LAUSD eyeing more bonds as funds for school repairs dwindle The school board is scheduled to consider a $22.4 million request to address repairs needed at seven schools. KPCC Residents Wary of Plans to Convert Old Elementary Schools Plans to redevelop four Valley elementary school campuses and reopen them as charter schools have received mixed...

School groups ask to delay API scores Organizations representing school administrators and school boards say that many districts aren’t ready to appraise schools’ performance with API scores. Ed Source Universal Studios Hollywood holds 10th annual ‘Day Of Giving’ event Universal Studios played host to 250 young homeless students who were bused in from over 30...

LAUSD argued middle schooler can consent to sex with teacher LAUSD lawyers fighting a civil lawsuit argued in court that a 14-year-old student was mature enough to consent to having sex with her 28-year-old teacher. KPCC The most common gripes about Teach for America by ranking The names and players change, but many of the...

Parents find LA schools magnet program application process daunting Some families find the process time for applying to LA Unified magnet schools time-consuming and frustrating. KPCC Weary march into Corrective Action continues in CA The confused and complex landscape surrounding school accountability in California is set to take one more step deeper into the abyss....

U.S. to focus on equity in assigning of teachers The Obama administration is directing states to show how they will ensure that all students have equal access to high-quality teachers. New York Times CSUN gets $797,000 to help science, math students become teachers CSUN received a $797,000 grant intended to encourage students to become science...

Many school buses still don’t have seat belts California is one of six states to require buses to have passenger belts, and the only one that requires shoulder-to-lap belts. Orange County Register North Valley Military Institute readies kids for college with discipline NVMI, a charter school and the only campus of its kind in the...

Opinions differ on impact of Tuck’s campaign Since Tuck’s failed effort to unseat Torlakson, observers have reached different conclusions about the election’s significance. Ed Source CSU Dominguez Hills awarded DoE grant for special ed teacher prep The grant will assist in addressing disparities within the Los Angeles Unified School District. Dateline Dominguez San Francisco’s universal...

Teachers unions defend their ground by getting Torlakson reelected Teachers unions defended their ground in California this week by helping to reelect Tom Torlakson. Los Angeles Times Cortines: LA Unified looking to Torlakson for support LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines says he is looking forward to support from the newly re-elected state school superintendent, Tom...

Torlakson wins superintendent race Tom Torlakson has won a second term as state superintendent of public instruction. Ed Source Voters pass Prop. 2, strengthen rainy day fund Along with re-electing Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday, voters awarded him one of his campaign priorities: strengthening the state budget’s rainy day fund. Ed Source Prop. 47 passes,...

LA schools superintendent calls for hiring freeze, citing cash shortage Los Angeles Unified’s Interim Superintendent Ramon Cortines ordered a temporary hiring freeze on district staff. KPCC Superintendent race turns on future of reform Spending in the race for California superintendent of public instruction has by far outstripped all other statewide races. Ed Source 2 firms...