UTLA conducts bus tour to rally for better education UTLA conducted a bus tour of Los Angeles Unified School District schools Tuesday where they say there are unacceptable learning and teaching conditions. ABC7 Home bound students use robot to virtually participate in LAUSD classes Students with special needs Tuesday demonstrated how new technology allows for...

Unions critical of poll on teachers tenure and seniority-based layoffs Teachers unions expressed concern Monday over the results of a poll indicating that California voters are critical of current teacher job protections. Los Angeles Times Atlanta judge urges talks on sentences in school cheating case Ten educators were convicted on April 1 for their roles...

‘Teacher bashing’ may be turning new recruits away The precipitous decline in young people entering the teaching profession in California is now a 10-year trend. SI&A Cabinet Report Vaccine fears haunt L.A.’s west side The issue has dominated lives and reconfigured the behavior of parents in the affluent environs of west Los Angeles. Sacramento Bee...

More state aid stabilizes school district finances Recent infusions of state aid, and the prospect of more to come, have improved the financial stability of California’s school districts. Sacramento Bee Santa Ana Unified set to offer ethnic studies classes In December, the LA Unified School District’s board voted to make ethnic studies courses a high...

Panel approves $1b allocation for Common Core A proposal adding $1 billion for state schools transitioning to Common Core won easy passage Wednesday from a key legislative committee. SI&A Cabinet Report Chicago is waiting to see if runoff battle has humbled Rahm Emanuel Public school teachers, who were leading the charge against Emanuel and who went...

Senators announce agreement to update education law Two key senators have announced a bipartisan agreement on rewriting the No Child Left Behind education law. The Huffington Post Kindergarteners’ parents scramble for spots in annual rite of spring The line started forming at Mar Vista during the holiday weekend with parents camping out like Best Buy...

LAUSD’s union negotiations, budget woes continue this week The district and UTLA emerged from their second state-mediated gathering Monday with an agreement to meet two more times this week. Los Angeles Daily News Chicago mayoral runoff heads into the last lap Challenger Jesús “Chuy” Garcia, who is backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, says Rahm...

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...

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...

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...