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Los Angeles Unified School District

Los Angeles School Kids Will Continue To Receive Free Breakfast Under New Vote

The Huffington Post | Rebecca Klein | Posted 05.15.2013 | Los Angeles

Looks like Los Angeles public school students will continue to receive free breakfast in their classrooms. The Los Angeles Unified School District...

A More Confident System

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 04.16.2013 | Los Angeles
Ama Nyamekye

LAUSD leadership needs to hear candid and constructive feedback from the community. Then, and only then, will we foster the level of trust and collaboration required to truly lift morale and performance in our public schools.

An Overwhelming Vote Of 'No Confidence'

Los Angeles Daily News | Barbara Jones | Posted 04.12.2013 | Los Angeles

LAUSD's teachers union issued an overwhelming vote of no-confidence Thursday in the leadership of Superintendent John Deasy as he finishes his second ...

Joy Resmovits

The Good News About Teacher Layoffs

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 03.14.2013 | Los Angeles

After years of threatening to lay off tens of thousands of teachers due to budget shortfalls, California has some relatively good news: less than one-...

Steve Zimmer Defeats the Billionaire Boys Club With a Cost-Effective School Board Campaign

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.08.2013 | Los Angeles
Peter Dreier

The Zimmer-Anderson school board race attracted national attention because it was seen as a test of the effort by corporate power-brokers to run schools like businesses, a strategy that they and the media misleadingly call "school reform."

Enough With Us vs. Them

Marlene Canter | Posted 05.05.2013 | Los Angeles
Marlene Canter

The LAUSD Board of Education doesn't only matter to special interest groups, teachers, students, or district staff -- it is hugely important for all Angelenos. Educating our kids well forms the basis for a sound economy, healthy communities, and safer streets.

The Billionaires' Threat to California's and America's Schools

John Thompson | Posted 05.05.2013 | Los Angeles
John Thompson

Why should beliefs by some trump the democratic rights of others? It should be up to the voters, rather than the courts, to decide whether our policies based on social science or the billionaires' hunches should be the law of the land.

Who Are the Billionaires Trying to Defeat Steve Zimmer?

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.03.2013 | Los Angeles
Peter Dreier

The race for LA's District 4 seat is ground zero in this battle over the corporate take-over of public education. The outcome of Tuesday's election has national implications in terms of the billionaires' battle to reconstruct public education in the corporate mold.

Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School 'Reform' In LA?

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics
Peter Dreier

As a business chain, Walmart has spent a fortune trying to break into the Los Angeles retail market with its low-wage retail stores. Now the Walton family is trying to use that fortune to bring Walmart-style education to Los Angeles.

A Misguided Civil Rights Movement?

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 02.04.2013 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES -- The federal government's push for drastic reforms at chronically low achieving schools has led to takeovers by charter operators, overh...

L.A.'s College-Prep Push Is Based On False Data

| Sarah Butrymowicz and Howard Blume | Posted 01.28.2013 | Home

This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. Eleven years ago, the San Jose school district began requiring all students to pass the cl...

Teacher Accused Of Sexually Abusing 20 Students

AP | Posted 03.25.2013 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles elementary school teacher accused of sexually abusing 20 students and one adult was arrested Wednesday, police said....

Failing LAUSD School Targeted In Parent Trigger Law Petition

Reuters | Posted 03.17.2013 | Los Angeles

By Brandon Lowrey LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Parents at an underperforming Los Angeles elementary school are seeking to wrest con...

Why The Teacher's Union Is Spending $4 Million To Oust This Woman

| Posted 02.20.2013 | Los Angeles

This story comes courtesy of LA Schools Report. By Hillel Aron East LA native Monica Garcia only planned on working for LA Unified for three wee...

Controversial LA Schools Grant Approval Measure Passes After Fierce Debate

| Hillel Aron | Posted 02.12.2013 | Home

This piece comes to us courtesy of LA School Report. A controversial proposal written by Richard Vladovic to give the school board the authority to...

Tensions Erupt Into Shouting Match At LAUSD Board Meeting

Los Angeles Daily News | Barbara Jones | Posted 02.11.2013 | Los Angeles

With the groundwork laid for a new digital-learning plan, a request for a strategy to buy computer tablets for all students erupted Tuesday into a sho...

LAUSD Wants Miramonte Claims Gone. Now.

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 02.05.2013 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District hopes to settle 189 legal actions by late January in a case involving a former elementary ...

L.A. Unified, Teachers Union Reach 'Historic' Agreement On Teacher Evaluations

Posted 12.03.2012 | Home

The Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers union have reached what is being called a “historic” tentative agreement to incorporate s...

Hundreds Fill LAUSD 'Teacher Jails'

Posted 11.28.2012 | Home

Hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District teachers accused of misconduct are spending months in so-called "teacher jail," where teachers still c...

Civil Rights Investigation Triggers LAUSD Overhaul

Los Angeles Daily News | Barbara Jones | Posted 01.25.2013 | Los Angeles

Triggered by a federal civil rights investigation, Los Angeles Unified has launched a network of programs designed to more quickly move English learne...

Inexperienced Teachers In L.A. More Likely To Be Assigned To Students Behind In Math

Posted 11.19.2012 | Home

Inexperienced teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District are more likely to be assigned to students who on average are six months behind thei...

Consequences Dire For LAUSD If Prop 30 Fails

Los Angeles Daily News | Barbara Jones | Posted 01.01.2013 | Los Angeles

Second-graders would miss lessons on prefixes and suffixes. U.S. history students would gloss over the civil rights movement. Parents would have to ...

Prop 30 Advocates Accused Of Using Illegal Scare Tactics

San Bernardino County Sun, Calif. | Kelly Puente | Posted 12.27.2012 | Los Angeles

When Elizabeth Zamora received a letter from Cal State Dominguez Hills stating that her application for the fall semester was on hold pending the outc...

New Revenue Should Have Strings Attached to Student Success

Ama Nyamekye | Posted 12.24.2012 | Los Angeles
Ama Nyamekye

It has taken years for California to seriously consider raising its own taxes to invest in a school system that is 47th out of 50 states in per pupil spending. We owe it to every voter, family and student to invest wisely in California's future.

The Clock Is Ticking On Controversial Teacher Evaluation Plans

Los Angeles Daily News | Barbara Jones | Posted 12.18.2012 | Los Angeles

Los Angeles Unified has filed a declaration of impasse in its negotiations with UTLA over teacher evaluations, seeking mediation from the state Public...