Posts Tagged with ‘public education’
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What We Lose By Commodifying Education
15 Mar 2019I’m frustrated by the howls of shocked people across this country following Tuesday’s College Admissions scandal. There are so many…
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Tuck, Vanquished: Now Can We Please Have Some Real Reform By Eliminating Food And Overcrowding From Classrooms?
06 Nov 2014With the public’s kibosh on Marshall Tuck despite formidable backing this Tuesday, 11/4/14 past, support for Ed Privateers has been…
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Same Race, Different Bat Channel
02 Oct 2014Do you have any idea what the State Superintendent of Public Instruction does? I know when I voted for this…
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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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Hubris Of The Hoch-Tech
21 Jul 2014What is it with high tech entrepreneurs and the hubris of their bastardized version of noblesse oblige? First came Bill…
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Safety and Happiness: evidence from a public school playground
24 Apr 2013Volunteer badge prominently and proudly displayed, this morning I observed a PE class in a LAUSD middle school on a…