LA School Report

Vote on smaller June school construction bond possible within a week The move would require a rapid series of committee and floor votes to meet ballot deadlines over the next week, and success is far from certain. Sacramento Bee, by Jim Miller Hoaxers increasingly going online to threaten schools In almost every instance, the threats...

* UPDATED The LA Unified school board is expected on Tuesday to deny more applications for new charter schools and charter renewals than they may approve. This is the first time the recommended denials exceed approvals since the new configuration of the school board was seated last July. Already, the board has denied as many charters in...

  By Kathy Kantner, Rachel Greene and Juan Jose Mangandi Readers of LA School Report’s coverage of the Feb. 2 meeting of the Board of Education’s Early Childhood Education and Parent Engagement Subcommittee can be forgiven if they only perceived the heat in the boardroom but not the light. It would be unfortunate, however, if LA School Report’s overly...

By Richard Whitmire Recent big-dollar donations from pro-charter philanthropists leave traditional educators sputtering: Why don’t they just donate their money to us? Good question, and one that was raised in Los Angeles recently in light of a possible huge gift from philanthropist Eli Broad and others that appears headed mostly to charter schools. LAUSD board...

Under the leaking roofs of Los Angeles Unified schools Every time El Niño dumps rain on the city, dozens of LA Unified schools feel the impact of old architecture and outdated roofs. Los Angeles Times, by Sonali Kohli How two San Fernando Valley schools have kept learning after an epic gas leak After LA Unified took the...

Parents representing some of the most important advisory committees to the LA Unified school board lodged a litany of complaints this week about a lack of connection with the district. Long distances to meetings, inconvenient times, police intimidation near meeting sites and a lack of consideration of the parents’ advice were some of the complaints brought...

Arne Duncan’s administration of the Education Department saw plenty of notable accomplishments: billions of new dollars for preschool, a rewrite of the country’s primary K-12 education law, and a record high school graduation rate. Yet for all he achieved in his seven years, Duncan said he’s disappointed to leave office without having made sufficient progress...

Michelle King talks to 100 community leaders Speaking at an NAACP reception at First African Methodist Episcopal Church, the new LAUSD superintendent discussed her plans and challenges for the district. Los Angeles Wave, by Cynthia Gibson What happens to the $63 million if no one claims California lottery ticket? Money from unclaimed lottery tickets goes...

A group of six California school districts, including LA Unified, this week unveiled a new school accountability system that represents a far more complex and intricate way of ranking schools. Simply put, it is not all about standardized test scores anymore, and the school with the highest scores may no longer be the highest ranked...

Hit singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha surprises Jefferson High students with a donation of musical instruments