Leaders call for Deasy, LAUSD board to work together A day after the Los Angeles Unified school board and Superintendent John Deasy held a discussion that led to him remaining on the job, district, city and civic leaders encouraged the adversaries to put aside hard feelings and move ahead for the sake of the kids....

Now that the LA Unified school district leadership is back to work after a day of maybe-this and what about-that, here are a few takeaways from yesterday’s drama leading to the school board surprise renewal of Superintendent John Deasy’s contract (live links send you to the full stories): 1. Grassroots support may actually matter if...

LAUSD head John Deasy to stay through 2016 After a 4½ hour closed session, the Los Angeles Unified board gave Superintendent John Deasy a “satisfactory” performance evaluation on Tuesday and extended his $330,000-a-year contract for another year. LA Daily News Deasy stays at L.A. Unified. Now what? Commentary: United Teachers Los Angeles will no doubt disagree...

LA Unified school board members are hammering it out behind closed doors today, looking both at superintendent John Deasy’s performance and his contract. A source close to school board disputed the significance of a news report from Los Angeles Times reporter Howard Blume that provided details of an offer from Deasy last week to resign. The source said the report was...

LA School Report today brings you the latest news and information of events at today’s LA Unified school board meeting. On the agenda is Superintendent John Deasy’s performance review and contract discussion, and the introduction of a censure motion against school board president Richard Vladovic for sexual harassment allegations. Go to @laschoolreport.

Big Day today for LA Unified. Here’s the schedule although times are generally estimates: 11 am: A rally begins outside district headquarters. It’s sponsored by a group of community and educational groups that want to see Superintendent John Deasy remain in his job. 12:30 pm: The board meeting opens with a public comment period. This...

Advice for LA Superintendent John Deasy: Should he stay or should he go? At stake is leadership of the second-largest school district in the U.S., a sprawling system of more than 677,000 students, beset by a litany of crisis, including budget shortfalls, intense board politics, tougher academic standards, a troubled one-to-one Ipad initiative and a...

If John Deasy is, indeed, stepping down as superintendent of the LA Unified School District, the district appears to be moving to protect itself against a lawsuit. When reached by phone, Deasy would only tell LA School Report that he has “not submitted a letter of resignation” and that he can’t talk before he meets...