Quest for Education Reform Prompts Unprecedented LA School Election
Jennifer Halligan
Last Tuesday, February 2nd, through Friday, February 5th, voting took place on Los Angeles elementary, middle, and high school reform. Parents, students, and school employees participated in this unprecedented election. The voting was to decide who should be in control of 12 struggling schools and 18 new ones. The ultimate goal is to help students’ education and get more kids heading toward college. The main competitors are groups of teachers from the LA Unified school district and charter operations. The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, a non-profit education operator sponsored by Mayor Villaraigosa is in the running as well for control of the schools. Although the school board will take the results into account, they aren’t binding, and the school board will make the final decision on who will run each school. Although preliminary results were probably available Monday, they will most likely be withheld until Friday.
- Charter operations: Charter schools are alternatives to public schools not subject to union rules. They are attended by choice, and they sometimes have alternative teaching styles or themes.
- Generally, people who don’t want the schools to become charters complain that the superior education offered at these schools is mainly utilized by those who would already be getting a better education, since students must be enrolled, and that the focus should instead be on improving public schools
- People in favor of charter schools point to higher testing results in these types of schools, and argue that a normal public school education is too restricting
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