By Ellen Patten and Jens Manuel Korgstad The share of American children living in poverty has declined slightly since 2010 as the nation’s economy has improved. But the poverty rate has changed little for black children, the group most likely to be living in poverty, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau...

California’s dwindling teacher supply rattling districts’ nerves In a common sign of the emerging problem, districts throughout the state have been hiring more teachers with provisional intern credentials. Ed Source County offices gain extra month to review LCAPs The effect will be to ease some of the pressure on the counties to review districts’ local...

By The Editorial Board It’s time once again for solidarity on the Los Angeles Unified school board, at least in the eyes of its members. This happens every two years, when newly elected members are seated. After bruising campaigns, they all metaphorically join hands and vow to work together in unity. Meh. Board members don’t...

5 questions on education law overhaul The GOP-controlled Congress is hoping to enact a six-year renewal of the measure that would include changes to education policy. USA Today Is there a kinder, gentler way to get anti-vaxxers to see the light? Some of the first people to notice the anti-vaccination phenomenon in California were Santa...

By Laura Moser This week marks the closest Congress has come to replacing the widely reviled No Child Left Behind Act since it officially expired in 2007. Democrats and Republicans are squabbling over the usual issues: high-stakes testing and whether kids should be able to opt out of it; how accountable teachers and schools should be...

Has LAUSD’s approach to teacher discipline gone too far? In the wake of the Miramonte child abuse scandal, the Los Angeles school district took unprecedented steps to better protect students. Los Angeles Times Why LAUSD wants exemption from low-bidder law Supporters of Assembly Bill 1185 say it will save money by letting the district pick...

What does it mean to be passing math class? The answer to this question varies from state to state, according to a new report released by the research arm of the Education Department, the National Center for Education Statistics. These differences are crucial as America’s population becomes more mobile, moving between states. As some parents,...

House leaders muster passage of education bill The House bill would streamline federal programs and includes language that would allow Title I dollars to follow students to public schools of their choice. Politico County closes down Boyle Heights alternative school A small high school in Boyle Heights was forced to close its door on short...

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis Leigh Robinson was out for a lunchtime walk one brisk day during the spring of 2013 when a call came from the principal at her school. Will, a third-grader with a history of acting up in class, was flipping out on the playground. He’d taken off his belt and was flailing it around...

MiSiS problems persist, some graduating seniors caught in transcript hell The $133 million MiSiS system is still coughing out transcripts that inaccurately report whether students have met their graduation requirements. KPCC New local superintendent plans apprenticeships, college prep courses  Students are rarely offered training in skilled trades, because LAUSD began eliminating vocational classes in the...