Education for Sale
Education for Sale: LAUSD Throws the Fight in Its Competition with Charters
On Saturday, July 30, 2016, I presented at Charters, Privatization and the Defense of Public Education, a California Education/Action Conference at Richmond High School in Richmond, California. My speech asked “If the charter law was passed to improve education through competition, why isn’t the LAUSD School Board playing to win?” and is based on the following paper: “ Men associating with crooks
Education for Sale: The Broad Way Towards Bankruptcy
This is the first section of my paper: Education for Sale: LAUSD Throws the Fight in Its Competition with Charters. Despite the fact that the Los Angeles Times receives funding for their education coverage from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation , their reporters were still able to publish a leaked copy of the foundation’s “Great Public Schools Now” plan to “ place half of the students in the Lo
Education for Sale: Lack of Oversight
This is the second section of my paper: Education for Sale: LAUSD Throws the Fight in Its Competition with Charters . The previous section can be found at: The Broad Way Towards Bankruptcy On the other side of the equation, the CCSA has proven that they are more than willing to compete with the LAUSD on a fight to the death basis, especially during the electoral process. Prior to the last electio
Education for Sale: LAUSD and Proposition 39
This is the final section of my paper: Education for Sale: LAUSD Throws the Fight in Its Competition with Charters . The previous section can be found at: Lack of Oversight The CCSA has also shown a willingness to use the courts to gain the upperhand in its competition with public schools. It has been particularly litigious in claiming what it calls “ charter school’s share ” of space under Propo