By Juliet A. Williams In her first days on the job, L.A. Unified’s new superintendent, Michelle King, suggested that single-sex education might attract more families to the district and improve student achievement. She wouldn’t be the first district leader to vest hope — not to mention public funds — in all-boys and all-girls schools. But LAUSD...

Waiver states could learn from CA’s CORE on ESSA Building and implementing a new accountability system is perhaps the most challenging mandate imposed on the states by ESSA. Cabinet Report, by Kimberly Beltran State to reimburse costs related to Common Core tests School districts in California may get a new influx of money to reimburse...

In case you were otherwise occupied yesterday when Gov. Jerry Brown was delivering his State of the State address, here’s what he had to say about education. With respect to education, the strong economic recovery and the passage of Proposition 30 has allowed us to increase spending on public schools and community colleges from a...

In its latest effort to offset declining enrollment, LA Unified is wooing parents of children attending a private school in Woodland Hills that is shutting down after this academic year. The operators of Pinecrest Schools have notified parents that they intend to close the group’s last five campuses, a decision that creates a chance for...

By Joe Mathews Last week, Michelle King was appointed superintendent of L.A. Unified, California’s largest school district. But can we really trust her to lead the Los Angeles schools? After all, she’s from Los Angeles. Actually, that understates how suspiciously local King is. As a child, she attended L.A. Unified schools. Then she got degrees...

LAUSD not concerned about state’s threat of penalties California wants more kids vaccinated and says it will financially penalize schools admitting a high percentage of kindergartners who were overdue for measles vaccine. KPCC, by Rebecca Plevin Moving control of schools could save state millions, lawmaker says One lawmaker thinks the best way to improve your...

By Louis Freedberg When Michelle King was appointed to head the Los Angeles Unified School District last week, she became the most prominent African-American school superintendent in the state and the nation. But her ascent to the top post is hardly typical of California districts. She is one of only a small number of African-American superintendents...

Amid preschool seats shortage, LAUSD has hundreds of openings There are 400 unfilled Early Transitional Kindergarten spots at district elementary schools. KPCC, by Deepa Fernandes New LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King to students: Dream Big Decades after she walked the halls of Century Park Elementary School, King toured the building and spent some time with the...

The LA teachers union, UTLA, is planning to take part in a national “walk-in” event on Feb. 17 set to take place at schools in at least 30 cities, including Los Angeles. The walk-in is being organized by the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools, a national group of parent, youth and community organizations and labor groups whose...

By Jane Meredith Adams Vaccination rates increased across the state for kindergartners in 2015-16 as schools reacted to the news that their daily attendance figures would be scrutinized if they had high numbers of students who were only partially vaccinated, according to a summary analysis by the California Department of Public Health, which released its school-by-school immunization data on...