It’s Pretty Simple: Speak Up for Black Lives Right Now
I know it’s been said, even by me, that silence is complicity. However, I understand that some of us areRead More…
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Speaking Up and Taking Action Against Racist Teachers
Maya Angelou said it best. When someone shows you who they are, believe them. We believe that Michael Lopes, aRead More…
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LAUSD Is Trying to Keep Important Student Data From Parents, and Jackie Goldberg Is Leading That Effort
This fall, L.A. Unified was planning to release a new tool that would explore achievement, social and emotional learning, schoolRead More…
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California Students Are In A Literacy Crisis
Reading is an essential life skill that students have been learning since their earliest years of schooling. One of theRead More…
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Poor Test Scores in California Should Prompt Folks to Look Closely at Teacher Performance
The California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) state testRead More…
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Governor Newsom Signs Bill for $15B to Build New and Fix Older Schools At a Failing Sacramento School
When the current state of affairs in education is such that we have hundreds of failing schools sans accountability, weRead More…
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Challenging Teacher Tenure: Parents Should Have Access to Teacher Evaluations
As a parent and advocate, I want access to the evaluations for my child’s instructors. It’s time to open upRead More…
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Bulletproof Back to School Gear: Costly, but Potentially Life Saving
With all of the shootings that we are experiencing as a country, there is an increased demand for bulletproof merchandiseRead More…
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Fix Our Failing Schools Case Study 1: Castlemont High School in Assembly District 18 and Senate District 9
It would take me approximately 15 years to write about every single failing school in California, assuming I did soRead More…
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Why Aren’t We Being Honest About What Constitutes a Failing School in California?
There are 781 low performing schools in California, but not really, as the actual number of schools that are “lowRead More…
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