Why Everyone Should Support the Teacher Fair Pay Act
I recently stumbled upon a website called Transparent California where you can actually see how much public employees in theRead More…
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Randy Jurado Ertll, attended some of the toughest public schools within Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). He and his family moved dozens of times throughout Los Angeles. He attended Menlo Avenue Elementary School – which he loved dearly as a child – even though violence was an everyday occurrence in the surrounding community. He survived James A. Foshay Junior High School in the mid 1980’s. As a child, he escaped a rural Civil War in El Salvador, and while in Los Angeles, he escaped an urban Civil War (taking place in South Central Los Angeles) by being accepted into the A Better Chance-ABC scholarship program by going far way to study at John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minnesota. Hella cold. He returned to his community by applying and being accepted into Occidental College where he was indoctrinated to become a social justice activist, reader, writer, free thinker, and free, rebel, spirit.
Posts by Randy:
The Invisible Among the Homeless Epidemic: Children
As we start the new year, let us not forget that many individuals and families cannot afford to buy foodRead More…
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Let’s Not Create Grinch Teachers Through Outdated Teacher Credential Programs
California is heading into a teacher shortage without a safety net, and hundreds of thousands of public school district studentsRead More…
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In Public Education, a Culture of Respect — Not Fear — Must Permeate All Levels
Growing up in Los Angeles, we had no choice but to attend the elementary, middle and high schools that weRead More…
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Substitute Teachers Need to be Designated and Given Migrant Worker Status
Many substitute teachers working in various school districts have no adequate labor union representation. Some have no labor unions thatRead More…
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Surviving South Central Los Angeles
The inner city was my neighborhood. In the 1980s, when I was attending junior high school in South-Central Los Angeles,Read More…
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The Invisibility of Central American/Salvadoran American Books
When I was growing up in California, I never read a book, within LAUSD schools, by a Latino or LatinaRead More…
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