Los Angeles Unified School District

Soccer Coach Charged With Child Porn, Lewd Acts

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.21.2012

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Jorge Dominguez, a former teacher's aide and soccer coach, has been charged with a dozen felony counts for allegedly committing lewd acts on a child. ...

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Silicon Valley Nonprofit Launches Full-Scale Assault On Teacher Protection Laws

| John Fensterwald | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Lifo, Students Matter, Teachers Unions, Teacher Dismissal Laws, Last in First Out, David Welch, American Civil Liberties Union, Lausd, Teacher Protection Laws, Teachers Fired, Teachers, Los Angeles Unified School District, Last in First Out Layoffs, Eric Hanushek, United Teachers Los Angeles, John Deasy, Firing Teachers, Video, Education News

This story comes to us courtesy of Silicon Valley Education Foundation's Thoughts On Public Education blog, TopEd.org. A nonprofit founded by a Sil...

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Teachers' Lounge: The Mustachioed Advocate

Teach Plus | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Special Education, Teachers, Teaching, Students, John Deasy, Teach, Education News

We should not expect the most vulnerable in our community, those who could most benefit from a proper education, to bear the highest burden in times of economic crisis.

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California's 4th Year Of Teacher Layoffs Spur Concerns

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 05.05.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teacher Mike Newman sighed when he saw the now familiar certified letter in his mailbox last month – a pink s...

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Los Angeles students protest school police citations that hit blacks, Latinos

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

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By Susan FerrissiWatch NewsLos Angeles public-school students rallied Thursday against the large volume of court citations they have been issued for...

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School discipline debate reignited by new Los Angeles data

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Juvenile Justice System, Los Angeles, Juvenile Justice, Los Angeles News

By Susan FerrissiWatch NewsAs a national debate heats up over appropriate student discipline, new data from Los Angeles reveal that school police th...

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WATCH: A Hyper-Vigilant School District Bans Blindfolding & Butter On Crackers

Posted 03.02.2012

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Blindfolding has been officially banned in the Los Angeles Unified School District in an effort to be hyper-vigilant after teacher Mark Berndt alleged...

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Then And Now: How Hollywood High Has Changed

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 02.22.2012

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The faces may change, but the surrounding stays the same at Hollywood High School. The Los Angeles school, known as Hollywood High, has educated so...

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Teacher Investigated 3 Times For Molestation But Never Arrested

AP | Posted 02.22.2012

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LOS ANGELES -- A substitute teacher in the nation's second-largest school district was investigated three times for sexual misconduct with students be...

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Police To Miramonte Parents: Stop Lawyering Up

AP | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Miramonte Sex Abuse, Video, Miramonte Lawyers, Miramonte Sex Scandal, Mark Berndt, Miramonte Elementary School, Martin Springer, LAUSD Sex Abuse, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES -- The investigation into a former third-grade teacher charged with committing lewd acts on students could be hampered by the flood of civ...

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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

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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Teacher's Aide Enters Plea For Lewd Acts Charges

AP | Posted 02.16.2012

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COMPTON, Calif. -- A high school teacher's aide in Los Angeles has pleaded not guilty to committing lewd acts on a child The felony complaint against...

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Teacher's Aide Charged With Lewd Acts On Child

AP | Posted 02.15.2012

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COMPTON, Calif. -- Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a high school teacher's aide with committing lewd acts on a child. The felony complain...

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Los Angeles moves haltingly toward ending fines for truancy

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Daytime Curfew Ordinance, Daytime Curfew, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

By Susan Ferriss, iWatch NewsLOS ANGELES -- Fifteen-year-old Juan Carlos Amezcua was just five minutes late for school, and already at the corner by...

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Entire Staff At L.A. School To Be Removed During Scandal Probe

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Video, United Teachers Los Angeles, Paul Adame, Miramonte Elementary School, Mark Berndt, Martha Escutia, Tom Waldman, Maria Jimenez, Martin Springer, Kris Pitcher, John Deasy, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — When students return to the school where two teachers were jailed last week for alleged lewdness, they'll have new teachers in the...

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FOOLS RUSH IN

| Kendall Taggart and Corey G. Johnson | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Division of the State Architect, Helen Bernstein High School, Tim Buresh, Santa Barbara County School District, Tutor-Saliba Corp., Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Kendall Taggart and Corey G. Johnson Helen Bernstein was supposed to be a new kind of h...

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New Vote Puts A Chill On The Charter Movement

AP | Posted 12.16.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified teachers have approved a new labor agreement with the school district that will give teachers wide-ranging decision...

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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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Higher Standards, Lower Stakes

David Bloomfield | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, New York City Department of Education, Standardized Testing, Accountability, Isaiah Berlin, Education News

Teachers need to be freed from short-term accountability and evaluative calculations riddled with error. Principals should be able to make decisions without worrying about their marginal impact on meaningless distinctions between data points.

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Schools Bring Breakfast Out Of The Cafeteria And Into The Classroom

| Joanna Lin | Posted 12.27.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. Every morning in Sarah McKerr's third-grade class at Foster Elementary School in Compton, st...

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LAUSD vs. UTLA: District & Teachers Gearing Up For Contract Negotiation

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 12.21.2011

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Even though contract negotiations between the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) haven't eve...

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Bringing a Third Chair to the Bargaining Table

Charles Kerchner | Posted 12.18.2011

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Monday's editions of the LA Times, Daily News and La Opinion carried an ad from a coalition of civic and community organizations aimed at influencing the negotiations between the LA Unified School District and its teachers.

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Protesters To 'Occupy' The Los Angeles School District

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 12.18.2011

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Occupy LA protesters are teaming up with members of a teachers union Tuesday afternoon to march on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) hea...

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Federal Probe: LA Schools Failed To Provide Equal Education For Minority Students

AP | By CHRISTINA HOAG and KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Equal Education, English Learners, US Department of Education, Education, Arne Duncan, Lausd, Minority Students, Black Students, Lausd Civil Rights Probe, Civil Rights, John Deasy, Education News

LOS ANGELES -- A 19-month civil rights investigation of the Los Angeles Unified School District found that the district failed to provide an equal edu...

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PHOTOS: Meet The Young Adults Charged With Turning Around LA Schools

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 12.07.2011

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For the first time this week, the Occupy LA protesters weren't the most radical presence at City Hall agitating for change and social reform. Inste...

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