LA School Report

By Claudio Sanchez Many high schoolers hoping to attend George Washington University in Washington, D.C., one of the top private universities in the country, breathed a sigh of relief this week. GWU announced it will no longer require applicants to take the SAT or ACT. The move comes after the school formed a task force...

Why schools are rushing to hire more bilingual teachers Global events and continued growth among the Latino population have led to higher levels of students who don’t speak English. Fusion Taking aim at the ‘middle school plunge’ with a positive culture Fear of being publicly embarrassed or even physically hurt is widespread among students who...

The Rookies of the Year have been chosen among the LAUSD new teachers, and 23 of them will be going to the Dodgers play the Angels Sunday at Dodger Stadium. The winners were selected from among 920 first-year teachers last year, 87 of whom were nominated by school administrators and new teacher support staff. The winners were...

Principals at K-12, option and early education schools at LA Unified will start the 2015-16 school year next month working under a new evaluation system that was developed over the course of a two-year, no-stakes pilot program. The new system was announced in the recent newsletter of the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA), the...

By Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West | Education Next Testing and accountability have become a focal point of the congressional debate over the new federal education bill designed to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB), originally scheduled to expire in 2007. The Senate and the House have each passed a bill revising the...

‘Parent trigger’ campaigns can continue despite lack of new test scores Parents are allowed to attempt to force major changes at schools considered failing based on tests that are at least two years old. EdSource San Francisco middle schools no longer reaching ‘Algebra 1′ Districts like Los Angeles and Oakland are going to allow some...

With LA Unified needing another $40 billion or so to modernize every school, it is likely that the district will ask voters for a lot more through bond sales in the coming years. But a new report from the California Policy Center says voters should be more skeptical and engaged when it comes to construction bonds, arguing that...

In a new position statement, a coalition of food professionals from the nation’s six largest school districts, including LA Unified, is asking for triple the amount of money now provided per school lunch by the USDA and allowing for more free meals as well as autonomy on how to serve them. The Urban School Food Alliance, which also...

To keep local children fed and ready for school the next day, LA Unified officials are hoping to expand the program that serves dinners to students who remain at school hours after the final bell. Already 76,000 meals a day are provided around dinner time at 584 schools in the district’s After School Supper Program,...