Carl J. Petersen·Aug 4, 2018Is This What Democracy Looks Like in the Second Largest School District?“This is a very surreptitious way of doing business whereby you’re trying to hide…something perhaps you don’t want us to know.”
Carl J. Petersen·Mar 26, 2018Ankur Patel Will Defend Public Education in the California State Assembly“I commit to working to increase the amount of funding that goes to public education and specifically to students at their school site.”
Carl J. Petersen·Feb 5, 2018Charters: Public Schools or Private Businesses?The charter industry claims to operate public schools but opposes attempts to make them accountable to those who fund their operations.
Carl J. Petersen·Oct 1, 2017Without Discussion, the LAUSD Board Chooses a President“Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
Carl J. Petersen·Sep 23, 2017Rules? Where we’re going we don’t need rules.By offering excuses is the LAUSD’s Ref Rodriguez saying that he didn’t break the law or that we just shouldn’t pay attention?
Carl J. Petersen·Sep 14, 2017Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil: The Failures of LAUSD’S Charter Oversight“State law provides that an authorizer is not liable for debts, obligations [or] liabilities so long as [they] provide appropriate…