Brown’s school budget reform embraced, exploited Many schools are investing in buildings with their LCFF dollars and are trying to divert funds to teacher salaries and ignoring their poorest students. San Jose Mercury News, by Sharon Noguchi Charter school battle heats up As these privately run, publicly funded schools expand, traditional ones are feeling threatened....

One day after LA Unified abruptly announced that it is shutting down all film and TV productions from any of its campuses, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti visited the set of American Horror Story: Hotel today to promote how the California Film and TV Tax Credit is helping bring film and TV productions back to the LA area. The show...

LA Unified unveiled an online survey this week, asking the public to weigh in on the qualities they would like to see in the next superintendent. Some of the questions are little obvious and may not yield any enlightening information, as George McKenna pointed out at a recent board meeting. Do you want a superintendent who will “establish...

By Howard Blume If a proposal for a massive expansion of charter schools in Los Angeles moves forward, the casualties probably would include thousands of teachers who currently work in the city’s traditional public schools. As new charters open, regular schools would face declining enrollment — and would need fewer teachers. Under the $490-million plan being spearheaded...

LAUSD brings back lawyer who said student could consent sex with teacher The district announced last November that it would sever ties with the attorney, W. Keith Wyatt. It has now rehired his firm for several cases. Los Angeles Times, by Teresa Watanabe New law calls for modernized role of school counselors The law comes...

By Jill Tucker California kids will get one of the most rounded educations on sex and sexuality in the country under new legislation that advocates called a victory in providing information that could prevent disease and teen pregnancy as well as sex-based violence and prejudice. The new mandate ensures that public school students get a...

California poised to grant high school diplomas retroactively The state of California is poised to give between 40,000 and 150,000 diplomas to former students who failed to pass the California High School Exit Exam, or CAHSEE. EdSource, by Louis Freedberg Parents of teen killed outside East L.A. middle school sue LAUSD Steven Cruz was stabbed...

Millions of people around the globe saw the viral sensation of little Andrew Macias, a pre-K student at City Terrace Elementary School, who broke down and cried on live television when asked by a KTLA reporter if he was going to miss his mom on his first day of school. But have no fear, this tale...