"THE BATTLE has begun: Corporate Los Angeles and the charter school operators in one corner--and teachers, parents and community allies in the other.
On February 23, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board will decide on the fate of 30 schools--12 existing ones and 18 new ones, serving 40,000 students. Under a 'school choice' motion passed by the board last fall, the schools will be run either by charter companies--or by teachers and parents.
On February 2 and 6, 'advisory votes' were held in the communities around the 30 schools, where parents, teachers, students and community members got to choose between plans put forward by charter school operators and those put forward by teachers, with input and support from parent, community and district allies.
In all 30 cases, local plans written by teachers and their collaborators won! Some 87 percent of parents who voted chose the 'local school plans' written by teachers and allies."
On February 23, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school board will decide on the fate of 30 schools--12 existing ones and 18 new ones, serving 40,000 students. Under a 'school choice' motion passed by the board last fall, the schools will be run either by charter companies--or by teachers and parents.
On February 2 and 6, 'advisory votes' were held in the communities around the 30 schools, where parents, teachers, students and community members got to choose between plans put forward by charter school operators and those put forward by teachers, with input and support from parent, community and district allies.
In all 30 cases, local plans written by teachers and their collaborators won! Some 87 percent of parents who voted chose the 'local school plans' written by teachers and allies."