-
Marquez Elementary School is the First to Return After Palisades Fire
This story was originally published on EdSource. On a sunny Tuesday morning, students, parents and community members walked atop the bluffs alongside charred foliage and barren lots, back to Marquez Charter Elementary — almost nine months after the Palisades fire ravaged the school site and surrounding region, sparing only three classrooms in its wake. For...
By Mallika Seshadri | October 2, 2025
-
LAUSD Joins Districts Across the State in Planning for Financial Literacy Education
This story was originally published at EdSource With a state mandate looming, the Los Angeles Unified School District this week joined other districts in preparing to introduce a semester of personal finance by the Legislature’s 2027-28 deadline. The LAUSD school board gave the go-ahead on Tuesday while stipulating that elements of financial literacy and economic...
By Mallika Seshadri | September 23, 2025
-
LAUSD’s Black Student Achievement Plan Remains Resilient Amid Complaint and Opposition
This story was originally published on EdSource. Many supporters and advocates of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Black Student Achievement Plan are beginning the school year with renewed hope after the school board voted to boost the program’s 2025-26 funding with an additional $50 million. Their optimism comes after years of challenges, from the...
By Mallika Seshadri | August 28, 2025
-
Strong First-Day Attendance at LAUSD Schools Despite Immigration Fears
This story was originally published by EdSource. Sign up for their daily newsletter. Four days after a 15-year-old with a disability was mistakenly detained and handcuffed by immigration agents outside of Arleta High School, the first day of the new school year in the Los Angeles Unified School District seemed normal. Students at Arleta High walked through the...
By Mallika Seshadri | August 26, 2025
Charlie Kirk’s Killing Sets off a Censorship Wave Now Threatening Campus Speech
Student Achievement Is Down Overall — But Kids at the Bottom Are Sinking Faster
New Mexico Will Become the First State to Offer Universal Child Care
Language Learning App Giant Duolingo Thinks It Can Conquer Math, Too
-
Judge Rules LAUSD Broke State Law Denying Charter Co-Location Access
This story was originally published on EdSource. The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board overreached in declaring hundreds of schools off-limits from sharing their facilities with charter schools, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Stephen Goorvitch wrote in a June 27 decision that the trustees of the state’s largest school district...
By Mallika Seshadri | July 30, 2025
-
Cal State System Pilots New Direct Admissions Programs
High school seniors in various parts of the state will have new pathways to the Cal State system for the fall of 2025. Cal State East Bay announced partnerships with the San Leandro and Hayward Unified School Districts to provide guaranteed admission to students who have completed A-G coursework and sustained at least a 2.5...
By Mallika Seshadri | November 7, 2024
-
10 LAUSD schools get a chance to opt out of standardized testing
Ten Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) community schools will be given an opportunity to pilot new approaches to assessments in the 2025-26 academic year. And once the schools adopt alternative assessments, they won’t have to participate in standardized tests, other than those mandated by state and federal governments, the district school board decided in...
By Mallika Seshadri | September 19, 2024