The LA Unified school board is scheduled to hold an open session meeting today at 1 p.m. Items up for discussion are two resolutions aimed at identifying, encouraging and replicating successful schools within the district. Other potential board actions include approval of a $40 million operating budget for MiSiS, the district’s student data computer system, and discussion...

Often, big social movements start with just one worried parent. That’s the case in Redwood City, just south of San Francisco, where two new charter schools recently opened their doors. In Redwood City, that worried parent was Maritza Leal, a mother of three who, along with her husband, played a major role in bringing a...

Charter school awarded $7.1 million in case against LAUSD The Los Angeles Unified School District must pay $7.1 million to a San Fernando Valley charter school for failing to provide the school with rent-free classroom space, a violation of state law. By Zahira Torres, Los Angeles Times Pearson’s quest to cover the planet in company-run schools,...

According to an analysis of a new school accountability system developed by six California school districts including LA Unified, the district’s 13 lowest performers are all elementary schools, the best high school is Harbor Teacher Prep Academy and the worst high school is Jordan High. These conclusions were made following an LA School Report analysis of LA Unified schools evaluated...

Black and Latino parents want better teachers and harder classes for their kids In a nationally representative survey of black and Latino parents in the U.S., the Leadership Conference Education Fund found that these parents care about having good teachers, more money for their schools and a more challenging curriculum for their students. By Sonali...

What’s for lunch? How about Sweet Potatoes Chicken Quesadilla, a healthy slaw with cumin-lime crema and a Grilled Pineapple Downtown with graham crackers, cinnamon and apple reduction? And it’s all less than 730 calories and costs $1.14! Sounds like an impossible gourmet meal, but that’s the recipe that a team from Santee Education Complex cooked up...

Angelica Lopez Moyes is amazed that her 1st-grade son can speak Mandarin. But she is concerned that his dual-language immersion program at Castelar Street Elementary School could  be jeopardized if a charter is co-located on the campus. Castelar, founded in 1882 and the second-oldest school in Los Angeles, has 570 students and is at about 75 percent...

On Friday, 19 students from seven LA Unified schools will participate in a cook-off that will send a team to compete nationally in Washington, D.C. Their task: to create a nutritionally balanced school meal for $1.14, the district’s lunch budget. Their challenge is not unlike one the massive LA Unified Food Services division is facing: how to feed more than...

Bridging gaps in mental health services to students State legislators are moving forward with a plan to incentivize cooperation between schools and government agencies to provide mental health services for students. By Alisha Kirby, Cabinet Report Some after-school program providers say flat funding may cause them to close, EdSource Op-Ed: Forget cops. Should doctors and...