Stuart has been a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 28 years. He is greatly aware of the district waste, large bureaucracy, and other major issues of the time. E-mail him at: StuartComputers@gmail.com.
The veterans have left, are leaving much earlier than they planned to or are finding other places to teach.
These were the veteran educators who planned lessons and units, review and remediation.
These were the veteran educators who gave and...
Years ago a colleague of mine was accused of hitting a student on the head with a book. He was called into the principal’s office to meet with the principal, the parents, and the school police. It turned...
They say that there is nothing left to cut—something I strongly disagree with.
They say that they must have a parcel tax to survive—a tax that will cost millions in election funds whether it passes or...
When the hard times came they had to make drastic changes.LAUSD did lead the good life. They funded 15 local district offices, other outside offices, multitudes of administrators who did not work in the schools (some of whom were...
According to the Daily Breeze, the number of offices would be reduced from 8 to 4 with one more to supervise low performing schools.
For years, I have been advocating the total elimination for these offices. For even longer, the...
A fifth grade classoom.
35 students; one teacher who cannot possibly give every student the assistance or the positive encouragement that they need.
All levels of ability from near special needs to gifted.
All types of learning modalities
2 days...
“Facing a budget deficit of more than a half-billion dollars for 2012-13, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy today (January 10, 2012) proposed a parcel tax for the November ballot as a way to head off...
According to the Los Angeles Daily News, “The LAUSD board is tackling increased competition for students with a pair of proposals that would dismantle the tradition of neighborhood schools and let parents send their kids to the campus of...
Some LAUSD teachers have received pink slips and have been hired back in the same positions without:
sick days;
holiday time;
benefits.
“Although school district officials claim to be cut to the bone, some teachers insist there are still...
Outside of every elementary classroom in LAUSD, the teachers must post a schedule. Every minute of the day is covered. The schedule must coincide exactly with that of every other class on the grade level. The only exceptions are when...