In case you missed it, here’s an Orange County Register editorial about LAUSD School Board Member Monica Ratliff.     Editorial: Don’t try to be all things to all students More flexibility in enrollment could raise performance all by itself. At a workshop last week for United Teachers Los Angeles, the union representing teachers in the Los...

Today, in Part Two of Vanessa Romo’s interview with LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy, he talks about the year ahead as schools open today, the district’s new iPad program and local spending formulas. He also talks about his personal reading habits, which do not include a certain new digital device. Q: What are some of...

LAUSD Giving Principals, Teachers ‘Live Shooter’ Training Prompted by last year’s massacre in Newtown, Conn., Los Angeles Unified is instructing administrators and faculty in how to keep students safe if there’s a gunman on campus. Steve Zipperman, a retired LAPD captain who is now chief of the district’s police force, said principals participated this summer...

Nearly two dozen LA Unified schools were cited by state education officials on Friday as schools where social media postings occurred during recent statewide tests. In a news release, they identified two schools — Alexander Hamilton Senior High and Alliance Cindy and Bill Simon Technology Academy High – where the postings showed legible test questions...

Look, sometimes it’s tough being famous. People crave what you have to say. They believe you when you espouse certain opinions. They trust you. They like to think you’re a Celebrity of Your Word. But then there’s that touchy issue of education. Hmm. Yes, you’re a huge supporter of public schools . . . but...

The clock is ticking. California’s annual review of how students are doing are only minutes away. Known as the STAR Program, for Standardized Testing and Reporting, it’s an alphabet soup of separate assessments, covering various subjects and administered to 4.7 million students in grades two through eleven. The scores will tell us how much better or...

I Don’t Feel Tardy: The Ultimate ‘Back to School’ Survival Guide for 2013 The Earth’s seasons will be rendered meaningless next Tuesday when Los Angeles Unified School District students are faced with the premature end of summer — Aug. 13, 2013 is the official first day of instruction for the “fall” session in the nation’s second-largest school district. L.A. Unified waits for...