Links

informed_bulldogs is a student-created Myspace site. garfieldunites believes students should be allowed to build their own campaign, but we can all benefit by staying informed about what all members of the Garfield community are doing for this school!

• www.myspace.com/informed_bulldogs
  

saveourpublicschools is a teacher-created blog for discussing the background issues at stake in the small schools question. garfieldunites neither endorses nor opposes the views represented there, and we encourage readers to get involved in the conversation.

• savepublicschools.com

Here are some additional links to blogs, articles of interest, and other items suggested by our readers. They represent different points of view, and not every item lines up with this blog's purpose, which is to mobilize the Garfield teaching community, in collaboration with UTLA and supporting community stakeholders, to block the Flores-Aguilar motion and to push for authentic school change from our local perspective. But we like academic debate, so happy reading! I'm having some problems with the links, so I'll post these as text; readers can paste them into their browser.

• www.dailynews.com/search/ci_13185224?source=email - Robert Skeel's op-ed in the August 22 Daily News, "Why school choice plan is a bad idea for our district"
• rdsathene.blogspot.com/ - Robert Skeel's blog
• 4lakidsnews.blogspot.com/ - blog by parent-activist Scott Folsom; we recommend the Letter to Board President Monica Garcia from August 20
  
• itsyolie.blogspot.com/ - Yolie Flores-Aguilar's blog, last updated July 10
• www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/uk/2009/06/charter-pilot-and-traditional-schools-in-boston-facts-to-refocus-the-debate.html - blog article from Harvard Graduate School of Education professer Thomas Kane, with analysis somewhat favorable to charters in the Massachusetts school system

For those ready for heavier, but very compelling analysis, check out "Correctly Understanding 'School Choice.'" Social Science and Modern Society 46 (2009): 324-332, on journal newstands like Vroman's in Pasadena (sorry, no permission to link at this juncture).