The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly... MOU: LAUSD/UTLA School Stabilization and Empowerment Initiative
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Despite the fact that exactly zero of you have officially left comments under these entries on the official LEE blog page, I've gotten enough face to face, text message, and social media comments regarding them, that I know that my words have not all been in vain.
Thank you for the love. But please, let's get a little discussion going. We need it.
This week's words are dedicated to the tentative agreement regarding the new teacher contract (a.k.a., the new collective bargaining agreement) between LAUSD and UTLA...
Do you want the good news or the bad news first?
African America, black, English Language Learners, ELLs, civil rights, Stull Act, UTLA, AALA, LAUSD, Superintendent, parents, accountability, testing, student outcomes, data, proof of student learning, multiple measures evaluations, teachers, unions, schools, education, Los Angeles, advocacy, elections, public service, elected office, collective bargaining, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, CCTC, Lowest Performing Schools, tenure, seniority, LIFO, last in first out, reductions in force, RIFs, Public School Choice, PSC, Green Dot, Parent Revolution, John Deasy, Warren Fletcher (all tags)
Time to step up.
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The Dept. of Ed.'s Office for Civil Rights says policies contributing to the achievement gaps plaguing ELLs and black students must change.
We will enjoy a tremendous window of opportunity to change statewide education policy in 2012.
We have arrived at a great moment to improve policies and practices at L.A. schools through the new LAUSD-UTLA contract.
Learn. Network. Take action. Attend E4E's first event in L.A.
RSVP: http://www.educators4excellence.org/events/nov30lattb
Sign the pledge www.dontholdusback.org
Email Felicia Jones fjones@familiesinschools.org
Let her know you're a former/current teacher with something to say!
African America, black, English Language Learners, ELLs, civil rights, Stull Act, UTLA, AALA, LAUSD, Superintendent, parents, accountability, testing, student outcomes, data, proof of student learning, multiple measures evaluations, teachers, unions, schools, education, Los Angeles, advocacy, elections, public service, elected office, collective bargaining, Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Arnie Duncan, Obama Administration, SB2042, AB5, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, CCTC, Teacher Preparation Is Changing, Lowest Performing Schools (all tags)
Time to step up.
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The Dept. of Ed.'s Office for Civil Rights says policies contributing to the achivement gaps plaguing ELLs and black students must change.
We will enjoy a tremendous window of opportunity to change statewide education policy in 2012.
We have arrived at a great moment to improve policies and practices at L.A. schools through the new LAUSD-UTLA contract.
Learn. Network. Take action. Attend E4E's first event in L.A.
RSVP: http://www.educators4excellence.org/events/nov30lattb
Sign the pledge www.dontholdusback.org
Email Felicia Jones fjones@familiesinschools.org
Let her know you're a former/current teacher with something to say!
African America, black, English Language Learners, ELLs, civil rights, Stull Act, UTLA, AALA, LAUSD, Superintendent, parents, accountability, testing, student outcomes, data, proof of student learning, multiple measures evaluations, teachers, unions, schools, education, Los Angeles, advocacy, elections, public service, elected office, collective bargaining, Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Arnie Duncan, Obama Administration, SB2042, AB5, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, CCTC, Teacher Preparation Is Changing, Lowest Performing Schools (all tags)
Public School Choice & UTLA's New Contract w/ LAUSD
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In this piece I examine Public School Choice and its role in the collective bargaining currently underway between UTLA and LAUSD. I argue Superintendent John Deasy made a political decision that ultimately proved to be a strategic mistake by implementing changes to PSC before concluding contract negotiations.
Other pieces include:
ABCs of lawsuit filed by parents claiming LAUSD failed to enforce the Stull Act. (http://blog.educationalequity.org/blog/story/2011/11/4/121226/173)
Lessons "Don't Hold Us Back" coalition should glean from the 11/08/2011 "Issue 2" election in Ohio.
(http://blog.educationalequity.org/blog/story/2011/11/10/04245/189)
Please chime in with your opinion, and join LEE's "Alumni of Los Angeles" group if you haven't already!
UTLA, AALA, LAUSD, Superintendent, parents, accountability, testing, student outcomes, data, proof of student learning, multiple measures evaluations, teachers, unions, schools, education, Los Angeles, advocacy, elections, public service, elected office, collective bargaining, tenure, seniority, LIFO, last in first out, reductions in force, RIFs, Public School Choice, PSC, Steve Barr, Green Dot, Future Is Now Schools, Teachers for a New Unionism, NewTLA, Mike Stryer, John Deasy, Warren Fletcher, AB114, Jerry Brown, California Teacher's Association, CTA, California Charter Schools Association, CCSA, Steve Zimmer, Jed Wallace, Ramon Cortines, Occupy LAUSD, Academic Growth Over Time, AGT (all tags)
Lessons from Ohio for "Don't Hold Us Back" vs. UTLA:
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What do the results of yesterday's referendum on restrictions to the power of teachers unions in Ohio have to do with efforts to reform public education in L.A. and statewide?
Everything.
Many wish to fire bad teachers and promote effective ones, but organized labor needs to be on board. Coalitions like Don't Hold Us Back need unionized teachers as leaders/spokespeople (i.e., NewTLA members) in order to avoid the failures of Governors Kasich, Walker, and Schwarzenegger, who attempted to externally augment collective bargaining. The approach State Senator Johnson took, relying on AFT-Colorado to pass SB-191, is the one to emulate.
UTLA, AALA, LAUSD, Superintendent, parents, accountability, testing, student outcomes, data, proof of student learning, multiple measures evaluations, teachers, unions, schools, education, Los Angeles, California, advocacy, elections, public service, elected office, collective bargaining, tenure, seniority, LIFO, last in first out, reductions in force, RIFs, Ohio, Wisconsin, Colorado, Issue 2, SB-191, Scott Walker, John Kasich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Johnston (all tags)
