LAUSD- Egypt, Wisconsin, and Now The Walkout at Hamilton High School - Perdaily.com

LAUSD- Egypt, Wisconsin, and Now The Walkout at Hamilton High School - Perdaily.com

LAUSD- Egypt, Wisconsin, and Now The Walkout at Hamilton High School

by Leonard Isenberg

(Mensaje se repite en Español)


(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)


Something important took place today at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. Students at the highly successful magnet school with excellent Humanities, Music, and Drama Magnets as well as 6 small learning communities who were threatened last week with the loss of 22 of their teachers decided to fight back.


Using Facebook and other social media they organized thousands of their fellow students, parents, and supporters to stage a walkout from the school to say in the clearest of possible terms that they were not going to passively roll over and allow their educations and futures to be compromised by politically inspired