Initial reaction to Increasing Choice
Ms. García and Ms. Martinez presented their Board “Resolution to Examine Increasing Choice and Removing Boundaries for Neighborhood Schools.” I am glad that LAUSD is looking at enrollment. We’ve long advocated that the LAUSD school choice processes are too complex and thus inaccessible to many families. What is not readily clear from the resolution...
Reflecting on LAUSD’s school choice Board motions
It’s been an interesting week at LAUSD for school choice options. I hope all of this activity leads to some positive results. We started this site because we saw the families we work with at our school struggle to navigate the LAUSD school choice programs. There is one Board motion that has been passed and...
LA media reports the new Open Enrollment debate
Here are the highlights of what is being said around LA about LAUSD’s new Open Enrollment plans A few take aways. We shouldn’t have to debate how many student are or have been enrolled in LAUSD, this should be easy to find information on LAUSD’s website. Depending on the story Daily Breeze pegs current enrollment...
HCC open letter regarding LAUSD open enrollment
This morning my Google Alert for LAUSD Open Enrollment was filled with stories about a pending Board resolution regarding a new Open Enrollment policy. Currently the term “Open Enrollment” in LAUSD refers to the process in late May where parents can sign their kid up for any school with openings. Outside of LAUSD “Open Enrollment”...
Keeping up appearances
Schools should keep their online presence as neat as their physical presence. At least that is what I think after trying to help some students research their school choices. I’m pretty sure I’m missing some things, please add in the comments. Things to do. Best done by breaking these into small tasks. What you...
What Denver can teach LAUSD about choice
Op-ed: Denver Public School system just took a huge step toward making school choice universally accessible. For the 2012-2013 school year parents who want to take advantage of school choice, have a single application for all schools (neighborhood, magnet, charter). Denver is not the same as LAUSD, but much of what Denver is doing could be...
Is School Choice truly available for the poor
School choice madness in LAUSD is about to start, but I want to get this out before we go too far down the school choice path. I know school choice is stressful. This site started as some buddies and me just publishing what we knew about school choices to make it easier for us to...
HCC’s list of top Schools in Los Angeles (part 3 of 3)
I finally watched Waiting for Superman; unintentionally it highlights the need for an overhaul of how LAUSD handles school choice and parent engagement. I was especially drawn to local protagonist, Daisy’s family, applying her for one of 10 sixth grade slots at Kipp LA Prep which, unlike most middle schools, starts in the 5th grade....
HCC’s list of top Schools in Los Angeles (part 2 of 3)
When it comes to picking a school in the nations second largest school district, you have few metrics to compare schools and equally limited places to get that information. LAUSD has given parents a ridiculous amount of school choices, over 798, but its up to you the parent to compare and pick the schools. Where...
HCC’s list of top Schools in Los Angeles (part 1 of 3)
We’re doing for LA schools what US News and World Report does for America’s Colleges. We are ranking LA schools from number 1 to dead last. Okay that’s not true. But it does lead to a few questions that we are breaking into a 3 part series. First why do you want to choose a...
