LA School Report

By Dennis Romero California lawmakers want to teach teens how to say yes to sex. And the state Assembly just passed the bill that would do just that. SB 695 by Senate President Pro Tempore de León of L.A. and Jackson and Sen.  Hannah-Beth Jackson of Santa Barbara would require high schools to teach the “yes means yes”...

Teen partly responsible for abuse by teacher, LAUSD tells appeals court Los Angeles Unified continues to argue that a 14-year-old girl should be partly responsible for sexual abuse by her eighth-grade teacher. Los Angeles Times LAUSD settles additional millions for Miramonte claims The LA Unified school board approved $4.5 million in additional settlement money for...

Another charter war is brewing in LA Unified. But the early warning shots are taking aim at ambiguity, not facts. The flashpoint was two sentences in an Aug. 7 story in the LA Times that described a meeting at which three major foundations discussed plans to expand the number of charter schools in the district. The...

The LA Unified school board yesterday picked the search firm to find the district’s next superintendent, completing a relatively speedy process that suggests the members want a successor in place when Ramon Cortines steps down in December. The search process began Sunday, when the board narrowed the field to two head-hunter firms from five and was...

By Helena Bottemiller Evich As the Republican battle against Michelle Obama’s school lunch standards resumes in Congress later this month, some food giants are quietly backing away from their fight with the first lady. Many companies, such as Schwan’s, that once vigorously fought key elements of the initiative to trim sodium, fat and calories from...

LA Unified could pay more to alleged Miramonte victims Settlements already total $169 million, the largest the district has ever paid related to sexual misconduct. Los Angeles Times School groups pursue compromise on budget reserves A year-long battle between a coalition of school organizations and the California Teachers Association over district reserves has taken a...

An elementary school principal who was removed over the summer after a wave of parental protests took her case before the LAUSD School Board today in an effort to win reinstatement. Gail Greer was removed from the Mid-City’s Prescott School of Enriched Sciences Magnet Elementary School on July 27 by Superintendent Ramon Cortines after parents...

The LA Unified school board is meeting today at a 1 p.m. The board is scheduled to discuss its search for a new superintendent as well as board member Mónica García’s resolutions for the district to recognize Latino Heritage Month, Student Attendance Month, National Coming Out Day and College Awareness Month. There will also be several public hearings regarding...

LA Unified has announced that Judy Burton has stepped down as chair of the Instructional Technology Initiative Taskforce, which is guiding the district’s tech objectives in the wake of the cancelled iPad program. Burton resigned as CEO and president of Alliance College-Ready Public Schools in January, the same month she was named to head up the...