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Advocates Seek To Reduce Student Suspensions By Axing 'Willful Defiance' Charge

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Student Behavior, Willful Defiance, Los Angeles Schools, Student Suspensions, Student Misconduct, California Schools, South Los Angeles Community Coalition, Student Conduct, Baltimore Schools, Video, Education News

LOS ANGELES -- School suspensions were once reserved for serious offenses including fighting and bringing weapons or drugs on campus. But these days t...

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LAUSD Should Fund Schools in Need, Not District Offices

David Lyell | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Schools, Underserved Schools Los Angeles, LAUSD Funding, LAUSD School Funding, LAUSD Schools, LAUSD Education, La Schools, Public Schools Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
David Lyell

When children in affluent communities have all the best supports as they grow and learn -- and children in our most economically depressed neighborhoods aren't afforded the same opportunities -- we can not even begin to approach using words to describe such an injustice.

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Stay Late and Graduate?

Stu Semigran | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Alvaro Cortes, Los Angeles Unified School District, Crime, Los Angeles, Arianna Huffington, Afterschool-Programs, Los Angeles Schools, Impact News
Stu Semigran

For with so many of our young people dropping out comes a rise in crime, teenage pregnancy and other risky activities that place a burden on society. The perpetual challenge we are all facing now more than ever, is how can we keep students in school?

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Students Speak Up: How Budget Cuts Are Hurting Them

Posted 02.14.2012

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As school districts are facing massive budget cuts across the country, school programs, teachers and students are taking the hit. Across the countr...

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Flex Schools Personalize, Enhance and Accelerate Learning

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Online Learning, Blended Learning, Flex Schools, San Francisco Schools, Los Angeles Schools, Prince George's County, Education News
Tom Vander Ark

Students spend 20 to 50 percent of their time online. The Bay Area's Rocketship Education is a high-performing elementary network where students spend two hours per day in a computer lab. KIPP Empower in Los Angeles has classroom centers that students rotate through.

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High Stakes Interviews: Sixth Grade

Jessica Gottlieb | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Middle School, Schools, Los Angeles Schools, Admissions Interviews, Middle School Admissions, School Admissions, Private School Admissions, Private Schools, Parents, Parents News
Jessica Gottlieb

Interviewing for sixth grade admissions in Los Angeles is as high stakes an interview as any in my lifetime.

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Education Department Seeks Public Input To Prevent Cheating In Schools

AP | Posted 01.20.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Education Department wants the public's input to develop guidelines to prevent and detect cheating. The effort comes after several c...

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Despite Congress Backtrack, Schools Move Ahead With Healthy Meals

| Sue Frey | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Hunger Free Kids Act, Video, Healthy School Lunch Program, Healthy, Healthy School Lunches, School Lunches, Childhood Nutrition, Lunch Wars, School Lunch, Los Angeles Schools, Childhood Obesity, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of California's EdSource Extra. A week after Congress backtracked on some key components of landmark school nutriti...

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Murder Of Gay Teen Illuminates Schools' Delicate Balancing Act

AP | By GREG RISLING | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Brandon McInerney, School Shooting, Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network, Larry King Student, Student Murder, Civil Rights, Student Tolerance, Gay Students, Lgbt, Gay Bullying, Video, Larry King, Gay Student Shooting, Larry King Gay Student, Oxnard California, California Schools, Anti-Gay Bullying, Teen Murder, School Bullying, Los Angeles Schools, Education News

LOS ANGELES -- There were many missed opportunities to prevent the murder of a 15-year-old gay student at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard. Te...

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Are Standardized Tests Pushing Teachers To Cheat?

Posted 01.08.2012

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From Georgia's southern charm to California's golden beaches, the east and west coasts boast cultures of their own. But one particular culture -- one ...

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More, Better Early Education Could Help Close California's Achievement Gap

| Sarah Garland | Posted 12.27.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. This is the third of a three-part series. Read the first piece, English-Learning Students F...

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More, Better Early Education Could Help Close California's Achievement Gap

| Sarah Garland | Posted 01.10.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. This is the third of a three-part series. Read the first piece, English-Learning Students F...

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More Schools Afflicted By Alleged Teacher Cheating

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Green Dot Public Schools, Standardized Test Cheating, Los Angeles Unified School District, Video, Education, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, Cheating Scandals, Crescendo Charter Schools, Standardized Tests, Standardized Testing, Animo Leadership Charter High School, Los Angeles, Teachers Cheating, Short Avenue Elementary School, Los Angeles Schools, Education News

Student test scores from two Los Angeles-area schools have been thrown out based on evidence of cheating by teachers. Three teachers at Short Avenu...

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School Cop Staged Shooting To Look Like A Hero?

AP | Posted 10.26.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Prosecutors say a Los Angeles school police officer made up a story about being shot by a car burglary suspect to look like a hero. In...

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LA Teachers Test Pilot Evaluation Program, Receive More Feedback

The Los Angeles Times | Jason Song | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Teacher Evaluations, Teachers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Schools, Teacher Evaluation, John Deasy, Education News

This is what one of Los Angeles Unified's most ambitious reform efforts looks like: about 30 people gathered in a Gardena school auditorium, watching ...

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Los Angeles School District Redoing Its Homework Policy

Posted 09.20.2011

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A new policy that caps homework as a percentage of a student's overall grade has been suspended. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent...

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California Teacher Layoff Law Stirs Confusion, Criticism

Los Angeles Times | Teresa Watanabe | Posted 09.10.2011

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School district officials across the state are wrestling with the fallout over a controversial new law that bars teacher layoffs for a year even amid ...

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LAUSD Steps Up Oversight Of Stumbling Charters

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 08.26.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The auditorium at the Los Angeles Unified school board was awash in varying shades of blue shirts at a recent meeting – sky ...

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South Pasadena School Bans 'Tag' From Playground

South Pasadena, CA Patch | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Marengo Elementary School, Pasadena Schools, Los Angeles Education, Tag, Children's Health, Children Physical Fitness, Los Angeles Schools, Los Angeles News

My fifth-grade son loves to play tag with his friends and complains that it is banned from school. I found the ban odd, because I remember playing tag...

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(SATIRE) L.A. Private Schools Endure Third Annual 'LAUSD-For-An-Hour Day'

Brock Cohen | Posted 07.31.2011

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Brock Cohen

Private schools throughout Los Angeles suspended their normal schedule for what has become one of the most significant and controversial dates on the calendar: LAUSD-For-An-Hour Day.

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School Named In Honor Of Teacher Jaime Escalante

AP | Posted 05.26.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles-area school has been named for late calculus teacher Jaime Escalante, whose story about pushing underachieving students t...

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Put Our Children First This June

Mónica García | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles, Jerry Brown, Monica Garcia, Los Angeles Schools, John Deasy, Los Angeles News
Mónica García

Public education in Los Angeles is teetering on a financial precipice. Our leaders in Sacramento should choose to let voters determine the outcome on the June ballot.

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LA Schools Tell Students To 'Stand Tall' With Model Program To Stop Bullying

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Education, Los Angeles Schools, Los Angeles Unified, Bullying, Hale Middle School, Education News

California's largest school district, Los Angeles Unified, is making a statement it simply won't tolerate bullying as a mere rite of passage. They see...

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Meet The 8 People Who Want To Replace The LA Teachers Union President

latimes.com | Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Teachers Union, Utla, Los Angeles Schools, A.J. Duffy, Teachers Union, Lausd, Los Angeles Education, Los Angeles News

The eight candidates vying to be president of the powerful Los Angeles teachers union share a general belief that public education is endangered by ma...

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No 'Revolution' For You

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Jamie Oliver won't be cooking another course of his reality TV show in Los Angeles schools. The filming permit for the celebrity c...

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