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LASR poll results: Supporters of Broad on top in photo finish
Folks, this one was down… to… the… wire! Our poll asking readers to share their opinions on the Broad Foundation‘s massive charter expansion plan got lots of votes and even some national attention (thank you, Diane Ravitch). In the end, it was a virtual tie between readers responding with answers that strongly favored the Broad...
By LA School Report | October 20, 2015
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UTLA, parents angry over class sizes at LAUSD school in Palms
The LA teachers union, UTLA, organized a press conference at at Hamilton High School in Palms yesterday to draw attention to what it says is overcrowding in classrooms at the school. The press conference featured parents, teachers and students. “If we don’t get the quality education that we need to succeed, then we are being set...
By LA School Report | October 20, 2015
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Multiple rallies gather early for LAUSD school board meeting
Protestors and supporters of a variety of causes started gathering at 8 a.m. today for the 1 p.m. LA Unified school board meeting, facing intense heat outside and an overcrowded meeting room inside. Among the earliest to appear were 50 people with green shirts and buttons showed up for the Green Dot Public Schools, which...
By Mike Szymanski | October 13, 2015
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Teachers planning to protest charter plan as LAUSD board convenes
As the LA Unified board is holding its monthly meeting tomorrow, the teachers union, UTLA, is planning a sidewalk protest against the Broad Foundation’s plan to expand the number of charter schools in the district. The demonstration follows the release today of a Broad-commissioned poll, showing that a large majority of city residents want more choices...
By Mike Szymanski | October 12, 2015
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UTLA says it’s facing ‘unprecedented web of attacks’ on all sides
Just months having securing a new three-year contract that included a hefty raise for its members, all is not well at the the Los Angeles teachers union, UTLA. The latest issue of its monthly newsletter is no easy, breezy read, and it suggests that the months and years ahead may be as tumultuous as the recent past. UTLA...
By Craig Clough | September 28, 2015
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Morning Read: UTLA protests opening of Broad’s new museum
Teachers union holds protest outside Broad museum on opening day Before art aficionados could get their first look inside Eli Broad’s new museum Sunday morning, they got an angry earful on the outside from teachers. Los Angeles Times LAUSD teacher says he spelled out ‘N-word’ during history lecture A teacher temporarily suspended says he referred...
By LA School Report | September 21, 2015
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JUST IN: Feds consider complaint over UTLA handling of strike fund
A federal agency is looking into a complaint that United Teachers of Los Angeles misused money from the union’s $3 million strike fund. An Aug. 12 letter from the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General said the complaint and supporting documents went to the Racketeering and Fraud Investigations for review. An official from...
By Mike Szymanski | September 15, 2015
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UTLA discusses new issues of unjustly housed teachers
When the union representing LA Unified teachers meets tomorrow afternoon to discuss “unjustly housed teachers,” one of the potential discussion issues is whether UTLA could get involved in the class action suit against LAUSD arising out of dispute involving Ralf Esquith. Lawyers representing have asked the union to join the class action but is still awaiting a response....
By Mike Szymanski | September 14, 2015
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UTLA’s Caputo-Pearl throws down debate challenge to Eli Broad
Ever since billionaire Eli Broad and a few other powerful figures in the school reform movement announced plans of a massive investment in new charter schools for LA Unified, the district’s teachers union has been aggressively mobilizing opposition to it. That response took an interesting turn yesterday when Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of United Teachers Los...
By Craig Clough | September 8, 2015
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UTLA making clear to LAUSD board what it wants in next superintendent
An open and transparent search, background as an educator and under no circumstances someone from the Broad Academy. Those are the three major criteria that UTLA wants in the next LAUSD school superintendent. Alex Caputo-Pearl, the president of the United Teachers Los Angeles union, told the LA School Report that he has made it known to...
By Mike Szymanski | August 28, 2015