The California School Dashboard Gives You Important Information About Schools at Your Fingertips
Do you need information about your local neighborhood schools? Are you moving to a new community and need information aboutRead More…
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Legislators Should Commit to Providing Transportation for Students
Recently, Menifee Unified School District announced that it will no longer be offering its students transportation services. While school districtsRead More…
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Teacher’s Perspective: Why I Call All of My Students’ Parents and Guardians
I recently spent two hours making individual phone calls to the families of my summer school students. The person onRead More…
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Planting Seeds for the Future: Why We Need Latino Men in the Classroom
When asking students about their dreams and desires, more often than not, male students make it clear that they areRead More…
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Is the LA Times Doing Public Relations for the Teachers Union?
Reading through this recent article in the The LA Times left me feeling like Alex Caputo Pearl of UTLA wroteRead More…
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My Principal, Mr. Garcia, Taught Me How NOT To Inspire Students
24 years ago, on the first day of school, hundreds of awkward freshmen were ushered into the sweltering auditorium atRead More…
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Almost an ESL Student: My Educational Journey in LAUSD
At the age of two, I left the United States to live in my parent’s native country, Guatemala. I completedRead More…
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Three Reasons Why You Should Attend Your Next School Board Meeting
LAUSD school board elections are over! Hundreds of community supporters, educational activist, and voters participated in an election that wasRead More…
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LAUSD Board of Education Compensation Review Committee Gives Raises for BOE; It’s Merited Given Duties and Cost of Living in Los Angeles
An independent commission for LAUSD appointed by the Los Angeles City Council has approved a raise for Los Angeles UnifiedRead More…
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Parents Still Have the Power to Use the Parent Trigger Law
Many schools throughout the state of California remain in the chronically and persistently low performing and low achieving category. ThousandsRead More…
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