LA School Report will bring readers live updates of today’s race to win the LA Unified school board’s District 1 seat tonight with up-to-the-minute returns. Starting at about 9:15 p.m., as results come in, LA School Report will bring you fresh updates via Twitter: @laschoolreport; our FB page and posts to this site.  STAY TUNED.  ...

In case you missed it, LA School Report has been honored with five nominations for the Los Angeles Press Club’s 56th Southern California Journalism Awards. The awards recognize Los Angeles area journalists and publications as well as excellence in new and emerging media. Of the five nominations, two go to LA School Report commentator Ellie...

As voters head to the polls today, candidates running for LA Unified District 1 board seat were making last-minute pushes to reach voters and promote their message. Seven candidates are competing for a seat that has been vacant since December, and only an outright winner, with more than 50 percent of the vote, can assume...

In a show of unity, UTLA‘s current and incoming presidents waved the prospect of a teachers strike in the coming school year if LA Unified offers anything less than an eight percent raise for the next school year, building to 17.6 percent in years to follow. Appearing together at an afternoon news conference yesterday, Warren...

After the sudden death of LA Unified school board member Marguerite LaMotte nearly six months ago, her District 1 constituents have rallied inside and outside district headquarters, demanding representation on the board. Some wanted an immediate appointment to fill her seat. Others called for a special election. The latter group won out and tomorrow, residents...

An open letter to the Los Angeles Unified school board from five district students: Dear board members: We are students who live in South Los Angeles and attend South L.A. High Schools. One of us wakes up early every morning to take two buses to attend Hamilton High School in West L.A. so that she...