Ref Rodriguez, the charter school administrator who is challenging incumbent Bennett Kayser for LA Unified’s District 5 board seat, raised the most money of any board candidate since the last reporting period, $51,772, according to the latest figures posted by the City Ethics Commission. Carl Petersen, one of five candidates challenging incumbent Tamar Galatzan in...

L.A. Unified candidates use Deasy as a platform springboard Former Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy isn’t on the March ballot for the Board of Education, but he might as well be. Los Angeles Times iPad controversy looms large in LAUSD District 3 board race As the city’s March 3 primary election draws near, Los...

‘Constitutional crisis’ declared as LAUSD lawyers defend teacher evaluation LAUSD lawyers argued this week that a “constitutional crisis” should allow them to keep a controversial new teacher evaluation system. Los Angeles Daily News Miramonte students seeking more from LAUSD in compensation A lawyer representing 58 students who settled a lawsuit related to the Miramonte sex...

The possibility of a strike by Los Angeles teachers loomed larger today as the teachers union, UTLA, declared an impasse in negotiations with LA Unified, citing a lack of progress in bargaining since the talks began last year. The district agreed and said it would join the union with “reluctant willingness” in asking the state...

Ed Source | By Trish Williams K-8 science education in California has atrophied in many districts in California over the past 15 years. It wasn’t intentional – but time given to science took a back seat to more time given by districts to English language arts and math to avoid the high-stakes consequences of not...

A ruling by a federal judge in Texas yesterday is forcing the Obama administration to postpone the start of new immigration policies that would lead to work permits and job protections for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. The action by Judge Andrew S. Hanen, of Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas...

L.A. Unified tracks measles shots, reports higher vaccination levels LAUSD officials have launched an effort to increase and document the percentage of young children who’ve been vaccinated against measles. Los Angeles Times Commentary: Test scoring of schools being dismantled California’s education establishment is dismantling or softening state and federal testing-based “accountability” systems. Los Angeles Daily...

Via Educators 4 Excellence As California school districts, education leaders and court systems debate the future of teacher tenure, Educators 4 Excellence-Los Angeles (E4E) members has issued a series of recommendations to preserve the job protections but make tenure designations far more meaningful. A team of nine Los Angeles teachers spent four months researching tenure...