Find Your Polling Place Don’t forget to vote! LA Unified Candidates Monica Ratliff, Antonio Sanchez Square Off The candidates tried to highlight policy differences — but they didn’t appear as wide as each candidate contends. KPCC L.A. Elections May Be Decided By Older, White Voters, Poll Shows The survey of likely voters finds that non-Latino...

Political Savvy vs. Education Skills in L.A. School Board Runoff Antonio Sanchez, 31, has the former, which has helped him attract big support from labor, while Monica Ratliff, 43, has the latter, making her the favorite of educators. LA Times LAUSD Board Race to be Decided by East Valley Voters Spending has topped $1.8 million...

Money Continues to Pour, Unevenly, Into LA Unified School Board Race Political action committees have spent nearly $600,000 on Antonio Sanchez’s behalf. The money has gone mostly to targeted full-color flyers and calls to some of the district’s nearly quarter of a million registered voters. Turnout in the city was less than 20 percent in...

Record-setting PAC spending funds person-to-person ground campaign Independent groups have spent a record $18 million dollars on Los Angeles city and school board races — nearly three times the previous high set in 2011. Most of the money paid for campaign mailers, and TV and radio ads. A big portion of the rest went to...

LAUSD Becomes First District to Ban ‘Willful Defiance’ Suspensions The action comes amid mounting national concern that removing students from school is imperiling their academic achievement and disproportionately harming minority students, particularly African-Americans. LA Times  LAUSD Board Saves Breakfast in the Classroom Despite facing criticism from teachers, Los Angeles Unified’s Breakfast in the Classroom was...

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