Morning Read: It’s election day (you knew that, right?)
LA School Report | May 19, 2015
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LAUSD school board, City Council race highlight today’s election
Lacking a high profile race, such as a mayoral contest, the general municipal election is expected to draw less than 10 percent of registered voters. KPCC
Polls open: L.A. voters to decide one council, three school races
Three incumbents on the L.A. Board of Education are up for reelection. Los Angeles Times
Endorsements: Our L.A. City Council, school board recommendations
The Los Angeles News Group has made recommendations in all of the races based on interviews and other assessments of the candidates. Los Angeles Daily News
How PACs are impacting school board elections in LA
Political action committees are spending 15 times the cash they did six years ago ahead of the Los Angeles Unified school board election on Tuesday. KPCC
Gov. Brown calls for ‘balanced’ approach to testing and accountability
“Tests, metrics, measures, these are good,” Brown said in response to a question about whether the state has sufficient accountability measures in place. Ed Source