U.S. to focus on equity in assigning of teachers The Obama administration is directing states to show how they will ensure that all students have equal access to high-quality teachers. New York Times CSUN gets $797,000 to help science, math students become teachers CSUN received a $797,000 grant intended to encourage students to become science...

LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines told board members today that Microsoft has agreed to provide additional help, including “two top executives,” to aid the district’s efforts in resolving problems with the MiSiS data tracking system. The decision arose out of a request for help the district made to Microsoft last week. The first wave, 16 people,...

It’s shaping up to be a furious campaign next year. With a few late additions at Saturday’s filing deadline, four incumbents plus 14 other people are now competing for the four LA Unified school board seats coming up in 2015. The latest to enter the race are two more challengers in District 5 — James...

Many school buses still don’t have seat belts California is one of six states to require buses to have passenger belts, and the only one that requires shoulder-to-lap belts. Orange County Register North Valley Military Institute readies kids for college with discipline NVMI, a charter school and the only campus of its kind in the...

Opinions differ on impact of Tuck’s campaign Since Tuck’s failed effort to unseat Torlakson, observers have reached different conclusions about the election’s significance. Ed Source CSU Dominguez Hills awarded DoE grant for special ed teacher prep The grant will assist in addressing disparities within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Dateline Dominguez San Francisco’s universal...

Attorneys for LA Unified asked the judge in the civil trial against the district involving the sex abuse scandal at Miramonte Elementary School for a gag order, which would prevent anyone involved with the case from talking publicly about it, according to NBC Los Angeles. Jury selection in the case is expected to begin later this month. The case stems from...

In a new effort to gain wider perspectives for technology projects, LA Unified has formed a New Technology Advisory Committee, which includes representatives from the district’s various labor partners. As the district said in a statement, now on its website, the committee strives “to foster and strengthen relationships” with LA Unified’s labor partners, community members...

The bargaining session scheduled for today between LA Unified and the teachers union, UTLA, has been cancelled, due to an illness of a union staff member, a district official said. The agenda had included discussions of teacher support and evaluation, parent empowerment and adult education. What was not expected to be part of the dialogue...