The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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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
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LA parent voice: Homelessness won’t stop me from being involved in my kids’ school
Every week, we sit down with Los Angeles parents to talk about their students, their schools, and what questions or suggestions they have for their school district. (See our previous interviews.) Erika López and her two younger children have been homeless for two years. She’s endured domestic violence. An older son didn’t graduate high school, another is...
By Esmeralda Fabián Romero | April 25, 2018
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Hard battle lines drawn as Congress considers using $1.4B in federal ‘Impact Aid’ to expand school choice for military families
Military-connected students — about 1.3 million of them in the United States — face a host of problems their civilian peers don’t. They move six to nine times in the course of their K-12 careers, forcing them to deal with everything from different GPA calculations and course offerings to missed opportunities to try out for...
By Carolyn Phenicie | April 24, 2018
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Antonucci: Will the California Teachers Association endorse Feinstein over former employee De León?
Mike Antonucci’s Union Report appears weekly at LA School Report. The California Teachers Association is in a unique position this election year. Two men who were once on CTA’s payroll are running for the two highest elected offices in the state — governor and U.S. Senator. It is very possible the union will recommend both of their...
By Mike Antonucci | April 24, 2018
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Introducing 4FAMS: A new resource to help parents better understand, appreciate, and engage with their child’s school
Although America’s children spend most of their days in classrooms, many of their parents find our school systems surprisingly intimidating. Between issues of curriculum and assessments, of equity and choice, of discipline and technology, and of career training and soft skills, the conversations about designing, monitoring, and perfecting classroom learning can quickly become so complex...
By Romy Drucker and Steve Snyder | April 23, 2018
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Ryan J. Smith: How can California be a beacon on a hill if it’s leaving its students at the base of the mountain?
‘Tis the season when we read posts and watch online videos of the young men and women who received their college acceptances. While we celebrate these milestones, the number of students of color and low-income students who are admitted to and complete college are still too few. In California, according to the California Competes, only...
By Ryan J. Smith | April 23, 2018
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LA School Report to partner with California children’s organizations for May 15 gubernatorial forum on education, equity, juvenile justice
On May 15, California gubernatorial candidates including Antonio Villaraigosa, John Chiang, and Delaine Eastin will discuss the most critical issues facing the state’s 9.1 million children at a forum hosted by three Los Angeles-based nonprofit organizations in partnership with LA School Report, which is powered by The 74. The Chronicle of Social Change, the Children’s Defense Fund-California, and The Children’s...
By LA School Report | April 23, 2018