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LA schools Boss to be John Deasy, of fake degree and Gates (and Broad) foundation fame

Posted on January 7, 2011 by | Comments Off on LA schools Boss to be John Deasy, of fake degree and Gates (and Broad) foundation fame

Substance: LA schools Boss to be John Deasy, of fake degree and Gates (and Broad) foundation fame

The Los Angeles School Board is expected to name John Deasy, now serving as an under-boss to Superintendent Ramon Cortines, to be the new superintendent of the second largest school district in the United State, serving nearly seven hundred thousand students, employing about 45,000 teachers. Deasy came to Los Angeles in August 2010 and immediately became a major and controversial voice supporting “value added” performance evaluations for teachers. His rapid rise has also been attributed to his connections to the Broad and Gates foundations — as well as to a controversial claim to being called by the title “doctor.”

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L.A. Community College District’s sexual harassment policy put on hold

Posted on July 15, 2009 by | Comments Off on L.A. Community College District’s sexual harassment policy put on hold

Los Angeles Times: L.A. Community College District’s sexual harassment policy put on hold

Judge orders a preliminary injunction against enforcement after a student files a suit accusing a professor of censoring a classroom speech that included views opposing gay marriage.

Saying it violates students’ free speech rights, a federal judge has barred the Los Angeles Community College District from enforcing a sexual harassment policy that bans “offensive” remarks in and out of the classroom.

U.S. District Judge George H. King granted a preliminary injunction against pressing the policy at the request of Jonathan Lopez, an L.A. City College student who in February filed a suit accusing a professor of censoring his classroom speech about his religious beliefs, including opposition to gay marriage.

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LA Teacher Cuts Prompt Walkouts, Arrests, Hunger Strike

Posted on July 3, 2009 by | Comments Off on LA Teacher Cuts Prompt Walkouts, Arrests, Hunger Strike

Labor Notes: LA Teacher Cuts Prompt Walkouts, Arrests, Hunger Strike

Each year around budget time, Californians hear a familiar story from Sacramento: There’s another stalemate, because state law caps property tax rates and requires two-thirds of legislators to approve tax hikes.

The state’s inability to make budgets continues to mean less money for California public schools, which are funded at well below the national average, 46th in the nation in per-pupil spending. This time, Governor Schwarzenegger wants $10 billion in cuts from the state’s $45 billion yearly education fund.

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L.A. teachers approve contract as layoffs loom

Posted on July 2, 2009 by | Comments Off on L.A. teachers approve contract as layoffs loom

Los Angeles Times: L.A. teachers approve contract as layoffs loom

Teachers have accepted a new contract that includes no pay raise for last year, this year or next year, but will allow them to take formal contract grievances public.

The leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles had insisted to members that they could do no better on salary issues during tough economic times, and the membership responded, even though the union’s governing House of Representatives strongly opposed the deal.

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LAUSD — a day of protest

Posted on June 5, 2009 by | Comments Off on LAUSD — a day of protest

Contra Costa Times: LAUSD — a day of protest
Teachers stage street sit-in, marches, sickout instead of daylong strike
Updated: 05/15/2009 10:12:27 PM PDT

Forty teachers were arrested Friday morning in front of Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters after blocking the street in an act of civil disobedience staged to protest thousands of expected layoffs.

Throughout the district, thousands of teachers also called in sick and hundreds of parents and students demonstrated against LAUSD’s plans to cut teachers and increase class sizes.

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Los Angeles School Board eliminates thousands of teachers’ jobs

Posted on May 12, 2009 by | Comments Off on Los Angeles School Board eliminates thousands of teachers’ jobs

World Socialist Website: Los Angeles School Board eliminates thousands of teachers’ jobs

The decision by the Los Angeles School Board to eliminate thousands of positions is the latest in a series of attacks on California teachers. The vote by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) came at a special April 14 meeting called to address a budget deficit of $596 million for 2009-2010.

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Students protest LAUSD teacher layoffs [UPDATED]

Posted on March 16, 2009 by | Comments Off on Students protest LAUSD teacher layoffs [UPDATED]

Los Angeles Times: Students protest LAUSD teacher layoffs [UPDATED]
11:32 AM | March 16, 2009

A large group of students from Roybal High School and Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in downtown Los Angeles have walked out of class to protest teacher cuts, authorities said today.

At 10:35 a.m., about 200 students walked about a mile toward the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters at 3rd Street and Beaudry Avenue, LAPD Officer Rosario Herrera said.

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