There are now more non-union teachers in America than there are teachers who belong to a union, according to data analyzed by the blog Education Intelligence Agency. The data confirms information that first came to light last year, which examined data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and unionstats.com. BLS has been tracking teacher union...

A  new report analyzed graduation rates for black males nationwide and found that LA Unified ranks well below the national average. The district graduation rate for black males was 41 percent in the 2011-12 school year, compared with 59 percent nationwide, according to the Schott Foundation. The report, BLACK LIVES MATTER: The Schott 50 State...

The teachers union super PAC is starting to spend on behalf of school board District 5 incumbent Bennett Kayser, unleashing a flurry of campaign pieces to defend his seat in what is shaping up to be the most hotly contested race in this election. To date, the Super PAC, an independent expenditure committee, run by...

LA Unified lawyers will start taking on student deportation cases on a pro-bono and volunteer basis, making it the first school district in the country to represent immigrant children. Under the new legal program called AYUDA — that’s Spanish for “help” — district lawyers will provide legal aid to a small number of unaccompanied minors...

Old, broken LAUSD musical instruments holding back some students The number of broken instruments at LAUSD’s music repair shop is up 24 percent, according to district numbers. KPCC Canoga Park High School takes another step toward becoming a charter The school took another step toward ending its 100-year-old relationship with Los Angeles Unified on Tuesday. Los...

The LA Unified school board is scheduled to meet today at 1 p.m. Items of interest on the agenda include consideration of the AYUDA program, which involves district lawyers potentially doing pro-bono work on student deportation cases, and a review of Gerawan Farming and its potential food contracts with the district. Click here to get the...

Lydia Gutierrez has picked up the endorsement of an Evangelical Christian group in her race against board President Richard Vladovic and another challenger in the LA Unified District 7 school board campaign. Election Forum, a California-based group that urges people to “vote for, not against, their Biblical values,” has made her the only candidate in...

Via The Hechinger Report | By Jill Barshay Stanford University’s Jo Boaler says teachers and parents should stop using math flash cards, stop drilling kids in addition and multiplication and especially stop forcing students to do calculations quickly under time pressure. Good-bye Mad Minute Mondays, where teachers hand out quiz sheets with 50 problems to be completed in...

* UPDATED A scheduling conflict is depriving another candidate forum of an incumbent LA Unified board member. A Feb. 17 event sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles may include only a short appearance by Tamar Galatzan, who is seeking a third term as the Valley-based District 3 representative. Her office said...

A federal judge in California has dismissed lawsuits brought by LA Unified against three major banks that the district accused of racial discrimination in mortgage lending, leading to a loss of millions in tax revenue for the district. The lawsuits, which had been brought against banking giants — Wells Fargo, JP Morgan and Citigroup —...