By Maggie Haberman | The New York Times The last time she ran for president, Hillary Rodham Clinton did not have to take a position on the Common Core, teacher evaluations or Race to the Top. She won the endorsement of one of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions in 2007 after deploring the use of standardized tests and...

Half of state teachers not ready to teach Common Core, top educator says The president of the state Board of Education believes it will take at least four years to fully roll out the new standards in state schools. KPCC Inequality in California’s K-12 schools It’s been just over 30 years since war was declared...

As LA Unified is currently laying off hundreds of teachers and other employees to deal with a looming budget crisis, there is perhaps one piece of good news for any teacher getting a pink slip: it has become an “employees’ market” for teachers in the state. Due to a growing shortage, many large districts are...

By Joshua Leibner | Salon Michelle Pierson, a 40-ish mother of two, is in a state of confusion over her direction in life and finds herself wandering down the main drag of her gentrifying, hip Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood. She hears a confident voice coming from Eagle Rock City Hall that entices her in. Inside,...

Former LAUSD superintendent Deasy’s pay nearly $440,000 last year LA Unified’s former superintendent, John Deasy, collected more than any other employee last year, $439,998. San Gabriel Valley Tribune LAUSD educators typically earned $75,504 last year The typical Los Angeles Unified educator collected $75,504 in 2014, according to pay records. Whitter Daily News Granada Hills wins...

By Doyle McManus |  Los Angeles Times What’s the difference between growing up in an affluent family and growing up poor in America? Yes, upper-middle-class kids have more money. But they also have more attentive parents, stable families, good teachers — and even more friends and acquaintances. As a result, well-off kids have one more...

Parent sues LAUSD after teacher reportedly used racially charged comments A Brentwood parent is suing the school district, charging that a male teacher made offensive and racially charged comments in his class. CBS Los Angeles 66 California teams competing in 3-day academic decathlon Twenty teams from Los Angeles-area schools will be in Sacramento Friday to...

By Stephen Mucher | Los Angeles Times Los Angeles teachers and school district administrators are doing battle once again. Contract talks broke down last month after 18 rounds of negotiations on raises, healthcare costs, class size, employee evaluation and charter schools. Mediation begins next week. Strike language and recriminations grow louder. Given the potential long-term...

Venice high school sex allegations not so clear-cut Authorities acknowledged Wednesday that they are still trying to sort out exactly what happened and that no criminal charges have been brought. Los Angeles Times Schools in need to get more LAUSD arts funding Some LA Unified students in poorer schools are short-changed when it comes to...

The graduation rate for high school students in California grew to 81.4 percent in the 2012-13 school year, according to data released this week by the U.S. Department of Education. The number is slightly up from the previous year’s 80.2 percent, but it still leaves California 31st among states and Washington D.C. in high school graduation...