Sneak Preview ...
... of tomorrow (Thursday's) Daily News editorial on the LAUSD's API nose-dive. Be sure to check in after midnight for the full thing. Till then:
What’s worse is that Superintendent David Brewer III places blame on the the district’s black and Latino students. But the ethnic makeup of the LAUSD hasn’t suddenly shifted. So this excuse rings hollow, as do the two other excuses offered up: Results are analyzed differently, or the numbers are skewed by the opening of two new high schools.Baloney. Something’s wrong at the LAUSD, but it isn’t the students. What’s wrong is that failure is met with excuses, and the fundamental dysfunction of the school district is ignored.