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Thursday, April 12, 2012

LAUSD: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (LAUSD: EL mundo al revés) - Perdaily.com

LAUSD: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (LAUSD: EL mundo al revés) - Perdaily.com:


LAUSD: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN (LAUSD: EL mundo al revés)

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(Mensaje se repite en Español)

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


When I hear a story one time, I think it might be an anomaly, but when I get numerous calls over the last several months saying exactly the same thing, my interest is peeked. It hardly seems surprising that students have figured out that administrators at LAUSD are targeting teachers at the top of the salary scale, about to vest in lifetime health benefits under the Rule of 80, or who are just trying to actually teach students and not go along with the purposefully dumbed down LAUSD culture that moves students from grade to grade, whether or not they pass the previous grade.

This has inspired students, that have been socially promoted without foundational skills or the work habits