Category: School Board Policies, Politics, and Practices
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Let’s Speak Up Story: It’s All Started with Raising Superhero Now Equipping the Next Generation of Leaders
It Started with After-School Playdates… Then Came the Text Message That Changed Everything. The idea behind Let’s Speak Up™ and the SELF-Ex™ Guide began in the most unexpected way: during after-school playdates filled with the unfiltered chatter of my daughter and her friends.
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The Impact of Institutional Cover-Ups: Urgent Call for Reform🚨
When schools cover up misconduct, victims endure years of trauma, offenders continue their abuse, and taxpayers and institutions bear the financial burden, while complicit officials evade accountability. This cycle of cover-up is a playbook used by school officials that exploits victims’ vulnerabilities, forcing both offenders and victims into silence and shame (https://letsspeakup.com/the-shipwreck-of-institutional-betrayal-why-individuals-self-harm-harm-others/). This only intensifies…
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Is Your University Engaged in “Academic Malpractice at $80,000 a Year”?
Recent investigations into various school districts reveal alarming patterns of misconduct, cover-ups, and violations of students’ rights. The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is a glaring example, where a federal probe uncovered repeated failures to adequately address incidents of sexual harassment and assault. These failures violated civil rights laws, leaving students vulnerable to the…
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Let’s Speak Up: Protect Your Child from Schools Officials Covert Practices
Recent investigations into various school districts reveal alarming patterns of misconduct, cover-ups, and violations of students’ rights. The San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) is a glaring example, where a federal probe uncovered repeated failures to adequately address incidents of sexual harassment and assault. These failures violated civil rights laws, leaving students vulnerable to the…
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Fighting Expulsion of Free Speech
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Article Written by Job Burstein https://phys.org/news/2010-12-legal-settlement-student-facebook-comments.html More about this case: https://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/ptech/02/16/facebook.speech.ruling/index.html A former Florida high school student scored what her attorneys call a victory for the First Amendment last week with the end of her two-year legal battle over her Facebook comments about a teacher. Katherine “Katie” Evans’ three-day suspension from Pembroke Pines Charter High…
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Systemic Issues in Educational Institutions
On November 16th, 2018 the Department of Education issued a press release that the proposed Title IX rule “provides clarity for schools, support for survivors, and due process rights to all.” That is a distortion of the truth! This newly proposed regulation is written by school officials lobbyist group.
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“Willful Defiance” is Banned from Education Codes! Yet, Schools Use it to Justify Expulsions
Guide to ‘Willful Defiance’: Has your student been accused of ‘willful defiance’? Know that ‘willful defiance’ has been banned from Education Codes! Yet, school administrators use it to justify expulsions for their personal agenda.
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Put Students First? Disingenuous Rhetoric!
School board trustees are supposed to be apolitical. Trustees are entrusted to serve students’ best interests. However, repeatedly the SDUHSD, San Dieguito Union High School District, school board has clearly failed to Put Students First. As a relentless voice for students and families, and advocate for policies that focus on the achievement and well-being of…
