LA School Report

Schools within 5 miles of Aliso Canyon leak will get air purifiers The largest number of devices, 210, is going to the largest campus in the area, Granada Hills Charter High School. Los Angeles Times, by Howard Blume LAUSD Supt Michelle King talks segregation, iPads, and priorities The new superintendent of the nation’s second-largest district...

Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of the LA teachers union, UTLA, has been warning for months of “dangers” ahead, imploring his members to dig deeper in their pockets to fight them. He will soon find out if the message resonates among the union’s 35,000 members, now that ballots have gone out, asking for a $19 monthly raise...

It’s a such unique moment with the leadership of Sacramento that LAUSD should find a way to take advantage. That was the message from LA Unified board President Steve Zimmer to district staff at a board committee meeting yesterday: figure out how to ask for more money from the state, even more than the district’s fair...

LA Unified receives fewer public records requests per year than other governmental agencies or school districts of similar size, but district staff is now suggesting that the board consider pushing for legislation that would set a fee for complying with some of the requests. The recommendation came from Christine Wood, the assistant general counsel and...

Jayson Jones was my favorite person to call when I needed a substitute for my high-school English classes. Jayson was an aspiring teacher who was extremely popular with the students and related especially well with many of the at-risk kids. One day, I walked into the classroom at lunchtime, and he was sitting alone in...

From L.A. Unified teacher to superintendent: Who is the real Michelle King? There’s not much recent public evidence by which to evaluate King’s suitability for one of the most important positions in education. Los Angeles Times, by Howard Blume Plaintiff in lawsuit updates costs of inadequate funding The school boards association argues in a new...

It appears that the LA Unified school board is headed for a showdown with the giant chicken industry. As the second largest school district in the nation, LA Unified has traditionally been one of the largest purchasers of chicken in the country but in late 2014 adopted much stricter guidelines for the food it buys....

A delegation of educators from Beijing spent much of today visiting an Alliance College-Ready Public School to find out what they could incorporate into their curriculums. Members of the delegation seemed delighted in the idea of having a computer device for every student, which they don’t yet have in China. But, they were perplexed about...

By Alisha Kirby Approximately 44,000 school aged children in California will no longer be living in households considered low-income, according to the latest U.S. Census data, reflecting a positive shift since the recession ended nearly six years ago. While the number may seem impressive, the percentage decrease among children age five to 17 living in...

Lincoln Heights Teen 1 of Only 12 to get perfect AP Calculus exam score Cedrick Argueta also earned perfect scores on the English and math sections of the ACT college-entrance exam, the district said. KTLA, by Kennedy Ryan and Kimberly Cheng Commentary: The Oracle Jerry Brown Weighs in on Prop 30 extension California awaits the...