Join the Parent Revolution!

[ant99seth]

You guys are pulling at straws. Celerity has done miracles in LAUSD and 76% of the parents approached by Parents Union unequivocally know they're getting screwed by McKinley and will get a better deal with Celerity. I know nothing about the circumstances at Green Dot (Mr. Skeels) aside from the fact that they're unionized. Teaching poor kids requires commitment and unions destroy commitment to advance solidarity. Schools are about kids and Celerity gets it. Let these children go!

[rdsathene]

As of Spring 2010 Green Dot's average API 657, Compton's McKinley 684. Who determines failing schools?

[rdsathene]

The Compton Caper is just the beginning. Ben Austin has been caught many times deceiving the public. Remember his closed town halls with the Mayor? j*mp/3shQg8 Or when Ben was caught engaging in questionable tactics at Emerson? j*mp/4e78Sm or all the scandalous lies he's told since joining the privatization bandwagon? j*mp/bkv9FA While the foppish millionaire from Benedict Canyon tries to fashion himself as a civil rights leader, his record is that of a staunch defender of corporate rights.

[vtellez2001]

Parent Revolution has come to attempt to take over the school where I work and has proven to be very unethical: Parents threatened with deportation if they don't sign the petition, Children approached and harrrased, parents deceived into thinking it would be about "beautifying" the school, the claim that the school would support special ed students (The moment they find out a student requires special services they get terminated).

It's not about the kids. It's a business.

[mikontisott]

craZY cRAZY LOONY TOO, we are insane people who want our children to stay young froever

[otimitla]

No believe the garbage of parent revolution and its circle of goons--especially austin. Do you research and you'll see that behind their hypocracy is a troth of corporate pigs pushing their agendas and using parents who don't know any better as their $10 a signature puppets. No se crean de parent revolution!!

[rdsathene]

Charter Schools Fall Short of Public Schools Overall

Source: 4lakidsnews*blogspot*com

Stanford University released a major report today providing the most detailed look to date at how charter schools are performing across the nation compared to their traditional public school counterparts.

[rdsathene]

five of Green Dots schools have APIs far below Emerson's 701:

Animo Jackie Robinson 597

Animo Justice 569

Animo Ralph Bunche 636

Animo Watts 614

Animo Locke 2 652

[rdsathene]

"Where change begins at L.A.'s Locke High School" Perhaps the first honest article the Los Angeles Times has ever done on the neoliberal Green Dot organization. Given similar conditions to LAUSD without the ability to skim and cherry pick students Steve Barr, Marco Petruzzi, and Ben Austin's hostile Locke take-over still hasn't produced 800 APIs, even with the millions from Broad and Gates.

[rdsathene]

In "Green Dot revolution targets school that outperforms current Green Dotters" Caroline Grannan exposes Green Dot's overall API's and lack of diversity at Warner Avenue Elementary. More truth about Barr, Petruzzi, and Austin's corporate charter cash cow!

[rdsathene]

If Messrs. Barr, Petruzzi, and Austin were really advocates for parents and students, then where were they when our communities were making a stand against Cortines' vicious budget cuts? We didn't see you at any of you at the rallies, camp-outs, protests, or marches. Too busy counting the millions from Eli Broad and William Gates?

Revolutionary indeed!

[murdledd]

I'm sure it's tough to get 51% of parents to even sign a form in these broken schools. Neither this outfit nor the parents it hopes to attract likely seek a real educational revolution--just high test scores. The teachers & the system they blame want the same thing. What's in the way is a lack of support from the home/community. 51% of parents probably don't know their kid's math teacher's name. A new charter school & a bunch of hoopla MIGHT change that, but will it get to the real problem? NO.

[sylotw]

very good.