LA School Report

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Nick Melvoin Board district: 4 Age: 31 Lives in: West Los Angeles Job: Attorney, educator, nonprofit education consultant, LAUSD substitute teacher, volunteer Married: No Children in LAUSD: No children LAUSD schooling: Kenter Canyon Elementary Other education: Curtis, Harvard-Westlake, bachelor’s degree from Harvard University, master’s in urban education...

As the political rhetoric around charter schools heats up locally and nationally, Los Angeles charter school parents are not only defending their right to choose a school for their child but are now advocating for their place in the public education landscape. The shift was on display last week during two events in downtown Los...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Kelly Gonez Board district: 6 Age: 28 Job: Seventh-grade science teacher at Crown Preparatory Academy in Los Angeles Lives in: Sylmar Married to: Manuel, who works in politics and on policy issues related to transportation, housing, homelessness, infrastructure and workforce development Children: none LAUSD education: No LAUSD...

Abella Aleman was intently reading her first-grade class a Valentine’s Day letter about her love for her dad, Omar, a Navy sailor who had been deployed overseas for more than a year. So intently, she didn’t even notice when he crept into her Rancho San Diego Elementary School classroom and stood behind her chair. As...

High school students moderated a forum of the three candidates in the District 2 school board race on Friday night in front of a capacity crowd of 200, with 100 more students waiting to get in. The candidates were asked how they plan to battle Trump administration policies, help underperforming and underprivileged youth, increase the...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Lisa Alva Board district: 2 Age: 55 Lives: in childhood home in El Sereno Job: English teacher at Bravo Medical Magnet High School Marital status: engaged LAUSD schools attended: Multnomah Street Elementary, El Sereno Jr. High, Wilson High School...

By Daniel Heimpel, The Chronicle of Social Change The California Department of Education “derailed” local education agencies’ efforts to ensure transportation for students in foster care, imperiling a $1.8 billion federal grant aimed at poor students, according to an email shared with The Chronicle and an education administrator in San Diego. This while Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Patty López Board district: 6 Age: 49 Job: community activist in the San Fernando Valley Married: to Juan Lopez, supervisor for an electronic company Children in LAUSD: She has four children who attended LAUSD schools and four grandchildren. Her first three children graduated from San...

The lawyers who challenged union fees in the high-stakes Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case have filed a new lawsuit in hopes of achieving a decisive Supreme Court victory — a result denied to them last year when a tie vote left mandatory dues in place. The Center for Individual Rights filed Yohn v. California Teachers Association on Monday. The...

LA School Report covers the 2017 LAUSD school board race: See all 13 candidate profiles Name: Imelda Padilla Board district: 6 Age: 29 Job: Community organizer for Pacoima Beautiful, then with the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, and started her own nonprofit Together We Do More, which aims to help middle and high school students start to think...