Education Highlights from Governor Newsom’s State of the State
Governor Newsom delivered his first State of the State speech on Tuesday morning. Newsom received an overwhelming amount of supportRead More…
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Teachers Need to Stop Blaming Parents for Their Classroom Failures
A two-year teacher from Texas has gone viral with her (ridiculous) rant about how parents are to blame for herRead More…
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Do Tests Really Measure College Readiness?
Students are constantly being tested at school because testing determines their college readiness level — at least that’s what weRead More…
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Charter Schools Are Not The Problem: Fix Failing Schools First
Now that it has been a week since last week’s LAUSD board meeting and the dust has begun to settle,Read More…
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Benjamin Franklin High School Wins the 2018-19 LAUSD Academic Decathlon
On Saturday, it was announced that Benjamin Franklin High School won the LAUSD 2018-19 Academic Decathlon. 55 schools with nine-memberRead More…
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The Traditional LAUSD H.S. That I Graduated From Left Me Unprepared for College
As a child, my family moved several times, and I found myself in three different school districts during my K-12Read More…
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Timely Tips To Prepare H.S. Juniors for the Upcoming College Application Season
College Application season is officially over for our seniors. In my role as the executive director of College Match LA,Read More…
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While Policymakers Demand Accountability from Charter Schools, They Need to Demand the Same for Traditional Schools
Attention! Governor Newsom. When you say that publicly funded schools should be held accountable to the public, do you meanRead More…
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List of Shame: The Bottom Five Percent of California Schools
In 2010 when I worked as an Education Specialist for then Senator Gloria Romero (SD32), I remember that she usedRead More…
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Dear Parents, Please Send Your Students to School
If kids aren’t in school, they aren’t learning. The push in education is to analyze data in order to createRead More…
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