“One if by land, two if by sea”
- Henry Longfellow
As Los Angeles slogged through the depths of the COVID-19 crisis last spring, parents struggled through the challenges of getting the most out of online classes. …
“The practice going forward has been made clear…Megan Reilly, the Deputy Superintendent, is responsible for implementing this process.”
- Austin Beutner, September 24, 2019
Just as the LAUSD was shutting down for the Thanksgiving holiday, Jose Cole-Gutierrez’s Charter School Division released its latest summary of the past-due amounts owed…
- Los Angeles Times 10/1/1995
“Now there was a time
When they used to say
That behind every great man
There had to be a great woman”
- Eurythmics
Apparently, COVID-19 is not the only health care issue where Trump missed an opportunity to use the bully pulpit of the presidency to save lives. To…
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not…
“Fiscal mismanagement, that would trigger revocation.”
- Jose Cole-Guitierrez
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are the standards by which interested parties are assured that an organization’s records reflect its true financial health. In the case of charter schools, interested parties would include parents who send their children to the school…
- School board protester
In the Culture Wars being propagated by the Republican Party, it is often not what is…
“I’ve traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s lookin’ for something”
- Eurythmics
Shortly after dropping out of college, I began having a recurring dream where I would realize that I had misread my schedule and had missed going to one class for an entire semester. After a torturous…
- Denver School Board Member
On Student-Centered Funding
Los Angeles County is a “Sea of Blue” with the number of registered Democrats…
Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com
