Arnoldo Vargas’ life hasn’t changed much since last January when he joined thousands of Los Angeles teachers in a momentous six-day strike. He drives the same 2006 Camry, has no more […]
Arnoldo Vargas’ life hasn’t changed much since last January when he joined thousands of Los Angeles teachers in a momentous six-day strike. He drives the same 2006 Camry, has no more […]
One year after 30,000 Los Angeles teachers went on strike, the head of United Teachers Los Angeles looks back at those days as setting the stage for change. In an […]
One year after the teachers’ strike that convulsed California’s largest school district, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner says that the district still faces fundamental financial problems, and continues to […]
The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday agreed to pay more than $25 million to settle lawsuits over alleged sexual misconduct. Some cases were related to well-known incidents of […]
L.A. Unified schools on Wednesday opened as normal with communities still processing an emergency jet fuel dump the day prior that inflicted minor injuries on dozens of adults and children […]
An airplane returning to Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday morning dropped jet fuel onto a school playground, striking several students at Park Avenue Elementary School in Cudahy, officials said. […]
One year after the turbulent teachers’ strike that shook Los Angeles Unified and drew national attention, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner reflects on the current state of the district, […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget includes $900 million to recruit and retain teachers, part of a plan to attack a critical statewide shortage of instructors, especially in math, sciences […]
Anticipating nearly $4 billion more in revenue for K-12 schools and community colleges in the next state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed to continue massive investments for teacher […]
Galvanized by a state audit that criticized California’s lax oversight of school spending, legislators are ringing in the new decade with proposals that would require the state to follow the money that […]
You can wager on anything in Las Vegas. Well, almost. I have yet to see the over/under on whether the State Board of Education will pass the next LCAP revision. […]
Over the last ten years, the nation’s second-largest public school district was helmed by six different superintendents. That turnover was coupled with increases in graduation rates, declines in enrollment and […]
The candidates are confirmed and the upcoming Los Angeles school board races are all but certain to make for a high-stakes election cycle that will pit teachers and their allies […]
Every time the results of the international PISA test are released, the United States gets another opportunity to whip itself for students’ lackluster showing. For those who are unfamiliar with […]
Recently, I spent some time with two elementary school students, a brother and sister, who have been living with their family in temporary shelter. They were recently evicted after their […]
Dive Brief: Six years in, a ban on willful defiance suspensions in Los Angeles Unified School District has created a more positive school culture at many schools, with a 75% […]
Long before California banned suspensions for “willful defiance” or disruption of school activities in K-8 classrooms, Los Angeles Unified embarked on an even more ambitious goal: eliminate defiance suspensions entirely. Six […]
Nearly half of new principals leave their schools after three years, and nearly 20 percent leave every year. Those rates sound alarming, perhaps, but do they tell the whole story […]
The rift in the Democratic party over charter schools will be on sharp display again Thursday, as advocates, parents and students rally outside a Los Angeles presidential primary debate to […]