LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Jose Sandoval Board district: 6 Job: animal rights educator. Founder of the Latino Alliance for Animal Care Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide humane education to low-income and underrepresented communities and incorporate concepts of kindness and respect for animals...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Araz Parseghian Board district: 6 Job: loan officer who has worked in the finance field for 17 years. He has served on the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council and the Professional Child Development Associates Board. He currently serves on the boards of the LA Valley College...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Gwendolyn R. Posey Board district: 6 Job: event planner, community activist, and advocate LAUSD schools attended: Pacoima Elementary School, Maclay Junior High School, and Polytechnic High School Children in LAUSD Schools? Yes, two graduates and a sixth-grader. Platform: school safety (increasing the LAUSD...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Nick Melvoin Board district: 4 Age: 31 Lives in: West Los Angeles Job: Attorney, educator, nonprofit education consultant, LAUSD substitute teacher, volunteer Married: No Children in LAUSD: No children LAUSD schooling: Kenter Canyon Elementary Other education: Curtis, Harvard-Westlake, bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, master’s in urban education...

This article was produced in partnership with our colleagues at The74Million.org. The East Coast protests started haphazardly enough Saturday afternoon. Washington, D.C., residents started gathering at Dulles International Airport around the same time New Yorkers were trekking to JFK’s international terminal — rallied by Facebook Live videos and social media posts that decried President Trump’s...

A Los Angeles charter school organization that sends 95 percent of its graduates to college wanted to make sure its students made it not just to but through college. So it developed a list of colleges that would give students the best chance at graduating. Alliance College-Ready Public Schools’ college ranking system identifies the top 150 colleges...

LA School Report welcomes Los Angeles education news veteran Esmeralda Fabián Romero, who will serve as senior editor and reporter for LA School Report en Español, the newly launched Spanish-language sister site of LA School Report. Fabián is a bilingual journalist who has worked for some of the most prominent Latino media outlets in the U.S. including La...

Here are overnight results from some education-related races in California. For national races with education impact, follow The 74’s Election Day live blog throughout today. Incumbents Sweep Oakland School Board Race: A heated Oakland school board contest fueled by the growth of charter schools failed to knock any of the incumbents out. Jody London, Jumoke Hinton-Hodge,...

Californians passed three education-related propositions, sending more money to schools and bringing back bilingual education. Income Tax Extension Benefits K-12 Education: Proposition 55 extends the income tax rates under Prop. 30 for individuals who earn more than $250,000 a year and couples who earn more than $500,000 a year for 12 years. It passed easily...