Students remind us: Make the struggle beautiful

Students remind us: Make the struggle beautiful

Our strike was the grandest lesson we ever planned By Hazel Kight Witham, Venice High School There were a dozen of us, and you could barely hear the song we were dancing to: Aretha Franklin’s “Think.” But there we were in front of Venice High, mostly in sync,...
Charter educator: Unregulated charter growth hurts all of us

Charter educator: Unregulated charter growth hurts all of us

I stand with the teachers across the city who are advocating for common-sense regulation. By Sylvia Cabrera Resource Teacher Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy #5 No legislation currently exists in California to regulate the fiscal and educational impact of charter...
Organized parent power helps win our strike

Organized parent power helps win our strike

  Above, on the first day of our strike, parents and community members (Maria Osorio on the mic, with ACCE organizer Cesar Castrejon) with Reclaim Our Schools LA stage a “teach-in” at the offices of Oaktree Capital Management to protest unchecked charter industry...
‘People don’t strike for 6%; we strike for justice’

‘People don’t strike for 6%; we strike for justice’

Our potential strike is about meeting the diverse needs of our very diverse students.  By Noriko Nakada, Emerson Middle School  Like most fall weekends, this past one was busy. There was a Friday night festival at my child’s school, there was a homecoming football...