The teachers union super PAC is starting to spend on behalf of school board District 5 incumbent Bennett Kayser, unleashing a flurry of campaign pieces to defend his seat in what is shaping up to be the most hotly contested race in this election. To date, the Super PAC, an independent expenditure committee, run by...

Old, broken LAUSD musical instruments holding back some students The number of broken instruments at LAUSD’s music repair shop is up 24 percent, according to district numbers. KPCC Canoga Park High School takes another step toward becoming a charter The school took another step toward ending its 100-year-old relationship with Los Angeles Unified on Tuesday. Los...

The LA Unified school board is scheduled to meet today at 1 p.m. Items of interest on the agenda include consideration of the AYUDA program, which involves district lawyers potentially doing pro-bono work on student deportation cases, and a review of Gerawan Farming and its potential food contracts with the district. Click here to get the...

Lydia Gutierrez has picked up the endorsement of an Evangelical Christian group in her race against board President Richard Vladovic and another challenger in the LA Unified District 7 school board campaign. Election Forum, a California-based group that urges people to “vote for, not against, their Biblical values,” has made her the only candidate in...

Via The Hechinger Report | By Jill Barshay Stanford University’s Jo Boaler says teachers and parents should stop using math flash cards, stop drilling kids in addition and multiplication and especially stop forcing students to do calculations quickly under time pressure. Good-bye Mad Minute Mondays, where teachers hand out quiz sheets with 50 problems to be completed in...

* UPDATED A scheduling conflict is depriving another candidate forum of an incumbent LA Unified board member. A Feb. 17 event sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles may include only a short appearance by Tamar Galatzan, who is seeking a third term as the Valley-based District 3 representative. Her office said...

LAUSD school board, District Five seat up for grabs Four of seven LAUSD board members are up for election next month. We hear from 5th District incumbent Bennett Kayser and his challengers. KCRW Military instructors can join PE State officials announced on Monday adoption of new regulations allowing physical education to be taught by military...

For what they’re worth, here are the endorsements in the three contested LA Unified board races. The election is March 3 although early ballots are already out. Previous posts: LAT endorses only 2 incumbents for LA Unified school board; Principals’ union endorses Schmerelson, and 3 incumbents; Teachers union fails again to recommend endorsing Vladovic; SEIU 99 endorses all incumbents in 2015 LAUSD...

Franklin, Granada Hills tie for first in academic Super Quiz Granada Hills Charter High School and Franklin High tied for first place in the Super Quiz portion of LA Unified’s annual Academic Decathlon. Los Angeles Times Schools help families enroll in Covered California, Medi-Cal With huge numbers of California children still uninsured, schools helping families...

By the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board The LA Times weighed in today with its endorsements for the LA Unified school board, backing two of three incumbents in the March 3 elections but both with language that suggests moderate misgivings. The editorial board recommends Tamar Galatzan for board District 3 although the support “comes with...