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High-performing Alliance charter schools celebrate 10 years
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, the largest charter network in LA Unified is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and based on performance, there is much to celebrate. The Alliance schools, which include 17 high schools and 9 middle schools, are all located in low-income neighborhoods but have an overall high school graduation rate of 94...
By Craig Clough | November 11, 2014
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Poll finds equitable funding as biggest issue in Torlakson victory
Last week’s election for California Schools Superintendent, was widely framed as a battle between the teacher unions that backed incumbent and victor, Tom Torlakson, and refomers who supported Marshall Tuck. But a new survey suggests voters were more interested in how public schools are funded. The poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners on behalf of the American...
By Vanessa Romo | November 11, 2014
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Google Chromebooks become best-selling device in education
By Molly Hensley-Clancy | Via Buzzfeed For the first time, Google Chromebooks were the best-selling device in the education market this quarter, beating out Apple’s iPad in the K-12 sphere, according to data from market research firm IDC. The latest data is a high point for Chromebooks in their remarkable surge into the education industry....
By LA School Report | November 11, 2014
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Microsoft sending team of experts to help LAUSD with MiSiS
LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines told board members today that Microsoft has agreed to provide additional help, including “two top executives,” to aid the district’s efforts in resolving problems with the MiSiS data tracking system. The decision arose out of a request for help the district made to Microsoft last week. The first wave, 16 people,...
By LA School Report | November 10, 2014
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Commentary: Upside down priorities in CA ed chief race
Via Mom.me | By Dani Klein Modisett If you walked in the backdoor of my house this week unannounced, the one right next to the refrigerator, you may have found yourself looking straight at my ass. That’s because, more than once, I was bent over the freezer, my hand trolling around in my son’s Halloween...
By LA School Report | November 10, 2014
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VIDEO: 38 teams compete at Reseda HS robotics competition
A total of 38 teams from Southern California middle schools and high schools converged on Reseda High School on Saturday for the VEX Victory in the Valley Robotics Competition. The teams compromised both students from public high schools, private high schools and private clubs, and the winners moved on to the state tournament with the right...
By Craig Clough | November 10, 2014
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UTLA plans 5 rallies as part of National Day of Action
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is planning rallies at five locations on Nov. 20 with the duel purpose of demanding a new contract from the district and to participate in the National Day of Action that is being organized by the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. UTLA is calling on all of its members to...
By Craig Clough | November 10, 2014
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17 in the running for four LAUSD school board seats next year
It’s shaping up to be a furious campaign next year. With a few late additions at Saturday’s filing deadline, four incumbents plus 14 other people are now competing for the four LA Unified school board seats coming up in 2015. The latest to enter the race are two more challengers in District 5 — James...
By LA School Report | November 10, 2014
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Cortines seeking more outside help to resolve MiSiS issues
LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines, in his latest weekly update on MiSiS, told district staff today that he has reached out to Microsoft, the U.S. and California Departments of Education and other agencies as part of his effort to fix the district’s new student data tracking system. And while he assured that district officials are...
By LA School Report | November 7, 2014
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School board races coming into view as filing deadline approaches
With tomorrow’s noon deadline approaching to file for next year’s LA Unified school board elections, the races are coming into view. Seats in four of the board’s seven districts — 1, 3, 5 and 7 — are up for grabs, making the elections hugely influential on future district policies. All four of the incumbents are...
By Craig Clough | November 7, 2014