Archive for the ‘LAUSD’ Category
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It’s a Trust Thing
27 Feb 2014My first Earful Of Schoolboard Member involved mapping ‘three critical things’ about education (at 9:21), the middle of which was…
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Blaming The Victim
20 Feb 2014There is little about this era of Education Reform that so flummoxes me as the latter day “new, improved” standing…
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Jailing Beings
17 Feb 2014What distinguishes us from plants? Muscle. We move. That’s what we do. It’s important and it’s one of our hallmarks.…
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Ipad, Upad
06 Feb 2014We’re all going for ipads here in LAUSD and who’s to say the technology gap isn’t in fact a hallmark…
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Schools Are Inequitable Because Support Staff Is Scarce
30 Jan 2014The titans of private industry intent on dismantling our public school system have launched a new offensive, this one via…
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Neighborhood Councils Should Scrutinize Neighborhood Schools, iPad Initiative
23 Jan 2014When Mayor Villaraigosa made a grab for control of school affairs channeling the approach of his Big Apple-counterpart, we Angelenos…
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Politically Hyperventillating
20 Jan 2014I am an LAUSD parent, and I am scared. They say you have to name your problem, and this is…
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Is It Melodrama Or Is It Farce?
09 Jan 2014I’m as desirous of allowing one and all to speak as the next. But permitting a parade of the voiceless…
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The Appointment Imperative In Ms. LaMotte’s Wake
06 Jan 2014The immediate crisis following LAUSD board member Marguerite LaMotte’s untimely death involves deciding whether to name her replacement through an…
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The Road In Front Of The Schoolbus
02 Jan 2014What’s ahead through the windshield of the 2014 LAUSD school bus? Certainly one must wonder front and center about the…
