education
A place to hash out all opinions on education policy, charter schools, statewide testing, and what the political world is and isn't doing about it.
Checking The Math
“Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.” – Phaedrus When appearing at the Northridge East Neighborhood Council’s candidate forum, LAUSD BD 3 candidate Dan Chang answered a question about the budget by citing his qualifications. “Having a math teacher,” he said, “and a budget expert and someone who really loves the numbers is just an important part of providing oversight in LA Unified.”
By Carl J. Petersenabout a year ago in The Swamp
School Board Candidates Face The Voters
“My goodness, great question.” – Dan Chang On Saturday, September 14, 2024, the Northridge East Neighborhood Council’s Education Committee hosted a forum for the two candidates in the November 5th runoff election. The videos posted below are the answers provided by Scott M. Schmerelson and Dan Chang broken down by question. While some banter between questions and housekeeping is not included, the candidates’ answers are presented in full.
By Carl J. Petersenabout a year ago in The Swamp
Educational Institutes Leave American Citizens UnEducated
I watched a video today that made me have the ugliest epiphany. I remember my history teacher in middle school getting irate with me. Because I corrected him. I remember an argument where several people of color called me a 'fucking white lying racist bitch,' and verbally assaulted me because I corrected them too. Because they were wrong. I knew they were wrong. But I didn't understand that I was the only one in a sea of people where only a handful of us knew the truth.
By Hope Martin2 years ago in The Swamp
Special Education in Los Angeles is in Crisis
“We have a parent who sits with her son every day because there is no one-on-one to safely transfer her son in and out of his walker. They haven’t even gotten a call back to hear what is going on with that.” – Parent/Teacher speaking at SpEd Committee meeting
By Carl J. Petersen2 years ago in The Swamp
Did You Know The Porn Industry Is The Reason All Women Are Stupid?
It All Started With An Article On Medium: For those of you who don't have access to the paid article, its essentially an article written by a woman who, out of curiosity and frustration over how she was being received online, made a fake male persona on Reddit.
By Hope Martin2 years ago in The Swamp
OKAY ALREADY- So What?
August 2025 edit: The Project 2025 Tracker. Original Content I've thought about this for a while, and when I saw the short written and performed by Jason Kravits below, I knew it was time to write about it. Take a minute or so to watch and listen.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in The Swamp
The World’s Deadliest Poison
Did you know that the deadliest poison on Earth is a substance called Polonium? Just one gram of it has the potential to kill 50 million people! Polonium is a rare and highly radioactive element, and its toxicity is unparalleled in the natural world.
By William Henry2 years ago in The Swamp
Proposed Resolution Seeks To Make Public School Students Whole
“To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.” – Magna Carta Last week the LAUSD Charter School Division finally provided an update on how much charter schools still owe the students of the District for past due overallocation fees. The Division’s chair, José Cole-Gutiérrez, refuses to keep his promise to provide up-to-date information; this data is almost two months old.
By Carl J. Petersen2 years ago in The Swamp
