By Maya Kosoff Elon Musk didn’t like his kids’ school, so he started his own, the inventor and entrepreneur said in an interview on Beijing Television. The school is called Ad Astra — which means “To the stars” — and is small and relatively secretive. It doesn’t have its own website or a social media presence. Christina...

LAUSD sued after student allegedly sexually assaulted on campus The lawsuit claims that the school principal said she was too busy to help when notified during the attack. ABC7 Wall Street cheers Brown’s revised May budget A key Wall Street rating agency gave California a positive credit report last week. SI&A Cabinet Report Can we...

* UPDATED The close of the school year next month also brings an end to Richard Vladovic’s second term as LA Unified board president. Rules bar him from serving a third consecutive year. While critical issues await the new president — transformation to new technology, managing the growth of charters, dealing with new budgets, among...

When the LA Unified school board passed a resolution that would begin the process of making ethic studies a graduation requirement, it did so without knowing how much it would cost. But now, after a draft report from the Ethic Studies Committee was released last week, it has some idea, and it is not chump...

By The Editorial Board When it was revealed that students at Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles and other schools were being assigned to “classes” in which nothing was actually taught, many people wondered how this could happen. Isn’t it against the law to stick kids in fake classes and deprive them of basic...

  It’s a long weekend, leading to Memorial Day on Monday. Let’s all remember why we celebrate it, and LA School Report will be back on Tuesday.    

By Deepa Fernandes The higher minimum wage in the city of Los Angeles may harm the very poor families it is intended to help, according to members of the child care planning committee that advises the county. The L.A. City Council voted Tuesday to raise the minimum wage from the current $9 an hour to $10.50 on...

Demonstrators call for removal of principal at John W. Mack Elementary  The emotions were raw outside of John W. Mack Elementary School in South Los Angeles Thursday. ABC7 New California teaching credentials decline for 10th successive year At the same time, the number of teachers given short-term and provisional permits, and so- called “intern” credentials,...

Ref Rodriguez is an anomaly not only for becoming the first candidate backed by the state charter schools to win a seat on the LA Unified board. He’s an anomaly for winning at a time of mayoral disengagement with public education. That’s the view of Ben Austin, political director for Students Matter, the Vergara people,...

By Elizabeth Harris and Ford Fessenden It started with a speech in the fall, to parents who had gathered in the auditorium to learn what to expect during the nascent school year. “I spoke at the open house and said, ‘We hope you’ll opt out of the tests,’ ” said Heather Roberts, vice president of the...