It has been just over 300 days since I started this blog, and in that time, I have written 95 posts. I started it as a dinky little Tumblr account, and have grown into a full-on Blog. And while I started by just sharing this with my students and friends, there are now people, whom I have never […]
Co-Location
Celerity Troika: Scores vs. Integrity
Last week, a bombshell dropped in the form of 20 megabytes of PDFs on the agenda files of the LAUSD Board of Education. Yes, buried deep within the most boring file ever was a something that rarely happens. The charter schools division recommended the denial of seven charter schools. One of those schools whose charter […]
Colocation Case Study #3: Birmingham High Complex
A few weeks ago, I went to a training at Mulholland Middle School and got completely lost. While driving around, I was struck by how large the campus was – but then I realized that it wasn’t just one campus; it was seven. On this one giant plot of land in Van Nuys, there are […]
Co-Location Case Study #2 – Bernstein vs. APEX Academy
This week, I am taking a look at Co-Location (see previous post here), and one co-location that has been peaking my attention has been APEX Academy. According to APEX academy‘s website (which is basically only half done and is filled with nonsense placeholders) APEX started as a small school in LAUSD, but eventually decided to become […]
Co-locations Case Study #1 – Celerity Nascent and 42nd Street
One of the hot topic issues right now in LAUSD is co-locations. Essentially, under Proposition 39, charter schools may request resources from the district. This can include space to house their campus, providing that there is open classroom space. There are many sites all around LAUSD that have empty classroom space, while the commercial real […]