The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Antonucci: UTLA directs its members to boycott after-school faculty meetings for the month of May
Mike Antonucci’s Union Report appears weekly at LA School Report. The leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles have had many ambitious plans to create a teacher mass movement such as we have seen in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona. Almost two years ago, UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl promised to “create a state crisis” in early 2018. His...
By Mike Antonucci | May 8, 2018
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Analysis: What should top Austin Beutner’s to-do list
Austin Beutner takes over as Los Angeles schools chief a week from today. He was hired for bold action, and he’s vowed to make hard choices. Here’s where he can start. 1. Close the opportunity gap for kids in the highest-need communities. While students in the district have made some academic gains in recent years,...
By Laura Greanias | May 7, 2018
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Commentary: Honor yesterday’s Roosevelt High School heroes by giving today’s students the modern high school they deserve
Students from Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights recently took to the streets to demand action on gun control and to challenge the criminalization of youth of color. They want to study at school free from the threats of gun violence and want positive school climates that uplift them. A march led by Roosevelt High students...
By Maria Brenes | May 7, 2018
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Commentary: Putting kids first includes the example we set for them
Last Tuesday, the LAUSD school board selected Austin Beutner to be the next superintendent to lead the Los Angeles Unified School District through a historic inflection point. The decisions of this new leader will impact the future of more than half a million children every year, with massive public policy and social justice ripple effects...
By Ben Austin and Veronica Melvin | May 7, 2018
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‘Change must happen’ — Austin Beutner is introduced as superintendent and vows to start with LAUSD’s culture
*Updated May 2 Austin Beutner is ready to make hard choices to bring about change. “It starts with culture. LA Unified has to become an institution that looks at each issue with the mindset ‘We can do this’ and is willing to change to achieve that objective,” the new superintendent said Wednesday at his introductory...
By Esmeralda Fabián Romero | May 2, 2018
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Antonucci: Ballot initiative to gut Proposition 13 postponed until 2020
Mike Antonucci’s Union Report appears weekly at LA School Report. It is an important election year in California, with fiercely contested races for governor, U.S. senator, and state superintendent of public instruction. But one major campaign battle will not make it to the November ballot — and mixed signals from the California Teachers Association could be a...
By Mike Antonucci | May 2, 2018
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Austin Beutner is named superintendent as board members choose strong leadership to tackle LAUSD’s deep academic and fiscal challenges
The elected leaders of Los Angeles’s public schools sent a strong signal Tuesday that LA needs bold leadership, choosing Los Angeles businessman Austin Beutner as superintendent of schools. Beutner is both an insider and an outsider. He has deep ties in Los Angeles and a demonstrated commitment to civic service. The former investment banker served...
By Esmeralda Fabián Romero and Laura Greanias | May 1, 2018
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LAUSD’s interim superintendent looks to liberate principals in the most struggling schools from requirement they hire teachers sent by the district
The principals of 227 struggling Los Angeles schools may be about to get a coveted freedom: the ability to hire the teachers they believe will best educate their students. As common-sense as that sounds, it’s not currently the case at the LA Unified School District, nor at most school districts nationwide. Today, all LA Unified...
By Laura Greanias | April 30, 2018
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Commentary: The LA teachers union has been trying to organize our charter school for 3 years. It’s enough. We’re not interested.
We, two public school teachers in Los Angeles, made a choice to teach at Alliance College-Ready Public Schools, the largest public charter network in Los Angeles. It was a deliberate decision rooted in our desire to make a life-changing difference in children’s lives, particularly children from traditionally disadvantaged communities. For both of us, this is...
By Daisy Jauregui and Cynthia Hacha | April 30, 2018
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Las Vegas teachers overwhelmingly vote against high dues, ditching their state union and National Education Association
Las Vegas teachers, fed up with how their dues are being spent, voted overwhelmingly late Wednesday to cut all ties with their state and national parent unions. The vote by the members of the Clark County Education Association, which represents almost 20,000 teachers in the Las Vegas area, is a significant loss to the National...
By Mike Antonucci | April 25, 2018