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Measles outbreak highlights low vaccination rates at SoCal schools
A measles outbreak that has been traced to starting at Disneyland last month has returned the issue of declining immunization rates to the headlines. So far, the outbreak has spread to 54 people across California, at least three other states and Mexico. Today, the Los Angels Times reported that the outbreak is the state’s worst...
By Craig Clough | January 21, 2015
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Vladovic files campaign finance complaint against challenger
LA Unified school board President Richard Vladovic’s campaign today filed an ethics complaint against one of his challengers in the school board race for District 7. Vladovic’s complaint to the City Ethics Commission charges Euna Anderson with failing to report campaign contributions in a timely fashion, in compliance with the California Political Reform Act. A section of the...
By Craig Clough | January 20, 2015
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After record payout, LAUSD facing another Miramonte abuse claim
LA Unified is facing yet another civil suit connected to a former teacher at Miramonte Elementary School after an LA County Superior Court judge ruled today that the case can move forward. The case, E.Z. v LAUSD, was filed May 7 and involves a single plaintiff who says she was a student of Mark Berndt‘s in 1996-1997,...
By Craig Clough | January 20, 2015
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LAUSD educator to sit with first lady during State of the Union
Among the guests invited to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama during the president’s State of the Union address tonight is an educator from LA Unified. Katrice Mubiru is a district adult education teacher who wrote President Obama in 2012 to encourage him to support adult education, according to ABC7 and a White House press release. As...
By Craig Clough | January 20, 2015
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Morning Read: Will reform money come to LAUSD without Deasy?
Deasy attracted millions from foundations — will they stay the course? Deasy attracted millions of dollars from Broad and other education reformers while he was superintendent from 2011 until his resignation in October. KPCC Movie could move along undocumented immigrant conversation The movie “Spare Parts” recounts how a team of mostly undocumented immigrant students built...
By Craig Clough | January 16, 2015
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4 LAUSD schools put on lockdown after officer struck by car
*UPDATED Four LA Unified schools were placed on lockdown in the Granada Hills area after a Los Angeles Police Department officer was struck by a vehicle and was seriously injured, according to the Los Angeles School Police Department. The suspect fled on foot, leading officers to search the area. The schools placed on lockdown were Porter...
By Craig Clough | January 15, 2015
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LAUSD middle school among California’s ‘Schools to Watch’
*UPDATED LA Unified’s Luther Burbank Middle School in Highland Park was honored today as a model middle school by the state program, “Schools to Watch-Taking Center Stage.” Luther Burbank was one of only seven new schools given the designation by the program, which is sponsored by the California Department of Education, California League of Middle Schools and California Middle Grades Alliance....
By Craig Clough | January 15, 2015
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Group calls for overhaul of LA County juvenile justice system
A policy brief from the Children’s Defense Fund-California, is calling for an overhaul of Los Angeles County’s juvenile justice system. The report, “Rising Up, Speaking Out: Youth Transforming Los Angeles County’s Juvenile Justice System,” uses the experiences of five young people who were incarcerated to offer recommendations for improving the conditions inside LA’s juvenile detention facilities. One punitive...
By Craig Clough | January 15, 2015
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‘Lowride’ with George Lopez for LAUSD, ‘Parent Trigger’ in O.C.
Comedian and actor George Lopez has started a campaign on Omaze.com to raise money for the Los Angeles Fund for Public Education, a charity that contributes to LA Unified. Anyone interested can enter a contest to go “lowriding” with Lopez around Los Angeles in a vintage lowrider, join him for a meal at one of his favorite LA...
By Craig Clough | January 15, 2015
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Upcoming debates signal LAUSD school board election in full swing
The March 3 LA Unified school board election is fast approaching, and a series of upcoming debates is set to kick things into high gear. So far, five debates have been scheduled, with one late this month and the others following in February. The United Way is sponsoring four debates for the three seats that are...
By Craig Clough | January 14, 2015