Homelessness

Last time, I pointed out that PUC charter schools has a vastly lower homeless population than surrounding schools. This difference, however, is not unique to them. It is true for most charter schools across Los Angeles. Charter schools in Los Angeles have much lower populations of homeless students than traditional district schools. This trend holds not […]

PUC Schools, a non-profit charter network which operates 5 schools in the area I discussed in the last post, has an extremely low homeless student population. According to their enrollment data (which was recored last Fall), out of their student body of 5,316 students, 3 were classified homeless. That is 0.06% of their student population. […]

My students are currently working on their Magnet Capstone Projects. These are interdisciplinary projects where they take an issue important to their community, Highland Park, and analyze prior actions in a historiography, write an argumentative essay and create a piece of accompanying art or technology to address the issue. As a teacher, it’s a lot […]