LA School Report

By Motoko Rich In a stark about-face from just a few years ago, school districts have gone from handing out pink slips to scrambling to hire teachers. Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly in math, science and special education — a result of the layoffs of the recession years combined...

Major charter school expansion in the works for L.A. Unified students Charter school leaders said they have met with officials from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation in recent months about the effort. Los Angeles Times Editorial: L.A. Unified’s ‘teacher jail’ policy ends up punishing students As currently practiced, the procedure appears to turn too...

A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that fewer than one in five of the nation’s middle and high schools start the day at 8:30 a.m. or later, a time recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. In a report last year, the Academy concluded that insufficient sleep in adolescents and...

Looking to calm any last-minute fears that the start of the new school year will mirror last year’s troublesome beginning, LA Unified Superintendent Ramon Cortines is promising that the MiSiS computer system has been fixed and will operate smoothy when schools open later this month. “MiSiS is the heart of this district,” he said in a statement from...

Alliance College-Ready Public Charter Schools said today the group violated no laws over unionization efforts and asserted that some Alliance teachers “feel harassed by UTLA’s communications tactics.” Catherine Suitor, Chief Development & Communications Officer of Alliance, said in a statement to LA School Report the charter group looks forward to arguing its case before the state...

Because of a $300 million boost in bond money and the ability to hire extra help, most of the LAUSD schools are expected to have their air conditioning units working when school opens Aug. 18. “August is traditionally the hottest month of the year, and the severe heat spells doesn’t help the classroom situation,” said...

ICYMI — that is, in case you missed the Republican presidential candidates talking about education last night: Well, you had to listen carefully because education didn’t get much attention. Only three candidates had anything to say about education — mostly because they weren’t asked about it — and only the two from Florida, prompted by the...

By Silpa Kovvali The summer before my senior year of high school, I went on a family vacation to India that was, in and of itself, an education. I had, of course, a connection to the land my mom and dad called home for half their lives, and had been on a handful of trips...

Bodycams beginning to percolate in two schools Two school districts are adopting the use of body cameras this fall to record interactions. The Journal Local year-round schools nearly extinct Once common in the Inland area, the schedule has all but disappeared as enrollment has slowed in recent years. The Press-Enterprise CSBA calls on high court...

With a hearing now scheduled for Aug. 21, LA Unified’s teachers union, UTLA, will have the chance to argue before a neutral party that Alliance College-Ready Public Charter Schools, violated state education law by blocking the union’s efforts to bring Alliance teachers into its membership. The union’s accusations are detailed in two complaints (here and...