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Deasy proposes overhaul for campus reform
- 05-05-2011
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy is proposing to overhaul the district's Public School Choice reform program, eliminating a controversial public vote and limiting the campuses that can be included. Deasy also wants to streamline the teachers contracts at schools in the program that end up being run by internal district-based groups. That would give school management more flexibility, similar to charter schools, but is likely to be opposed by unions because it could eliminate some hard-fought workplace rules. Public School Choice, launched in 2009, allows outside groups to compete with LAUSD-based teams to run some of the district's lowest-performing and newest campuses. The process allows the community to vote on its preferred bidder, a nonbinding ballot that was criticized for being too open to manipulation. Deasy wants to do away with that vote. (more...)
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