Tag Archives: Speaker karen Bass

Reform LAUSD: Don’t Let Them Pull the Trigger on the ‘Parent Trigger’

Posted on December 21, 2009 by

Mayor Villaraigosa boasted today on Twitter that he’s hired a new education czar Joan Sullivan who “in 2003 raised the money to found the Bronx Academy of Letters High School, and instituted parent engagement programs…That got 80 % parent turnout … Continue reading →

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Nothing to Celebrate — Origins of the California Budget Disaster

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

Why are these people laughing? On Sept 12, 2001, in the shadow of the Twin Towers terrorist attack, the California Senate approved a plan for legislative and congressional districts that disenfranchised every voter in the state who was not very … Continue reading →

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