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I'm Shocked: Corporate Media and Corporate Mayor Speak Out for Corporate Reform Superintendents



I'm Shocked: Corporate Media and Corporate Mayor Speak Out for Corporate Reform Superintendents 






SacBee Tribute to the Heroic Raymond: He took on teachers union - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento Bee
Raymond took on teachers union - Marcos Breton - The Sacramento Bee: Raymond took on teachers unionBy MARCOS BRETONmbreton@sacbee.comPublished: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 - 12:00 amBefore starting as the new superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified School District, Jonathan Raymond was told how he could escape unscathed from the no-win job he was taking on.“Rudy Crew (a former Sacramento superinte



K-12 News Network | LAUSD: The Voters Have Spoken and Publicly-Elected School Boards Choose Superintendents
K-12 News Network | LAUSD: The Voters Have Spoken and Publicly-Elected School Boards Choose Superintendents: LAUSD: The Voters Have Spoken and Publicly-Elected School Boards Choose Superintendentsadmin October 26, 2013 Educators, Elections, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts 0Guest post by Karen Wolfe, a parent and public education advocate who lives in Los Angeles.Parents and public sch


Garcetti: Deasy’s exit  is “an evolving story.” When asked by a reporter directly if he was saying the current board is micromanaging Deasy, Garcetti said “Those are your words.” L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti said he was “disheartened” to read newspaper stories about Deasy’s possible resignation. “He is a friend and (someone) whose work I support,” Garcetti said. (File photo by John


Change in leadership could leave L.A. schools in turmoil
When John Deasy took the helm of Los Angeles Unified in 2011, he was backed by the school board, mayor and civic leaders in a bid to transform the nation’s second-largest school district with bold measures to improve student performance.


Mayor Garcetti 'disheartened' about schools Supt. Deasy
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Friday morning that he was "disheartened" to hear that Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy could be leaving the school system and the mayor issued a strongly worded statement about the school board.



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L.A.’s Business Community Fights to Save Deasy
A leading member of the bar and a member of the California Board of Regents is urging the Los Angeles school board to retain Superintendent John Deasy, who recently threatened to resign. The letter was signed by George Kieffer, a Schwarzenegger appointee to the state Board of Regents in 2009. Business leaders are working hard to hold on to Deasy, despite his poor relations with the educators of Lo
Los Angeles Parent: Who Runs Our Schools?
As parent activist Karen Wolfe explains here, Los Angeles is in the district of a power struggle over control of its public schools. Wolfe says the voters elected school board members to reflect the will of the people. Superintendent John Deasy has threatened to resign as his way of pressuring the elected board to do what he wants and to get the business community to demand that the board let De