There hasn’t been as much chatter as might be expected on the eve of a School Board vote on who will be the next President, but the most likely candidates to replace Board member Monica Garcia are Board members Richard Vladovic or Steve Zimmer. To understand how the race likely narrows down to these two,...

Stephen Caesar has a very good piece in this morning’s LA Times about the teachers who won’t be returning to the reconstituted Crenshaw High School next year. More than half of the teachers at Crenshaw won’t be returning next year. According to Caeser, “Those not rehired can search for openings within the district; if they don’t find a...

Public charter schools may be a divisive political issue for some teachers and unions but they’re still exceedingly popular with parents. As the Daily News points out, over 15,000 students are on the waiting list for charter schools in Los Angeles Unified. Some other numbers from the story: 100,000 – number of LAUSD students enrolled in charter schools...

Today’s blockbuster LA Daily News story about accusations of harassment against School Board member Dr. Richard Vladovic sent shockwaves through LAUSD’s massive headquarters on Beaudry. However, most of those contacted by LA School Report either didn’t know or weren’t willing to provide any details about the allegations or their possible impact on Vladovic’s chances of becoming the...

School Board member Steve Zimmer was sworn in for his second term in office last night at Hollywood High School. The event was emceed by former Board president and City Council member Jackie Goldberg and Sandra Figueroa-Villa, the executive director of El Centro Del Pueblo, a non-profit in Echo Park. She praised Zimmer’s election as...

On Tuesday, the School Board will convene for a sort of mini-meeting to swear in current members Monica Garcia, Steve Zimmer and the newly elected Monica Ratliff. It will also vote to elect a new Board President, a position held by Garcia for the last six years. The Board recently voted to limit the jobs...

Less than a week before she’s due to be sworn in as a new School Board member, Monica Ratliff held a fundraiser at Farfalla in Los Feliz to raise money in order to pay off her campaign debt. According to sources who attended the lunch, the roughly 20 to 25 people who were there comprised...