• AALA Rep Assembly Recording

    Did you miss the October 10 AALA Representative Assembly? Here is the link for the recorded meeting. https://www.aala.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AALA-Rep-Assembly-10102024.mp4

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  • LAUSD’s Black student achievement program upended, targeted by conservative Virginia group

    Under pressure after a conservative group took legal action, the Los Angeles Unified School District will overhaul a $120-million academic program for struggling Black students by eliminating race as a factor in determining which children will be helped. Read More…

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  • #THANKAPRINCIPAL

    Celebrating October as Principals’ Month is a great way to highlight the vital role principals play in education! Here are some key leadership behaviors you show as effective principals and what it means to be a principal. As highly effective principals, you articulate a clear vision for your school, inspiring staff and students to work…

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  • Rep Assembly 10/10/2024

    Can’t make it to the AALA Rep Assembly meeting? Join us via Zoom! You are invited to join via Zoom @ 05:15 PM PST You must register in advance to join via Zoom. Use link below: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsfu-tqjovHNIFzeHxP9fXkORLvVCpHrAm After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please join us! We…

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  • #THANKAPRINCIPAL

    This October, I pause to recognize and celebrate our incredible principals whose hard work, dedication, and resilience makes a lasting impact on our schools. Your tireless commitment to fostering a positive learning environment touches the lives of students, teachers, parents, and the entire community. Read More…

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  • A Time for Celebration, A Time to Pause and Reflect

    As we embrace the vibrant colors of fall, we came together for a cherished AALA tradition that has thrived for over three decades—the Fall Social! This event was a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, make new friends, and celebrate the incredible work we all do. Read More…

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  • California schools now required to create guidelines to handle extreme weather under new law

    Yahushua’s Law requires school guidelines for dealing with extreme weather A bill requiring local schools to implement protocols for extreme weather situations has been signed into law. Senate Bill 1248, nicknamed Yahushua’s Law, is in honor of a 12-year-old boy who died during PE  at Canyon Lake Middle School during a summer 2023 heatwave. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced…

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  • WE WILL NO LONGER STAY SILENT!

    Dear AALA Members, this is a message from AALA president Maria Nichols. The safety and well being of our AALA members is my number one priority. Today, I would like to notify you of the following: Read More…

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  • WE GET LETTERS

    Dear Members, The streets are talking and saying your concerns are false narratives and not representative of the membership at large. For the record, I elevate concerns when a critical mass of you contact me for support. Read More…

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  • Fewer LAUSD students feel safe at school amid rising fights, physical aggression on campus

    Newly released data show that fights and other types of physical aggression among L.A. Unified students are rising as the percentage of middle and high school students who said in a survey that they feel safe on campus continues to decline. Read more…

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  • LAUSD is probing failed AI chatbot, worried about possible misuse of student info

    Privacy flaws in $6 million system created by AllHere, who Superintendent Carvalho backed, are target of probe Independent Los Angeles school district investigators have opened an inquiry into claims that the district’s $6 million AI chatbot — an unprecedented learning acceleration tool until the company that built it collapsed and LAUSD pulled the plug —…

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