Posts Tagged with ‘John Deasy’
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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…
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The Crocodiles Are Circling…
12 Dec 2013This past week saw the death of sitting LAUSD board member Marguerite LaMotte. She was an icon of her predominantly…
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Shifting The Mission Of Public Education
04 Nov 2013I love performance art. Long ago I had the kick-ass opportunity of participating in a gigantic event, pre-cell-phone-era, with hundreds…
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Deflecting Criticism: When Bad Behavior Trumps Incompetence And Insubordination.
28 Oct 2013Being a parent means witnessing a lot of prima donnish, irascible and irrational behavior. So by virtue of my alter-profession…
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Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain
19 Sep 2013On Tuesday the LATimes editorialized about “dysfunction” at the LA school board. They criticized the board for discussing the “minutiae”…
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Follow Aquino’s Yellow Brick Road…
16 Sep 2013Last Friday — the 13th, no less — yielded some surprisingly providential news as Superintendent Deasy’s top deputy, Jaime Aquino,…
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Libraries, Musical programs, and Massive Classes — Oh My!
19 Aug 2013Who’s in charge at LAUSD anyway? With a budget larger than the LACity Council’s, there are just 7 elected officials…
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Internecine Dramas At LAUSD (which comes first, maturity or accountability?)
15 Jul 2013Some rather juvenile behavior is being bandied about over at Beaudry. Perhaps this shouldn’t be surprising but the level of…
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A Wavering Chain Of Command
05 Jun 2013$ince everything Educational is really all about Business these days, let’s consider this analogy. Let’s say “Lily” is a consultant…
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“Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”
09 May 2013I listened to LAUSD’s head honcho call himself a “numbers guy” recently: “…mathematics, chemistry, physics – I get that; I’m…
