State lawmakers seeking greater oversight of clean jobs program An Associated Press report found that a fraction of the promised jobs have been created. Associated Press LAUSD preschooler cries on TV when reporters asks about missing his mom The first day of school is tough for everyone. It doesn’t make it any easier when you’re...

It was already the end of the first day for most LA Unified schools today, but for Superintendent Ramon Cortines, the day was far from over. At 2:30 p.m., he stopped in and thanked the MiSiS computer team for avoiding the computer crisis that occurred at the opening of school last year. “The biggest reason that it...

In response to a critical story by the Associated Press that concluded the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39) has failed to meet its stated goals, two of the campaign’s co-chairs said the program needs more time to benefit schools. “It’s irresponsible and more than a little misleading to prejudge a long-term, multi-year program this...

* UPDATED One day before LA Unified’s traditional schools opened, students at ICEF Vista Elementary Academy, a charter in Del Rey, began their classes, greeted yesterday by teachers and administrators — and about a dozen protesters who told them they were not wanted and should go somewhere else. It was also the first day ICEF had moved...

LAUSD School Board president Steve Zimmer discussed the superintendent race on KNX News Radio this morning and mentioned Chief Deputy Superintendent Michelle King as a potential “top candidate” to replace Ramon Cortines. While on his way to Vine Street Elementary School to kick-off the school year, Zimmer was was asked in the interview about potential...

In the first effort of its kind, LA Unified staged a whirlwind of events for the first day of school today, with board members fanning out across the district, each visiting schools and other sites to welcome back staff, students and district employees. At 9 o’clock this morning, board president Steve Zimmer greeted students at...

By Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education  On the Westside of Los Angeles, there’s a school where eighth-graders code and build websites, develop entrepreneurial ventures and use gaming software to design solutions for saving local endangered species. At the Incubator School, teachers leverage technology to individually tailor student learning and track progress toward challenging academic...

By Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles Do you remember your first day of school? The thrill of seeing friends, the sense of possibility for the year ahead. That moment arrives Tuesday for 640,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School District. But when they step into the classroom, the rubber will meet the road...

LA Unified looks for smoother tech operations this school year As schools opened Tuesday, LA Unified officials are hopeful that they’ve turned the corner on their technology fiascoes.. Los Angeles Times LAUSD Students Head Back to School Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students will be heading back to class Tuesday. NBC...

The Los Angeles teachers union, UTLA, attacked a proposed expansion of charter schools in LA Unified with a robo-call to district teachers from union president Alex Caputo-Pearl, vowing to fight the education reform foundations behind the effort. Mentioning Eli Broad by name in the call, Caputo-Pearl told the teachers that these groups, which include the Broad, Keck...