The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Q&A: Veteran Educator and Board Incumbent runs for LA School Board District 3
Former LAUSD teacher and principal Scott Schmerelson is running to keep his seat in LA Unified’s Board District 3, covering the West San Fernando Valley and Studio City. Schmerelson, who is endorsed by the teachers union, is running for his third consecutive four-year term against upstart Dan Chang, a math teacher with a fondness for...
By Ben Chapman | October 17, 2024
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Q&A: Former Basketball Coach and Dean Runs for LA School Board District 1
Former basketball coach and dean Sherlett Hendy Newbill, is running to represent L.A. Unified’s Board District 1, encompassing much of South LA, such as Crenshaw, Koreatown and Mid-City. District 1 is also home to Newbill’s high school basketball alma mater which she said opened the doors to her becoming a first generation college student at...
By Daniella Lake | October 15, 2024
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LA school board race could change the nation’s second-largest district
Next month, thousands of school board elections will be decided across the country. But perhaps none will be as consequential as a single, heated race for LA Unified’s school board, one that could help decide the fate of the nation’s largest charter school sector and second largest public school district. Once a fast-growing experiment in...
By Ben Chapman | October 8, 2024
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Q&A: Backed by teachers union, Karla Griego is running for LA School Board District 5
Veteran Los Angeles Unified educator Karla Griego is hoping to capture the school board seat for LAUSD’s District 5, which includes parts of Northeast and Southeast LA. Griego was a special education teacher in LAUSD for almost 20 years and currently works as services coordinator for McAlister High School, in Westlake, which enrolls pregnant teens...
By Daniella Lake | October 7, 2024
Investigation: Nearly 1,000 Native Children Died in Federal Boarding Schools
Podcast: What a Mentorship Mindset Can Do for Student Motivation
Black and Hispanic Voters Say Democrats Aren’t Focused Enough on K-12 Education
Teen Activist Rhea Maniar on the Power of Abortion to Turn Out Young Voters
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LA Unified struggles to reassure parents amid rising school violence
Parents of students in the Los Angeles Unified school district are raising concerns after four guns were found on campuses and a stabbing left a student in serious condition — all within the first three weeks of school. The troubling start to the school year comes amid a rise in violence at LA Unified schools...
By Jinge Li | October 3, 2024
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Feds zero in on maker of LAUSD’s failed AI chatbot, hint at criminal charges
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed documents from the bankruptcy of failed education technology company AllHere, a once-lauded startup that boasted $12 million in venture capital and a $6 million contract with Los Angeles schools to build a buzzy AI chatbot. The U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York served the grand jury subpoena...
By Mark Keierleber | October 2, 2024
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Q&A: Former mayor of Huntington Park Graciela Ortiz is running for LA School Board District 5
Born and raised in LA Unified’s District 5, Graciela Ortiz is running for a position on the LAUSD School Board. The UCLA and Cal State Long Beach alum is a licensed clinical social worker who is running to represent the neighborhoods in Northeast LA and much of Southeast LA, from Eagle Rock to South Gate. ...
By Daniella Lake | October 1, 2024
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Report: Nearly 500 schools underenrolled and chronically underperforming
Low performing schools are twice as likely to have lost substantial numbers of students – with nearly 500 losing 20% or more since the pandemic, marking them potential candidates for closures, a new national report has revealed. Analysis released yesterday by the Fordham Institute put forth a list of close to 500 strained schools as...
By Marianna McMurdock | September 30, 2024
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‘Dumb’ cell phone ban confuses Los Angeles high school students
As a district-wide cell phone ban is set to go into effect early next year, some Los Angeles Unified schools already have a no phone policy — but it’s hardly ever enforced, students at one school said. At Panorama High School & Magnets, students follow the district’s current cell phone policy which allows electronic devices...
By Joshua Bay | September 26, 2024
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New report: Special ed students, English learners face greatest setbacks
All of the conditions that have bedeviled students’ post-COVID learning recovery — high rates of absenteeism, school staffing shortages, academic setbacks and disruptions — have been worse for English learners and students with disabilities, according to the latest State of the American Student report. “The thing that really struck us as we looked across all of the...
By Amanda Geduld | September 25, 2024