AWESOME: LA TO BEGIN PRIVATIZATION OF SCHOOLS!

AWESOME:

AS OBAMA, AXELROD AND RAHM TRY TO TRANSFORM AMERICA INTO A SOCIALIST NATION SUBSERVIENT TO THE EUROPEANS, CHINA AND THE UN, LOS ANGELES IS ACTUALLY GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION - THE RIGHT DIRECTRION:

VIA HOT AIR:

One of the nation’s largest and most troubled school districts finally got desperate enough to try something new to rescue its schools: private-sector competition. The Los Angeles Unified School District approved a plan to turn 250 of its schools to the private sector for management as charter schools, after winning a battle with the teachers union. Union officials threatened to take the school district to court, while Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa practically dared them to try:

In a startling acknowledgment that the Los Angeles school system cannot improve enough schools on its own, the city Board of Education approved a plan Tuesday that could turn over 250 campuses — including 50 new multimillion-dollar facilities — to charter groups and other outside operators.

The plan, approved on a 6-1 vote, gives Supt. Ramon C. Cortines the power to recommend the best option to run some of the worst-performing schools in the city as well as the newest campuses. Board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte dissented. …

The action signals a historic turning point for the Los Angeles Unified School District, which has struggled for decades to boost student achievement.

AWESOME.

THE TIDE IS TURNING...