As LAUSD charter schools conflict escalates, here’s what you need to know Here’s a look at why this week appeared to escalate the conflict between the forces for and against charter schools in Los Angeles. KPCC, by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez Porter Ranch gas leak stopped, officials say The methane leak that caused thousands to flee their...

Only roughly one in two LAUSD high school seniors is currently on track to graduate, and the district is scrambling to get extra assistance to an estimated 15,000 students in danger of being left behind this June. According to internal district reports obtained by LA School Report, an estimated 54 percent of seniors are on track to...

Last month, President Obama announced the $4 billion Computer Science for All initiative. The initiative looks to expand teacher training, includes investments in the computer science sector from tech heavyweights that include Google, Microsoft and Code.org, and aims to bring computer science to schools of all shapes, sizes and socioeconomic breakdowns. Proponents hope this effort...

UTLA wins dues increase, vows to battle foes of traditional public education The increase was approved by 82% of those who cast ballots, according to United Teachers Los Angeles, which tallied the votes Wednesday. Los Angeles Times, by Howard Blume One way to improve kindergarten attendance: Take the school bus Students who ride the school...

If anything, it was good television. LA Unified school board members confronted each other headlong in a dramatic discussion Tuesday night over whether charter schools were being treated fairly by the district. The discussion opened calls for a deep dive into how district staff comes up with its recommendations for denials or approvals of charter schools....

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L.A. teachers union seeks to raise dues as it fights a charter school push This week the union asked its 32,000 members — down from 45,000 in 2008 — to raise their dues by nearly a third. The votes will be counted Wednesday. Los Angeles Times, by Howard Blume ICE agents won’t be going onto...

Going into Tuesday’s LA Unified school board meeting, three-for-three was the Charter School Division’s recommendations against two new charters and a renewal. In the end, it went the other way, with two votes going in charters’ favor (a new school plus a renewal for the Partnership to Uplift Communities) and one vote postponed (a new charter...

  In dual votes Tuesday about a long-vacant school in the west San Fernando Valley, the LA Unified school board halted a charter school that was previously proposed for the site and instead allowed a district school to pursue it. The school board gave a unanimous thumbs-up for Hale Charter Academy to pursue a proposal to develop a performing...

The LA Unified school board is scheduled to hold an open session meeting today at 1 p.m. Items up for discussion include a vote on the closed Highlander campus in the San Fernando Valley, which El Camino Real wants to develop into a K-8 campus. There will also be votes and public meetings on several charter school applications and...