Thursday: LAUSD, Klimt, Barbie and More
Thursday's opinion drama:
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa:'It's a Great Deal For Our Kids'
The mayor explains his compromise plan to reform L.A.' s public schools.
Jonah Goldberg: The Web's Yellow DNA
Online punditry harkens back to Old Media's populist roots.
Edward Serotta: A Painting With a Rich History
Just The 92-year-old Klimt portrait is the story of empires, wars -- and victims.
Patt Morrison: Kill Barbie
Better to euthanize the 46-year-old doll than subject us to another fanciful makeover.
Editorials
This Is Reform?
Mayor Villaraigosa pledged to take over L.A. schools. But what he's getting is something less dramatic -- and less helpful.
Bullet Bill Right on Target
Stamping cartridges willl help solve murders with missing guns.
Whaling On Japan
Country tries to oppose hunting ban, even though its own citizens gave the meat up years ago.
Re: Antonio's Big Plan
Congratulations, Mr. Villaraigosa. You've just sold nearly 800,000 children down the river in furtherence of your personal goals.
Parents, GET YOUR CHILDREN OUT of LA schools. Your mayor's "plan" is nothing less than the wholesale turning over of LAUSD to the unions. He has eviscerated the Board of Education and gutted the Superintendent's office as well.
NOBODY will ever fire another bad teacher.
NOBODY will ever question a teacher's curricula, no matter how inaccurate or even downright damaging it is.
Every single thing he claims is going to free up good teacher to improve their classrooms IS ALSO GOING TO FREE UP BAD TEACHERS TO MAKE THEIRS WORSE!!!!!
And if you believe that there are more good teachers than mediocre and bad ones in LAUSD schools, then you should see your doctor for a prescription for those delusional episodes you're having.
Posted by: Sheryl | June 22, 2006 at 03:47 PM