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33rd Annual Playboy Jazz Festival Line-up Announced
2011 Playboy Jazz Festival participants: Ronnie Laws, Ndugu Chancler, Bill Cosby, Harvey Mason and Patrice Rushen (front) *Hollywood, CA. – Organizers are gearing up for another stellar event. The 33rd...
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Los Angeles’ Jefferson High School’s Forgotten Black Students Celebrate
Los Angeles, CA - Jefferson High School's Jefferson African-American Male Academy of Leadership (JAAMAL) and Sister Circle members at the Jefferson High School Sister Circle and JAAMAL Awards Banquet...
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Between the Lines: Los Angeles Unified School District Is Still Waiting For...
*The nation’s second largest (and least performing) school district, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), was put through the paces this week when its superintendent, John Deasy, put the...
View ArticleL.A. Principal Geo. McKenna Focus of Award-winning Film to Run for Political...
Los Angeles, CA – Esteemed educator and school administrator Dr. George McKenna, III, whose turnaround of Washington Prep High School led to an award-winning movie starring Denzel Washington, has...
View ArticleHot News! Omarosa Has Entered the L.A. Unified School Board Special Election
*Known to some as the ruthless villain on the popular television show “Apprentice,” Omarosa O. Manigault has entered the LAUSD special election and is running for office. This new title will certainly...
View ArticleBetty Pleasant: The Assassination of George McKenna
Another smear on Los Angeles politics within the LA Unified School District – the following article (released 7/22/14) is re-printed in its entirety by permission of CityWatch news editor: The...
View ArticleBetween the Lines: The Con Is Up On Protest Pretense
I, first, want to say, that I am enjoying my summer vacation, and my two month break from writing weekly columns (after 23 consecutive years), while I take time to complete two documentaries and write...
View ArticlePresident Bill Clinton Awarded at Star Studded Gala
*The music is monk and jazz is king! That is the resounding take away from the events hosted by the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz last weekend in Los Angeles. On Sunday, November 9, 2014...
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Michelle King Promoted to Head Los Angeles Unified School District
*(Via LA School Report) – After a three-month nationwide search, the LA Unified school board today kept it all in the family, naming Michelle King, a district teacher and administrator for nearly 30...
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LAUSD Whistleblower Protection – Does it Exist?
*This is the story of what happens when someone reports wrong doing by an employer. This story probably plays out daily in an office near you. This is why most go along to get along; but I’m not built...
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Cheryl Dorsey: Is More Power Really Needed at LAUSD?
*Apparently some believe that AB 2806 would “significantly weaken the investigative powers of LAUSD’s Office of the Inspector General and reduce their ability to uncover charter school fraud,...
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Los Angeles Unified Concert Will Benefit Arts Education Programs
*Los Angeles, CA – On April 12, 2018, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LA Unified) will host a Benefit Concert at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Downtown Los Angeles. The...
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Cheryl Dorsey: LAUSD Watchdog Abruptly Resigns
*On March 9, 2018, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Office of Inspector General (OIG) Deputy Inspector General, Investigations Frank Cabibi was forced to resign in lieu of termination. The...
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The Pulse of Entertainment: LAUSD Benefit Concert ‘We Are One’ Uplifted...
*The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) held a benefit concert called “We Are One” featuring performances by students, famous alumni and Grammy winning entertainers. “We Are One” was held at...
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Cheryl Dorsey/To LAUSD: Due Process is A Right
*In March 2015, after I filed a race and gender discrimination complaint against my supervisor, Frank Cabibi, [former] Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Los Angeles...
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Cheryl Dorsey: LAUSD Watchdog Lands New Job Amid Allegations of Misconduct &...
*The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Office of the Inspector General in 2018 was roiled by controversy. This office is responsible for investigating fraud, waste and abuse as well as the...
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LAUSD Watchdog Abruptly Resigns
*On March 9, 2018, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Office of Inspector General (OIG) Deputy Inspector General, Investigations Frank Cabibi was forced to resign in lieu of termination. The...
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Cheryl Dorsey: LAUSD Watchdog Lands New Job Amid Allegations of Misconduct &...
*The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Office of the Inspector General in 2018 was roiled by controversy. This office is responsible for investigating fraud, waste and abuse as well as the...
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Cheryl Dorsey: Vivian Ekchian – A Good Fit For Glendale Unified School District
*Who knew the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Catholic church had so much in common? Both are willing to shuffle around errant, high ranking administrators. Any employer who agrees to be...
View ArticleDistance Learning Better For Black Students: The Journal of Steffanie Rivers...
*Americans and people around the world have lived with COVID for at least 18 months. Even though everyone from 8 to 80 had to readjust to a new normal, parents of adolescents have had to make more...
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