Reply #79: Los Angeles School District is an exception, not a rule [View All]

[mrdmk]

Starting with this:



At the end of the 2010 school year, LAUSD had over 678,000 K - 12 students. Over 1,000,000 students if you count the continuing adult education program. That is mammoth.

LAUSD has been taking heat since the 1970's about being too big, not living up to standards, even having to educate the wrong students, and it goes on. Now it is all of the teachers fault. Now here is something for you to chew on, LAUSD had such a problem keeping enough teachers in the class room during the 1990's, the school district was educating potential teachers on a fast track to receive their teaching credential as fast as possible (this was mainly due to a lot LAUSD teachers being fed-up with their jobs and leaving). Now the district cannot fire these teachers. Obviously, the LAUSD has not fixed any of the problems it has had in the past forty odd years and/or it is just an easy target for a hit piece by the L.A. Weekly. Or maybe, just maybe the LAUSD is just to stupid to fire anybody!

Link to the referred article: http://www.laweekly.com/2010-02-11/news/lausd-s-dance-of-the-lemons/7/


Speaking of the LA Weekly, the author of the L.A. Weekly piece LAUSD's Dance of the Lemons, Beth Barret put out another piece how the Charter Schools are not being given a fair chance by the LAUSD. Ms. Barret seems to be an author with an agenda.

Link to the referred article: http://www.laweekly.com/2010-03-11/news/insiders-versus-charters-at-lausd/


Now we can talk about the teachers in LAUSD taking this hit. Living in Los Angeles is not an easy place to live and work, more-or-less to get educated in. The area has a lot of neglect, adverse living conditions, and very real social problems. These areas of concern are not being addressed by local leaders. Not only do the students live in this mess but so do the teachers, administrators, and anybody else that works for the district. The first and real problem with the school district is it is too large. Nobody is going to fix any problems in that school system until it is cut down to a reasonable size, then the real fixes can start. The size of the school district cannot be blamed on the teachers.