LAUSD: AN UNSEEMLY CULTURE THAT PERVERTS EVERYTHING IT SHOULD STAND FOR

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(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) Not only has LAUSD administration continued to sweep these scandals under the carpet for years, they do so while allowing the sexual harassment and bullying of teachers and others as well. When teacher Sheril Sakai reported that she was being sexually harassed at her school, not only was nothing done, but charges where brought against her that have lead to her removal from the classroom and her livelihood. Ms. Sakai is only one of hundreds of teachers that have been subjected to this treatment as a matter of standard operating procedure at LAUSD.
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02 2012


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5th Annual Media Reform Summit: Media for the 99%

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The Occupy Movement has taken the country by storm, changing the dialogue everywhere from the presidential primaries to kitchen tables. People are talking about economic inequality and power concentrated in the hands of a few -- and they're looking for solutions. Social media and alternative media have aided the movement, providing a wake up call to the unfair advantage wealthy individuals and corporations hold over regular citizens in the political process and mass media environment. We want to explore these ideas with you at our 5th Annual Media Reform Summit: Media for the 99%. You'll learn how to make new kinds of media work for campaigns, sift through the flood of information on and offline, and understand media reform policy -- all with the aim of ensuring that the media report on the stories that matter to the 99%. This exciting event is a month away - and you can RSVP to reserve your spot now. WHEN: Saturday, March 3 from 9:30am - 4:00pm WHERE: Occidental College, 200 Johnson Hall
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02 2012


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PERDAILY'S LEONARD ISENBERG CALLS FOR BOYCOTT OF LAUSD ON SMILEY AND WEST RADIO SHOW (LEONARD ISENBERG DE PERDAILY pide el boicot de LAUSD SU SMILEY & WEST

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(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) This Saturday, February 4th I will be on the Tavis Smiley & Dr. Cornell West Radio Show that you can listen to on KPFK at 11 am or on KPCC at 10 pm or go about 1/3 of the way into the following link: http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/tavis/local-tavis-1002649.mp3
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02 2012


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LAUSD, JOHN DEASY, AND EXTORTING A NEW PARCEL TAX (LAUSD, John DEASY, y extorsionar a un nuevo impuesto sobre parcelas)

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(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) In the following videos from the January 24th Town Hall Meeting at El Camino High School, LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy pulls a Pontius Pilate and washes his hands of any responsibility for finally implementing a system of excellent public education for all, by blaming Governor Brown and budget cuts for the longstanding dismal state of public education at LAUSD. "We have no control over our budget and must make do with whatever the state gives us," is the line that Deasy says again and again at the Town Hall before irate community members, while seeking to extort more money from property owners in Los Angeles, who have, up until now, always given LAUSD whatever money it asks for without ever having LAUSD held accountable for the results of this generationally failed public education system that continues to destroy the lives of predominantly Black and Latino students in a de facto segregated system far worse than what existed when the U.S. Supreme Court intervened with Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954.
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02 2012


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LAUSD AND UTLA: A CONFEDERATION OF DUNCES by Mark Hemphill (LAUSD y UTLA: una confederación de los necios por Mark Hemphill)

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(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) After having read Superintendent Deasy's comments and those of board member Tamar Galantzan as well as those who responded, it's rather obvious what's at work despite references to students, parents and some subject areas being taught. This is all about money and trying to justify asking for more when most of us wonder about what happened to all the previous money raised through bond initiatives in addition to that contributed by wealthy donors, the men who would be kings like Eli Broad and Bill Gates.
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01 2012


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LAUSD: BLIND OBEDIENCE AND INSTITUTIONAL BETRAYAL (LAUSD: obediencia ciega y la traición INSTITUCIONAL)

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(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) The actual task of fixing public education would be rather straight forward - if honestly addressed. There are several factors that continue to purposefully confound the process by substituting platitudes for any in depth and pragmatic program that would define itself by the student and their families actual existence and needs. Initially. we would have to pragmatically address the engrained subjective needs and deficits of those already in the system to whatever extent still possible, with the clear knowledge that the longer they have been in the present system, the more immutable the damage.
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01 2012


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IS LAUSD'S SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY GUILT OF MALPRACTICE? (Es superintendente de LAUSD CULPA DE JOHN DEASY mala praxis?)

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(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) Wednesday night's town hall meeting sponsored by The Daily News at El Camino High School with LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy and Board Member Tamar Galatzan and moderated by Daily News columnist Doug McIntyre was a close second, when it comes to a self-delusional definition of chutzpah with idealistic quote from John Adams which Superintendent John Deasy opened the event and then proceeding to contradict it with everything he said about the bleak reality now facing public education in Los Angeles, while protesting that somehow it would still be possible for him, Galatzan, and other LAUSD employees to do their job..
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LA schools agreement to give unions greater role in imposing cuts By David Brown and Dan Conway (LA escuelas acuerdo para dar a los sindicatos un papel más importante en los cortes imponer por David Brown y Dan Conway)

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Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) When is a union not a union? Affected schools under the stabilization and empowerment initiative will be automatically waived from the district policy of giving priority placement to recently laid off teachers in newly vacant positions. District officials claim that this will ensure the placement of teachers who are the most "proper fit." In practice, however, districts and schools will have a free hand to replace experienced veterans with their younger and lower paid counterparts, if the positions are filled at all.
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01 2012


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EMERGENCY RALLY IT IS TIME TO DEFEND PUBLIC EDUCATION

BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND PICKET AT EL CAMINO REAL HIGH SCHOOL 5440 Valley Circle Blvd. Woodland Hills, Ca. 91367 Wed. Night JAN. 25, 2012 AT 6:30PM LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT Dr. John Deasy and Tamar Galatzan will be hosting a so called town hall meeting.
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01 2012


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DIANE RAVITCH AND THE DEMORALIZING NO DIRECT ACTION PUBLIC EDUCATION AGENDA

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(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post) One year ago Diane Ravitch spoke at Immanuel Presbyterian Church across from the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) headquarters. Her analysis of how the corporate agenda was proceeding unimpeded for privatizing public education and in the process getting rid of a professional teacher corp was impeccable. Again yesterday she made another insightful speech on the abysmal state of American public education, which she offered without honorarium in solidarity with teachers and in recognition of the fact that there is no rational basis for anything that the educational establishment and their political and corporate supporters continue to do in complete derogation of the public education reality Ravitch knows so well. That being said, I must say that her presentation only succeeded in depressing me even more than I already was about the prognosis for public education, because it offered no suggestion of "direct action" to impede the charter school privatization juggernaut. Lined up on one side in the approximately 30 minute presentation she made was the obscene amounts of money from folks like the Gates, Walton, and Broad Foundations, the print and electronic media parroting privatization party line, and the governors of many states, along with other local, state, and federal politicians eager to feed at the $370 billion a year ed biz trough.
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