“ Zei Squirrel” is my absolute favorite Twitter account. Squirrel’s principled politics and peerless knowledge are only matched by their polished prose. I’m always learning something new from them, and look forward to their tweets and their essays here on Substack. …

“Green Dot came and made it into more of a jail.” — Chris My history of opposing the Green Dot Charter School Corporation back when I was an activist is well known. On Schools Matter alone there’s over a dozen pieces I wrote on them. These days, as an educational…

Carl J. Petersen’s latest on Nick Melvoin’s right-wing school privatization organization is an important resource that should be shared widely: “Speak UP” For White Parents With Financial Privilege Nick Melvoin’s charter school advocacy group releases a study proving they were wrong about reopening schools after the…medium.com Melvoin and his surrogates fighting to preserve white supremacy is nothing new, and Petersen, a parent of children with disabilities, has also written about Melvoin’s ableist attacks on special education.

Adapted from my Twitter thread. On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, I got my second big win in court against a charter school corporation. It was also a major victory over their California Charter Schools Association (“CCSA”) trade association, which tried to use the case to carve out immunity to the…

Wealthy, white parents are advocating to create super-spreader events by reopening California schools that will put #BIPOC, #POC, and poor children the most at risk? Checks out. Childhood cases of COVID-19 have seen a dramatic upswing during the beginning of the supposedly “science believing” Biden-COP Administration. It's reckless for centrists to advocate for reopening schools, but that's where we're at.

The latest executive order by troglodyte Trump tacitly admits that charter schools are *NOT* public schools. We all knew that, but it’s nice when the vile privatizers tell on themselves. * While it is good to see DeVos and Trump on the way out, there’s little to hope for with Biden. It’s already been announced that right-wing, neoliberal hatchetman Bruce Reed will be Biden’s Deputy Chief of Staff, and the choice of seemingly apolitical Miguel Cardona is probably for a reason.

Modified from an original twitter thread. Angeleno and disappointed about a November ballot with two vile, sundowning ra[ ]ists in Donald Trump and Joe Biden? Vote Gloria La Riva or Angela N. Walker, and then focus on these key down-ballot races and ballot measures. …

A copy of this letter was sent to each individual member via email August 1, 2020 Dear Members of the Board of Education: I am an educational rights attorney and law professor here in Los Angeles. …

From a May 9, 2020 Twitter thread Liberals supporting Joe Biden today, like far-right supporters of arch-reactionary Kavanaugh in 2018, have been throwing around the phrase “due process” as part of their rape apologetics. Both Biden and Kavanaugh are powerful white males credibly accused of rape. Rather than scrutinize these…