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UTLA to protest at schools this week; hundreds of charter parents object
The charter parents’ letter set up in UTLA’s lobby. (Credit: CCSA) UTLA is helping parents organize protests on May 4 at schools throughout the district, and in a letter more than 500 charter school...
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UTLA-led rally at Castelar Elementary puts charters in crosshairs
Parents, students and teachers rallied Wednesday at Castelar Street Elementary School in Chinatown. About 200 parents, students and teachers rallied Wednesday morning outside Castelar Street Elementary...
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Commentary: UTLA says ‘unmitigated’ charter growth hurts LAUSD? Inconceivable!
By Michael Vaughn The Los Angeles teachers union just spent $82,000 on a report that concludes that the thousands of Los Angeles families who are choosing to send their children to charter schools are...
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LAUSD makes money from charters, contradicting UTLA-funded study, documents show
Tuesday’s school board meeting while the union report was delivered. * UPDATED May 13 As district officials and other analysts pick apart the UTLA-funded study released Tuesday that claims that...
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Commentary: Does LAUSD want to protect children or a bloated bureaucracy?
LA Unified school board members Monica Garcia and Scott Schmerelson By Peter Cunningham Across America, parents are demanding more and better educational options for their children while teachers...
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State lawmakers approve audit of Alliance schools’ use of funds in battle...
California Senator Tony Mendoza The California Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted Wednesday to audit Alliance College-Ready Public Schools over the charter management organization’s use of funds...
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Judge issues mixed rulings in unionization struggle between UTLA and charter...
UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl A California Administrative Law judge has issued a number of rulings in the year-plus legal battle between Alliance College-Ready Public Schools and the LA teachers...
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LA education leaders react to Great Public Schools Now’s plan to expand...
The much-anticipated Great Public Schools Now (GPSN) plan to expand successful schools in the Los Angeles area was released today, and education leaders are weighing in. GPSN says it will fund the...
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Internal document shows LA Unified disputes some findings of UTLA-funded...
UTLA released its study on the fiscal impact of charter schools on May 10. Six weeks ago LA teachers union officials told the LA Unified school board that independent charter schools were costing the...
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UTLA president’s aggressive 10-point plan for upcoming battles
UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl The president of the LA teachers union, UTLA, outlined an aggressive plan for the coming year during a speech on July 29 at the 2016 UTLA Leadership Conference at the...
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Commentary: LA teachers head is ready to incite a ‘state crisis’ if union...
Alex Caputo-Pearl Alex Caputo-Pearl is the president of United Teachers Los Angeles, a union that has a long and storied history of discarding presidents elected as firebrands but who reign as...
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UTLA notifies teachers about new media campaign, possible demonstrations
A recent UTLA demonstration. (Photo: UTLA website) UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl welcomed teachers to the new school year and urged them to get involved in a media campaign for late August,...
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Commentary: UTLA head should seek to avert state crisis, not create one
By Caroline Bermudez Nearly two years ago, Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez posed a question in an op-ed worth revisiting. “Is the L.A. teachers union tone deaf?” Based on a recent speech given...
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El Camino Real Charter teachers voice strong support for school, meet with...
Performing arts teacher Sue Freitag of El Camino Real Charter High School. A $1,139 dinner at a steakhouse. A $95 bottle of fine Syrah wine. A $73 bill for flowers. Those charges and others made by...
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UTLA launches media campaign with billboards, bus signs, online ads
UTLA began a media campaign this week. (Courtesy: UTLA) Look around at billboards, bus benches and online and you’re likely to spot a message from UTLA about students, teachers and parents telling...
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Commentary: No surprise, Carol Burris misses the mark on California charter...
Carol Burris Note: This post originally appeared on Education Post. By Caroline Bermudez Carol Burris, executive director of the Network for Public Education, writes about “a never-ending stream of...
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Alliance College-Ready Public Schools: A replicable model or unique success?
Students at Alliance Margaret M. Bloomfield High School in Huntington Park. Alliance College-Ready Public Schools is the largest independent charter network in LA Unified, with 28 middle and high...
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UTLA plans ‘Day of Action’ for Thursday
UTLA rally at James Monroe High School in November 2014. Members of the LA teachers union, UTLA, will be out in the streets Thursday as part of a “Day of Action” that is planned in conjunction with 200...
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20,000 expected to ‘walk in’ at LAUSD schools Wednesday morning
UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl More than 20,000 parents, students and teachers in LA Unified are expected to stage a “Walk-In” before school on Wednesday orchestrated by the Alliance to Reclaim Our...
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Students, educators rally for public education across LAUSD
As part of demonstrations taking place at schools around LA Unified and in cities across the country, a group of roughly 100 protesters made up of parents, students, district leaders and politicians...
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