linkage) between the studied community and policy makers. The benefit of this linkage between the mezzo and macro level can generate the flow of revenue within the studied community. But one must ask, what gets lost through this linkage? Some may argue that the dominating policies, laws, and or regulations (Budget) of white heteronormative society can lose historical and cultural context. MacArthur Park, which is located in the Westlake Neighborhood of Los Angeles California, was named after General
Implementation of charter schools in LAUSD by George Szabo Introduction to Public Management and Policy POSC / CRJU 320 Dr. Samuel B. Stone California State University, Fullerton September 29, 2015 $490-million dollar plan In California there is frequent debate over the performance of public schools throughout the state. It is known that many of the state’s public schools are poorly funded and lay in disrepair. It is also accompanied by bad test scores and underperforming students which is
olicy Problem Half of students entering high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District do not graduate. Only about ten percent of those students seek or are offered Continuation/adult School to finalize their studies and receive a GED. (Afolayan, 1991) The population of students that will be addressed are those students who were held back to remediate the year and catch up with the rest of their peers. Based on my findings many factors must be considered in order to retain a student from
School counseling has evolved over the years into a significant component of the educational system. School counselors are taking on new roles in schools as leaders, working with “school administration and staff in developing student attitudes and behavior which are necessary to maintain proper control, acceptable standards of self-discipline and a suitable learning environment within the school” (Secondary School Counselor 2012). Counselors work in “diverse community settings designed to provide
Results and Discussion – My data analysis of racial demographics in the school district shows that the area is uniquely isolated – surrounded by communities that don’t look similar. At Palos Verdes Peninsula High, there are two primary ethnic groups that attend school – white students and Asian students. Combined, they make up over 75% of the high school population, while white students represent the largest overall at just over 40%. The third largest ethnic group represented is Hispanic or Latino
ineffective delinquency prevention programs” (2003:130). Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a City of Los Angeles Government substance abuse prevention education program that seeks to prevent the use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. Founded in Los Angeles in 1983 as a joint initiative of the-LAPD chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District as a demand-side drug control strategy of the American War on Drugs. Students who enter the program sign
Mexican-American. As a product from Los Angeles Unified School District and attending an urban high school, James A. Garfield High School, in East Los Angeles, I want to share my personal experience attending an under-resourced and overpopulated public high school. Also, I will be able to provide my personal experience in my community as well as share my cultural and family expectations as a Latina woman. I hope to share my knowledge and understanding of different school districts and communities I have
Ten School Program this program was implemented in The Los Angeles Unified School District. According to LAUSD.net (2008) the one of main reason this program was to provide an instructional program and an organizational design and provide a language intensive that will redirect the pattern of poor academic achievement of African American and other students in predominately Hispanic, Black, Asian and other Non-Anglo (PHBAO) Schools also knowns as low income areas. According to the Los Angeles Unified
(2015). Homelessness and Sexual Identity Among Middle School Students. Journal of School Health, 85(8), 552-557. The authors, researchers in this article acknowledged the different rates of homelessness in homosexuals and heterosexuals. However, their main focus is how it relates or apply to middle school students. Researchers used representative data, examining sexual identity and homelessness among Los Angeles Unified School District middle school students. They were also able to use
Justice? When I think back to when I attended grade school, I remember suspensions were common. You could say I was a good kid, because I never got suspended, but that was not so for the class clowns, trouble makers, ditchers of the school. One of the reasons for the increase in suspension rates had to do with zero tolerance policies. Did zero tolerance help shape these children to be better students, or did it simply aid in pushing them out of school? In the news right now there is great controversy