tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post6891477291994048263..comments2023-07-03T05:58:37.124-07:00Comments on THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: The "Parent Trigger" and its connections to the phony LA Parents Union, Green Dot, Steve Barr, and Eli BroadThe Perimeter Primatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-38799775676048569592010-05-03T15:12:10.537-07:002010-05-03T15:12:10.537-07:00More about Ben Austin:
Benjamin Austin, 40, of Lo...More about Ben Austin:<br /><br />Benjamin Austin, 40, of Los Angeles, has been appointed to the State Board of Education. He has served as executive director of the Los Angeles Parents Union and Parents Revolution since 2008 and as an assistant city attorney for Los Angeles since 2006. Previously, he was a consultant for Green Dot Public Schools from 2006 to 2008. Austin was<br />consultant for First 5 California and Rob Reiner from 2002 to 2006 and assistant city attorney for Los Angeles from 2001 to 2002. He served as deputy mayor for Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan from 2000 to 2001 and was communication director of the Host Committee for the 2000 Democratic National Convention from 1999 to 2000. Austin was a litigation<br />associate for Irell and Manella from 1998 to 1999. Prior to that, he served the White House in the Office of Presidential<br />Advance from 1993 to 1999 and as a deputy in the Office of Political Affairs from 1994 to 1995. Austin was a media<br />relations deputy for the U.S. General Services Administration from 1993 to 1994, press advance for the Presidential<br />Inaugural Committee from 1992 to 1993 and advance for Clinton/Gore ’92. This position requires Senate confirmation and compensation is $100 per diem. Austin is a Democrat.<br /><br />http://imperialvalleynews.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=6967The Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-51254241331162384922010-02-24T21:40:32.686-08:002010-02-24T21:40:32.686-08:00More on the big Los Angeles setback for profit-bas...More on the big Los Angeles setback for profit-based charters:<br /><br /><br />"We find this to be an appalling decision," said Jed Wallace, chief executive of the California Charters Schools Assn. "Merit was not at the heart of the matter today. The three organizations taken out of the process today . . . are understood at the national level to be the gold standard as far as charter operators go."<br /><br /><br />Translation: WAAAAAHHHHHH!!!<br /><br /><br />When your "Gold Standard" is the equivalent of dog-poo, you have problems.<br /><br />I apologize for slandering dog-poo by comparing it to for-profit Charter schools.<br /><br />That wasn't nice.niktohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219069038917729013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-47855044306905981932010-02-24T21:36:15.018-08:002010-02-24T21:36:15.018-08:00OMG!!
STOP THE PRESSES!!
Here's some GOOD NEW...OMG!!<br />STOP THE PRESSES!!<br /><br />Here's some GOOD NEWS on the Public School front.<br /><br />Eli Broad and Steve Barr must <br />be steaming!!<br /><br />For-profit charters just took a blow to-the-chin in Los Angeles:<br /><br />"In an unlikely victory, groups of teachers, rather than outside operators, will run the vast majority of 30 campuses under a controversial school reform effort, the Los Angeles Board of Education decided Tuesday.<br /><br />It was an ironic twist to a strategy that was designed to allow outsiders to manage new or troubled campuses in the Los Angeles Unified School District. When the board approved the concept in August, it was a stunning acknowledgment that the nation's second-largest school system needed help to improve its schools.<br /><br />But the result was far different. Acting mostly on recommendations from Supt. Ramon C. Cortines, the board agreed Tuesday to turn over 22 of the schools to teacher-led efforts. Board members also supported Cortines' proposal to have different groups share some campuses. Teachers, for example, were given a role at two other schools along with outside groups.<br /><br />The teachers competed against Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's nonprofit school organization and charter schools, independently run public campuses that are mostly nonunion.<br /><br />In the end, charter schools were given the chance to run four schools and the mayor's Partnership for Los Angeles Schools was given three."<br /><br />Here's the whole story:<br /><br /><br />http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lausd24-2010feb24,0,5021988.story<br /><br /><br />So Mr. Cortines is not the goat he was shaping up to be.<br /><br />This is not a good day to be Eli Broad's dog "Fifi", that's for sure. (I just assume he's got one)<br /><br />In fact, better call the ASPCA, 'cause Fifi is probably getting abused as badly as students in a for-profit charter school!<br /><br />(And that is BAD)niktohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13219069038917729013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-58676161635509168422010-02-24T08:41:55.409-08:002010-02-24T08:41:55.409-08:00Awesome work Sharon! Your article goes a long way ...Awesome work Sharon! Your article goes a long way towards demonstrating how all of the so-called "education reform" initiatives in Los Angeles are the machinations of everyone's favorite AIG bailout recipient. For more on the Green Dot, LAPU, Parent Revolution connections, see my piece:<br /><br /><b>On Parent Revolution (née LAPU) Pretending to Distance Themselves from Green Dot</b><br /><a href="http://rdsathene.blogspot.com/2009/09/on-parent-revolution-nee-lapu.html" rel="nofollow">http://rdsathene.blogspot.com/2009/09/on-parent-revolution-nee-lapu.html</a><br /><br />Another thing to bear in mind is that LAPU/PR sits directly under Green Dot's second floor suite in the World Trade Center -- 350 South Figueroa Street. It's my understanding that employees still circulate between the two organizations constantly, and share resources. <br /><br />The infamous <i>"Annenberg Document"</i> mentioned in my article also addresses the SIEU question you posed, as well as making the outright admission of everything you exposed above: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/25496653/Green-Dot-Public-sic-Schools-Los-Angeles-Parents-Union" rel="nofollow">http://www.scribd.com/doc/25496653/Green-Dot-Public-sic-Schools-Los-Angeles-Parents-Union</a><br /><br />In return for serving Eli's interests, SEIU 1877 was given a spot on Green Dot's secretive board. <a href="http://www.greendot.org/about_us/board_of_directors" rel="nofollow">Mike Garcia – President, Service Employees International Union Local 1877</a>Robert D. Skeels * rdsathenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07920561332154131328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-21500705291147945032010-02-23T16:51:43.275-08:002010-02-23T16:51:43.275-08:00The second visit for today:
Direct Hit
Februar...The second visit for today:<br /><br /> Direct Hit<br /> February 23, 2010 4:44 PM IP: 65.214.152.90 (mail.broadfoundation.org) Windows XP Windows XP<br /> Los Angeles, CA, United States Internet Explorer 7.0 Internet Explorer 7.0The Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-43992354679441740922010-02-23T12:10:22.911-08:002010-02-23T12:10:22.911-08:00They're back again today.
Referring URL: http...They're back again today.<br /><br />Referring URL: http://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2010/02/perimeter-primate-parent-trigger-and.html<br /> February 23, 2010 11:54 AM IP: 65.214.152.90 (mail.broadfoundation.org) Windows XP Windows XP<br /> Los Angeles, CA, United States Internet Explorer 7.0 Internet Explorer 7.0The Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-64079089493538163982010-02-23T07:02:04.207-08:002010-02-23T07:02:04.207-08:00Jay Mathews on the Parent Trigger and and comments...Jay Mathews on the Parent Trigger and and comments here:<br /><br />http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2010/02/down_with_parent_power.html#commentsThe Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-65440072082194047802010-02-22T15:11:42.019-08:002010-02-22T15:11:42.019-08:00Ben Austin clearly didn't get the implications...Ben Austin clearly didn't get the implications of praising Warner Avenue as his idea of a model school -- which is rather a problem in someone who's paid to be a supposed parent leader. (Or rather, he's not a parent leader -- he just plays one on TV.)<br /><br />There's nothing wrong, most people would say, with being a paid lobbyist or spokesperson. But shilling -- pretending to be a regular member of the public, or in this case an ordinary concerned parent -- while actually being a paid lobbyist or spokesperson is just dishonest and unethical. That says it all about the whole Parent Revolution scam.carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127336930949752636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-19628482983359218082010-02-22T12:42:19.439-08:002010-02-22T12:42:19.439-08:00Before working with Green Dot, Marco Petruzzi was ...Before working with Green Dot, Marco Petruzzi was a partner in Bain Capital - Mitt Romney's old firm - one of the major private equity firms that acquire public companies, strip them of their wealth, while paying themselves exhorbitatnt fees, and them sell them back to the public.<br /><br />Green Dot in NYC is overseen by Jeffrey Leeds, whose private equity firm owns temporary labor companies and proprietary, for-profit schools. <br /><br />How's that for synergy, as they like to say in B-school?Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-45830939378227420392010-02-22T11:31:33.136-08:002010-02-22T11:31:33.136-08:00Broad Foundation monitoring:
Direct Hit
February ...Broad Foundation monitoring:<br /><br />Direct Hit<br />February 22, 2010 11:00 AM <br />IP: 65.214.152.90 (mail.broadfoundation.org)<br />Windows XP<br />Internet Explorer 7.0 <br />Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe Perimeter Primatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12619173438763495716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359348507190689090.post-89529739190762227622010-02-22T03:25:49.392-08:002010-02-22T03:25:49.392-08:00Good old Green Dot. My union is proud partners wi...Good old Green Dot. My union is proud partners with them. I've repeatedly asked about their "just cause" provision, which UFT bigshots assure me is better than tenure, since it doesn't take three years to kick in.<br /><br />How many times has it been utilized, and how many teacher jobs has it protected? Neither the UFT nor any of several journalists I've asked can come up with a direct response.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.com