“Nearly 2 out of 3 Black parents said they didn’t want to send children back to school. While many cited concerns about Covid as a factor, 43% of those respondents who kept children home were concerned about bullying, racism & low academic standards for Black children at school.”

“One of the most shameful aspects of American public education is the mistreatment of Black students.”

New survey looks at impact of racial bias on Black Ss in L.A. and how it affects Black parents’ decisions on returning to schools during the pandemic.

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Harmful Assembly Bill 1316 Will Face a Floor Vote Between Now and June 4. Act now to STOP #AB1316 : speakupparents.org/urgent-action-… California Governor

'I’m a single mom, and my 7-year-old son is doing hybrid learning, so he’s not online only two days a week. My mom used to be able to help watch the kids, but a month into that, her health declined, so I have to take care of her, too. It's...a lot.' thecut.com/2021/02/women-…

We can't just go back to business as usual. After decades of systemic racism in education, schools need to build trust among Black families and go back better. #goingbackbetter #reopeningsafely
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We can't just go back to business as usual. After decades of systemic racism in education, schools need to build trust among Black families and go back better. #goingbackbetter #reopeningsafely
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We can't just go back to business as usual. After decades of systemic racism in education, schools need to build trust among Black families and go back better. #goingbackbetter #reopeningsafely
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We can't just go back to business as usual. After decades of systemic racism in education, schools need to build trust among Black families and go back better. #goingbackbetter #reopeningsafely
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If we can open outdoor restaurants, why not outdoor classrooms? Shouldn't the kids be allowed to learn in LA? Gavin Newsom latimes.com/california/sto…

'If everybody has to be vaccinated, we might as well just tell people the truth: there will be no in-person instruction in the state of California. Just tell them the truth. Don't mislead people,' Gavin Newsom said. politico.com/states/califor…

Rivera says LAUSD should have done more for her son. Others feel the same. Their complaints reached the U.S. DOE's Office for Civil Rights, which opened investigations to uncover whether the district failed to serve disabled students during the pandemic.
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Multiple parents of kids with special needs flooded public comment at today's LAUSD Committee of the Whole meeting demanding that LAUSD start serving kids with disabilities whose needs cannot me met via distance learning or allow contracted NPA agency employees to do so.

Students are #DisconnectED from their learning. Over 40 organizations call on Mayor Karen Bass to lead City of Los Angeles in holding Spectrum AT&T Frontier Internet T-Mobile Verizon accountable for addressing the unacceptable digital inequities our children are facing. #InternetforAll

Students are #DisconnectED from their learning. Over 40 organizations call on Mayor Karen Bass to lead City of Los Angeles in holding Spectrum AT&T Frontier Internet T-Mobile Verizon accountable for addressing the unacceptable digital inequities our children are facing. #InternetforAll

Students are #DisconnectED from their learning. Over 40 organizations call on Mayor Karen Bass
to lead City of Los Angeles
in holding Spectrum
AT&T
Frontier Internet
T-Mobile
Verizon
accountable for addressing the unacceptable digital inequities our children are facing. #InternetforAll

We are over 40 organizations strong representing over 250,000 children who are #DisconnectED . We call on Mayor Karen Bass to address digital inequity in City of Los Angeles. A generation of students is at stake and the City must take action now. #InternetforAll

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This is it! Today is Election Day. Polls are open until 8 p.m. Vote for TANYA ORTIZ FRANKLIN & MARILYN KOZIATEK for change on the LAUSD school board. VOTE YES on Props 15 & 16! Vote for our kids! Let's do this! lavote.net #OurSchoolsOurVote

Welp, This is it! Today is Election Day! Polls are open until 8 p.m. Vote for TANYA ORTIZ FRANKLIN for LAUSD school board. VOTE YES on Props 15 and 16! Vote for our kids! Let's do this! lavote.net #OurSchoolsOurVote Tanya Ortiz Franklin YesProp16