…. it’s…
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The People’s Choice Is McKenna …. for the fourth time
14 Aug 2014LA Wins the Most Shocking Apathy Voter Award all over again. And despite ever-diminishing numbers of voters manages to leverage…
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LAUSD’s New Budget Unveils The “Sophie’s Choice” of Education Reform: How School Choice Is Pushed
04 Aug 2014When we grew our school system from one conducted by itinerant, very young generalists to that of a modern, publicly…
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