LAUSD & UTLA: THEIR PROBLEMS ARE STRUCTURAL NOT PERSONNEL
(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
It is much easier to point a finger at the latest incarnation of LAUSD institutional failure, Superintendent John Deasy, then to finally realize that the problem isn't Deasy per se, but the way LAUSD is set up to fail.
Once we understand this we can take the time and effort necessary to reconfigure LAUSD into a viable form that finally allows this critically necessary institution of public education to get it right. What hangs in the balance is whether or not we will