Update: What the LAUSD Teacher Strike Means for Special Education Students
Educators in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation’s second largest school district, are striking this week in an effort to reach better terms in their contract negotiations with the District. In this episode, we’re exploring how the District is approaching the negotiations and what the teachers are demanding.
What We Discuss in This Episode:
- Did school districts use FAPE as their reason for not wanting teachers to strike?
- How the District’s arguments favor certain students over others
- The effect of the breakdown of negotiations in October 2018
- What did the District offer teachers in negotiations and what were the teachers demanding?
- How did the Chanda Smith case affect today’s teacher strike?
- Why the District’s argument that FAPE requires special education teachers, at the very least, to remain working is laughable
- Using the excuse that there is no money in the District’s budget is silly
- Will school schedules continue as usual?
- Who will teach the classes while the teachers strike?
Resources Mentioned:
Chanda Smith v. Los Angeles Unified School District (1993)
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