By Matt Murray Arne Duncan has been pushing the cause of education all his career. And as he prepares to step down as education secretary after seven years, he is asking CEOs to join him in the fight. In today’s global marketplace, it’s critical for the U.S. to develop in young people the skills that will...

New flow of money for arts education heads to LAUSD schools The Los Angeles Unified School District announced Monday that schools received more than a million dollars in new funding for arts education from the state. KPCC, by Priska Neely There’s more to a ‘growth mindset’ than assuming you have it Stanford University psychology professor...

An independent Financial Review Panel recently dropped some sobering news: LAUSD is headed toward a financial cliff and, without changes in operation, faces a $600 million budget shortfall by 2019. The reasons for the dark financial clouds ahead are varied, but one often cited is declining enrollment. The district has lost 100,000 students in recent years due to...

Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on schools, has released its 2016 rankings of the Best Public High Schools in the country, a list that includes charters and magnet schools. Despite looking at more than 100,000 schools and ranking them in areas like academics, teachers, student culture, diversity, resources and facilities, not a single...

By Jane Meredith Adams School suspension rates have fallen in California for students of every ethnicity in the last three years, a sign that a shift in discipline practices in many school districts is starting to have an effect, according to a study released Monday by the Center for Civil Rights Remedies at the UCLA Civil...

Suit accusing popular LAUSD teacher of racism dropped A student had sued her teacher, alleging he made racially charged remarks during a history lesson on civil rights. City News Service Commentary: L.A. new front in education war A big and perhaps decisive charter school battle is brewing in the state’s largest – and in many...

By Erin Aubry Kaplan The long-running battle between charter schools and traditional public schools has heated up nearly to a boiling point, with business magnate Eli Broad recently unveiling a campaign to charter-ize public ed in L.A. once and for all. The drama is happening mostly at the top between the Broad camp and public school...

Analyst predicts another good year for school funding The Legislative Analyst’s Office is projecting another healthy year for K-12 schools, with an average increase of about $530 per student in 2016-17. EdSource, by John Fensterwald Negotiators come to agreement on revising No Child Left Behind law A conference committee of members from the House and...

By Kerry Cavanaugh I am the parent of a Los Angeles Unified School District student, and I get robocalls from the district probably two times a week. These are not calls from my son’s elementary school. These are recorded messages from various district officials, informing me of some meeting or workshop or that parents should fill out some...