Big Education Ape: The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.

Monday, October 31, 2016

The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.

The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.:

The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.

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The October staff recommendations represent a fundamental and drastic departure from the Charter School Division’s expressed values of consistency and transparency, and the District’s historic focus on student outcomes as an authorizer.”

-California Charter Schools Association (CCSA)

Both El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) and Granada Hills Charter High School (GHCHS) were originally LAUSD public schools. While charters are marketed as a way to offer alternatives to poorly performing schools, both of these schools had excellent reputations before their conversions. El Camino has won seven Academic Decathlon National Championships, both as a charter and a public school. GHCHS “had one of the best academic records in the district [prior to its conversion], but it was bothered by cuts in district funding and hampered by rules that limited its own fund-raising abilities.” Like LAUSD schools, the teachers at both schools continue to be represented by UTLA. It should be no surprise that both of them continue to meet their academic benchmarks.

While the CCSA would like the sole focus for the judgment of both of these charters to be their continued academic achievement, the LAUSD has a responsibility to view the entire operation, including finances. ECRCHS’s “financial shenanigans” have been well documented and provide insight into a regulatory system that moves slowly and with very little public accountability. While the Notice to The Fallacy of Charter School Oversight in L.A.:

Carl J. Petersen for LAUSD School Board, District 2 because:

All Kids Are Our Kids!

The LAUSD School Board needs a parent's perspective. None of the current Board members has a child enrolled in the district.
One size education does not fit all. The District must provide opportunities to all students, not just those who are college bound. We will fight to block the closure of special education centers and return funding to vocational education.
Eli Broad's plan to privatize education must be stopped. Unlike Mónica García's campaign, this campaign will not be funded by the charter industry. I will answer to the parents and students of the district, not corporate donors.