By Jill Barshay | The Hechinger Report The growing gap between rich and poor is affecting many aspects of life in the United States, from health to work to home life. Now the one place that’s supposed to give Americans an equal chance at life — the schoolhouse — is becoming increasingly unequal as well. I’ve already...

Los Angeles Unified’s teachers are old and costly For every teacher under the age of 25, there are more than 19 older than 56, according to district data. Los Angeles Daily News Many LAUSD elementary schools in South LA still don’t have library staff Since January, the Los Angeles Unified School district has reopened more...

By Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books Fifty years ago, Congress passed a federal education law to help poor children get a good public education: the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. Revised many times, it is still the basis for federal education policy today. When it was last reauthorized...

Los Angeles Unified considers killing preschool program A proposal to eliminate a popular LA Unified preschool program for low-income families drew the ire of more than 100 people Thursday. KPCC The Snap2School application rewards students who get to class on time Snap2School works by rewarding attendance with prizes such as tickets to amusement parks, free...

Later today, an LA Unified committee will discuss the importance and feasibility of sustaining a program aimed at helping children in their first years of life as they approach kindergarten. While experts regard this time as critical to child development, money the district has used to fund such efforts are sunsetting: The proposed budget calls...

By Jeffery Fleishman | Los Angeles Times In a studio where wall-length mirrors laid bare imperfections, a young ballerina floated in deceptive grace. “Balance,” said her teacher. “Open shoulders, round the arms.” The dancer wiped the sweat away. Music cued, a slipper scraped like a whisper across the floor. She spun in pirouettes, again and...

Literacy gap between Latino and white toddlers starts early, study shows Latino toddlers whose language comprehension is roughly similar to white peers at 9 months old fall significantly behind by the time they are 2, according to a study. Los Angeles Times Woodland Hills school could be reopened as high school science lab El Camino...

By Neil Irwin | The New York Times Suppose you accept the persuasive data that inequality has been rising in the United States and most advanced nations in recent decades. But suppose you don’t want to fight inequality through politically polarizing steps like higher taxes on the wealthy or a more generous social welfare system....

Four Garfield High students are in national Academic Decathlon final Four Garfield High students will participate this month in the final round of the national Academic Decathlon. Los Angeles Times How students with top test scores actually hurt a teacher’s evaluation Imagine that you are a doctor and your evaluation is based on patients you...

By Owen Phillips | National Public Radio Every year, thousands of fresh-faced teachers are handed the keys to a new classroom, given a pat on the back and told, “Good luck!” Over the next five years, though, nearly half of those teachers will transfer to a new school or leave the profession altogether — only...