The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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All LAUSD school board candidates agree on the undeniable importance of the Latino vote
The strength of Los Angeles’ Latino community blazed through city streets on Monday as 100,000 people marched to support immigrants’ rights and other causes including public education. With the LA Unified school board runoff just two weeks away, all four of the candidates acknowledge how important the Latino community’s support is in a district that...
By Esmeralda Fabián Romero | May 1, 2017
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Your cheat sheet on this week in education in Los Angeles — and quick fact: attendance was up on May Day Monday in LA schools
*UPDATED The week and the month kicked off Monday with 100,000 people participating in May Day marches across Los Angeles, which for the first time in more than a decade all joined together at their final destination at City Hall. Teacher union organizers had called on Superintendent Michelle King to close the schools, but the...
By LA School Report | May 1, 2017
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Commentary: Vote for candidates who are committed to children
This is part of a series of essays by Los Angeles leaders and stakeholders on the importance of a high-quality education for all LA students and the May 16 school board election. By Randy Bishop I’ve always viewed education as a big equalizer. My great-grandparents immigrated to this country with nothing. Their children, my grandparents,...
By Guest contributor | May 1, 2017
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Immigration fears in California schools: Report shows 1 in 8 students have undocumented parents
Much attention has focused recently on a heightened fear of deportation among undocumented K-12 students, but the number of children actually affected is far greater, according to a new report from The Education Trust–West. About 250,000 undocumented children between the ages of 3 and 17 are enrolled in California public schools, says the report, released in...
By Mark Keierleber | May 1, 2017
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Commentary: Education is the driver of positive change
This is part of a series of essays by Los Angeles leaders and stakeholders on the importance of a high-quality education for all LA students and the May 16 school board election. By Josh Berman Education represents the cornerstone to every individual’s future successes. It provides its pupils with their initial foray into the real...
By Guest contributor | April 28, 2017
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Anger erupts over LAUSD’s lack of transparency about sharing space with public charter schools — and inflames the board election
It seems everyone is angry at LA Unified over its lack of transparency and leadership surrounding proposed co-locations of charter schools at district campuses. District staff, school board members, charter school leaders and parents throughout Los Angeles all say the number and intensity of the protests over these Prop. 39 co-locations are at an all-time...
By Mike Szymanski | April 28, 2017
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Marshall Tuck: Support nonprofit charter schools, ban for-profit charters
By Marshall Tuck This year, we have a chance to help students and protect taxpayers across California, and I hope we don’t miss it. The California State Legislature is currently considering whether to ban for-profit charter schools. Educators — whether at district or charter public schools — can agree: public schools must serve students, not shareholders....
By Guest contributor | April 27, 2017
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U.S. News ranks America’s top public high schools — and for the first time, charters dominate Top 10
U.S. News and World Report has released its 2017 rankings of America’s public high schools, and for the first time ever, the majority of the schools in the top 10 are charters. BASIS Scottsdale, BASIS Tucson North, and BASIS Oro Valley — all Arizona public charter schools in the BASIS network — placed one, two, and three atop...
By Kate Stringer | April 26, 2017
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Commentary: Public education’s death spiral, and why everyone needs to vote on May 16
This is part of a series of essays by Los Angeles leaders and stakeholders on the importance of a high-quality education for all LA students and the May 16 school board election. By Loren Bendele In the 1970s Los Angeles had many of the best public schools in the world. Today, Los Angeles has some of...
By Guest contributor | April 26, 2017
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LAUSD’s new early education program for children under age 5 is threatened by challenges
LA Unified’s new Expanded Transitional Kindergarten program, which is serving nearly 30,000 children younger than age 5, is already facing challenges that threaten it, and the district will assess it at the end of the school year. Dean Tagawa, the executive director of the Early Childhood Education Division, said that a $5 million hold on state...
By Mike Szymanski | April 25, 2017