Candidate for
Board Member; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 2

I support what works in Education:

• Fully funded public schools with elected school boards
• Small class sizes
• Dual language immersion
• Free voluntary reading (FVR) and ample access to libraries. FVR is a research based notion of allowing students to chose their reading materials.
• Project based learning and respect for vocational education
• Culturally relevant curriculum, ethnic studies, and liberation pedagogy
• Arts, music, and literature
• Schools encouraging community and parent collaboration. Our schools belong to the communities they serve and can never achieve their potential without listening to the voices of parents.
• Professional, experienced educators with the right to collective bargaining

• Privatization via charters and vouchers
• Standardized tests being used for high stakes accountability decisions
• A singular focus on testing leading to a narrowing of curricula and elimination of electives
• Segregation by race, class, and ethnicity, which result from privatization and other corporate reforms.
• Discrimination against students with special needs or disabilities
• Alternate teaching certifications that lead to inexperienced and unqualified instructors
• Unproven methodologies and programs being imposed on districts
• No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Common Core State Standards
• Profiteering in the name of "helping kids"