In her first run for political office, Euna Anderson received almost 20 percent of the vote, finishing third in the three-way District 7 school board race on March 3. Although she missed the May runoff, the voters who supported her may be key to who wins between the remaining candidates, Board President Richard Vladovic and challenger...

After the Los Angeles Police Department flooded Venice High School on Friday, arresting eight boys there and two more off campus, LA Unified again found itself the subject of some seriously negative headlines. National and international media organizations like People, The New York Times, CNN, The Guardian and even Sputnik International — an official news agency of...

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department descended on Venice High School this morning and arrested eight juvenile male students for allegedly sexually assaulting two female students, according to media reports. A ninth student was arrested off campus, and at least five other students are also being sought by police. At a press conference, LAPD Cmdr....

The LA Unified school board decided to start school one week later for the 2015-16 academic year in a compromise that board member Tamar Galatzan — who voted in favor it — summed up as “the worst of both worlds.” The 5-1 vote means students will begin classes on Aug. 18 next academic year. The...

CA vs. feds on student testing back in play State officials acknowledged Tuesday sidetracking a request to be excused from federal accountability mandates. SI&A Cabinet Report For parents, a new way to view test scores The vocabulary has changed, and so have the numbers and the format for state testing. Ed Source Proposal to reopen...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson called today an “exciting day” as students around the state began taking the new online, Common Core aligned Smarter Balanced test. Torlakson kicked off new testing era for the state expressing enthusiasm and confidence in the new testing system, which he called an “academic checkup.” Fifty-eight thousand students were...

LA Unified is appealing a decision that threw out its lawsuits against three major banks it had accused of racially biased mortgage lending, according to Reuters. The district argues that the lending practices led to foreclosures in the Los Angeles area and a reduction in tax revenue for the district. Last month, U.S. District Judge Otis...