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WHEN IT COMES TO MEANINGFUL REFORM AT LAUSD, THE L.A. TIMES ALWAYS GIVES THE TRUTH A PASS - Perdaily.com

WHEN IT COMES TO MEANINGFUL REFORM AT LAUSD, THE L.A. TIMES ALWAYS GIVES THE TRUTH A PASS - Perdaily.com:

WHEN IT COMES TO MEANINGFUL REFORM AT LAUSD, THE L.A. TIMES ALWAYS GIVES THE TRUTH A PASS

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The continuing generational fraud and purposeful failing of predominantly Latino and African American students at what remains over 90% de facto segregated LAUSD is accomplished by never at any time addressing these minority students' subjective academic levels and needs. Such an open fraud could never take place without the collusion of both commercial and public media, which scrupulously refuse to report any facts as to what is actually going on academically at LAUSD and which LAUSD literally makes no attempt to hide.

In just the latest example of media parroting of disingenuous LAUSD party line ideas like "LAUSD board pushes for 100% graduation rate" by Los Angeles Times Reporter Sonali Kohli- without any real reporter examination of such a goal in light of easily discoverable facts attainable through Public Records Requests- reporters continue to never address whether this pie in the sky LAUSD administration goal of 100% graduation has any real possibility of coming to fruition- it doesn't as long as the truth as to what is going on at LAUSD is never reported.

How much real reporting would it take for reporters like Sonali Kohli to uncover the following publicly accessible facts that show:

LAUSD Cumulative Enrollment Counts

2014----------2015----------2016

608,478------598,298------595,840

Student Truancy Counts

2014----------2015----------2016

275,983------209,105------297,844

And then, might she ask those like Supt. Michelle King and the LAUSD Board members- who have the gall to talk about 100% graduation- the following questions:

How can you honestly expect to increase graduation rates if WHEN IT COMES TO MEANINGFUL REFORM AT LAUSD, THE L.A. TIMES ALWAYS GIVES THE TRUTH A PASS - Perdaily.com: