Archive for the ‘Privatization’ Category
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Collateral Damage From Nonprofits: Privatizing Education
28 May 2022One candidate for LA Unified’s District 2 board seat (LAUSD2) is fond of asserting she is not “for charter schools”…
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Only way to go: Single-payer healthcare gave me back my life
29 Mar 2021I have personal experience with single-payer health care, directly contrasting treatment for the same medical diagnosis under the U.S. for-profit…
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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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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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Following The Money That Interests Big Housing
20 Oct 2018California’s propositions are so confusing and tricky that it’s not worth wasting time on the convolution that is each initiative’s…
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The Money-Machine For Marshall Tuck And Antonio Villaraigosa Is Terrible To Behold
29 May 2018Over $13 million has gone into Antonio Villaraigosa’s campaign coffers since 2013, from just five families: Broad (KB Homes, AIG…
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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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Give Like A Billionaire – Protecting The Power Of Their Purse: How Billionaires Obscure Contributions And Command Influence
28 Feb 2017Cute videos have peppered the website of Steve Zimmer’s opponents claiming to be shocked at the suggestion that big money…
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Drive Like Your Kids Live Here
04 Dec 2016On the mourning [sic] after I was brought up short by this common lawn sign ~ It seemed to me…
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