Education reformer, writer, speaker, agitator.

Joined December 2008
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State-run community schools weaken families by assuming roles traditionally held by parents. larrysand.substack.com/p/gov…

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Employing a value-added approach for teachers, pay-for-performance, and classroom cameras would lead to better-educated, less disruptive students. larrysand.substack.com/p/cre…

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Public employee unions in L.A. hold children hostage, and the school district is complicit. larrysand.substack.com/p/the…

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My latest op-ed has been published by the So Cal News Group, which includes the LA Daily News, Orange County Register, and many other newspapers in Southern California. The Los Angeles teachers’ union is close to striking, again dailynews.com/2026/02/06/lar…
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The teachers’ unions are more radical and duplicitous than ever. open.substack.com/pub/larrys…

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The culture wars are taking their toll, and the nation could suffer irreparable damage. larrysand.substack.com/p/our…

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The culture wars are taking their toll, and the nation could suffer irreparable damage. open.substack.com/pub/larrys…

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As someone who attended public school in the 1950s and 1960s, taught in elementary and middle schools in the early 1970s, and then from 1984 until I retired in 2009, I have seen firsthand the utter devastation of our nation’s schools. What follows are six things we must do to change course. amgreatness.com/2026/01/07/s…
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