Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a revised state budget this morning that directs an additional $6.1 billion toward K-through-12 education. The money is the result of higher than expected revenues that have come into the state since Brown first revealed his proposed budget in January. The added money includes $3.1 billion for the current academic year and...

It wasn’t the first time children wept in front of the LA Unified school board or told horrifying tales of being bullied in school or recalled that spark of hope ignited by a remarkable teacher. But something in the way students from Los Angeles Big Picture High School on Tuesday pleaded to save their school struck...

By Keith Sharon The bigger boys surrounded him near the bus stop at Kettler Elementary School in Huntington Beach. They screamed an anti-gay slur at him in Spanish. They sashayed as they circled him, mocking his effeminate movements. Marcos Saldivar didn’t know what the slur meant exactly. He only knew that it hurt. He was...

What to do with a $4b surplus? Schools say they come first Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to unveil his revised May budget plan today on how to use nearly $4 billion in unanticipated revenue. SI&A Cabinet Report SoCal high schools violate graduation cap and gown law Some schools are not communicating the law to...

Things are getting nasty in what had been a relatively quiet and peaceful race for the LA Unified school board seat in District 7. Candidate Lydia Gutierrez, who is challenging incumbent and board President Richard Vladovic, responded sharply to several campaign flyers circulated by the political action committee for SEIU Local 99, a union of...

With expectations of a windfall from the state when Gov. Jerry Brown announces his updated budget tomorrow, various interests in LA Unified are eager to learn if the added dollars will reach them. It’s not likely. Despite the possibility that the district’s cut of the added revenues could reach $300 million or more, Superintendent Ramon...

* UPDATED Superintendent Ramon Cortines is putting off retirement for another year. The LA Unified school board yesterday voted unanimously to extend Cortines’s contract through the end of the 2015-16 school year. Terms of the deal are still under review, “but nothing, including salary, was expected to change from the previous pact,” district officials said...

CA teachers, community colleges know what to do with extra state funds On Thursday morning, Gov. Jerry Brown is set to unveil an updated budget proposal for the next fiscal year. KPCC In L.A. Unified races, both union and charter school backers target iPads Charter-school backers and the teachers union are on opposite sides in...

In a surprise move today, the LA Unified School Board postponed a vote on a resolution to fix the implementation of college prep graduation requirements, called A through G. The resolution co-sponsored by board members Mónica García and Steve Zimmer was delayed after members complained that they didn’t have enough understanding of the latest amended version...

The LA Unified school board is scheduled to meet today at 1 p.m. Among the agenda items of interest is a vote on a new contract with UTLA, as well as discussion on the district’s A through G graduation requirements. Also included is the “Seek Greater Opportunities for Four Year Olds,” a plan to expand Transitional Kindergarten to...