NBC Los Angeles last night came out with a story that should disturb any LA Unified student, parent or staff member: it found that thousands of school children could be drinking from fountains tainted with dangerous levels of lead. The report is a followup to a story first examined by NBC seven years ago, when...

No more Mr. Nice Guys. Last night’s forum for the three candidates in the LA Unified District 5 board race included lots of head shaking, some eye rolling, silently mouthing words (“That’s not true”) and at least one tiff. Perhaps some of the frustration was due to changing rules. Initially there was no time set...

The possibility of a strike by Los Angeles teachers loomed larger today as the teachers union, UTLA, declared an impasse in negotiations with LA Unified, citing a lack of progress in bargaining since the talks began last year. The district agreed and said it would join the union with “reluctant willingness” in asking the state...

Ed Source | By Trish Williams K-8 science education in California has atrophied in many districts in California over the past 15 years. It wasn’t intentional – but time given to science took a back seat to more time given by districts to English language arts and math to avoid the high-stakes consequences of not...

* UPDATED With incumbent Tamar Galatzan opting out of the second and final LA Unified District 3 board forum last night, her five challengers took full advantage, criticizing her as they made their cases for why they should be elected on March 3 instead of her. Galatzan, who said she had a scheduling conflict, mingled...

This is the next in a series of profiles on candidates running in the March 3 primary for the LA Unified school board. Today’s focus is Tamar Galatzan, who is seeking reelection for the District 3 seat. Incumbent Tamar Galatzan is at the center of the most crowded race for an LA Unified school board...

A ruling by a federal judge in Texas yesterday is forcing the Obama administration to postpone the start of new immigration policies that would lead to work permits and job protections for hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. The action by Judge Andrew S. Hanen, of Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas...

L.A. Unified tracks measles shots, reports higher vaccination levels LAUSD officials have launched an effort to increase and document the percentage of young children who’ve been vaccinated against measles. Los Angeles Times Commentary: Test scoring of schools being dismantled California’s education establishment is dismantling or softening state and federal testing-based “accountability” systems. Los Angeles Daily...

Hey, remember that 1995 film, “The Usual Suspects?” Come on, it ranks No. 2,745 on the all-time domestic ticket sales list, according to Box Office Mojo. Anyway, the California Charter Schools Association Advocates, a political arm of the California Charter Schools Association, decided it was memorable enough to reprise a climactic scene as the landscape...