LA School Report

In a stunning upset, Scott Schmerelson handily defeated two-term incumbent Tamar Galatzan in the race for LA Unified’s District 3 seat. Schmerelson beat Galatzan with more than 3,000 votes, 55 percent to 45 percent. “I am very happy, very excited, and I’m ready for my five-year term,” he told LA School Report late last night,...

CA readies new student report cards on Common Core testing State officials say they are moving forward with the new student report cards despite potential conflicts with the No Child Left Behind Act. SI&A Cabinet Report San Pedro mother claims school police officer used excessive force on son Andres Munoz, 11, said his wrist injury...

Polls close at 8 pm tonight, and LA School Report will update the results of the three LA Unified board seat races as they come in. The first numbers, expected sometime before 9 o’clock, reflect early voting and generally serve as a strong indicator of the final outcome. Early tomorrow, we will have a full...

Gov. Jerry Brown‘s revised May budget has already received plenty of praise from school districts for showering California’s public education institutions with billions in additional funds. But the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) yesterday delivered additional sunny news estimating that revenues would be $3.2 billion more than Brown’s budget predicts. “Overall, we think the administration’s...