S.O.S.: AN OPEN LETTER TO LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT JOHN DEASY
A parent of two middle school students at Palms Middle School sends an open letter to Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy. By Sara Roos Venice/Mar Vista Patch | http://bit.ly/IYMg0X 11:42 am, May 2, 2012 Dear Dr Deasy: She told us she'd go down with the ship, ... but you've forced her to walk the gang plank. WHAT IS GOING ON HERE??!! Supt. Deasy> You have
LAUSD SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JOHN DEASY MUST GO
BY JOSEPH K IN K-12 NEWS NETWORK | HTTP://BIT.LY/ID5NJ2
- Joseph K. is a 24-year veteran of LAUSD, a former mentor teacher twice named a Johns Hopkins University Teaching Fellow, who now teaches poor, inner-city children who wake up every morning in their gang-ridden, drug-infested neighborhoods at five a.m. to catch the bus by six. He teaches the old-fashioned way – by ignoring standardized test scores. Instead of teaching bubbling, he tries to instill a love of knowledge and learning in his students and for this reason will probably be allowed to continue teaching for fifteen more minutes.
After robbing poor, minority children of recess in the name of test prep in Prince George’s County years ago, he left nothing butwreckage and enmity as a district superintendent in Maryland. Deasy said, “Lessons at schools missing testing goals have to be very targeted, and there often isn’t time for electives and free play like at other schools.” Tough break for poor, primarily blac