LA School Report

Among the guests invited to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama during the president’s State of the Union address tonight is an educator from LA Unified. Katrice Mubiru is a district adult education teacher who wrote President Obama in 2012 to encourage him to support adult education, according to ABC7 and a White House press release. As...

California creates system for rating early childhood centers The system is a result of the only statewide grants California received from President Barack Obama’s signature $4.3 billion Race to the Top program. Ed Source Number of public school students in poverty passes 50% A new report from the Southern Education Foundation found that over half...

Via The Los Angeles Times | By George Skelton Since when did the state government chipping in to help build classrooms for kids become a bad thing? Since Jerry Brown returned as governor, that’s when. Correct that: It’s not a bad thing for most people in the state Capitol — only the contrarian governor.  Brown...

Arizona group targets CA for graduation civics test Civics education advocates are looking to push through a requirement in California that public school students pass an exam based on one given for U.S. citizenship. KPCC Plenty of credits, no diploma The American School Counselor Association recommends a student-to-counselor ratio of 250 to 1. In California,...

In case you missed it, here are the top five stories from LA School Report this past week: LA Unified, citing new money, ups its offer to teachers Bolstered by a more robust state budget, LA Unified said it was doubling its offer to UTLA. Survey: Teachers support changes in state job protection laws The...

Help wanted: LA Unified is seeking a new Chief Information Officer to fill the post previously held by Ron Chandler, who resigned in October under intense pressure following the disastrous rollout of MISIS. All you have to be is “a dynamic, results oriented technology leader with an exceptional background to lead our Information Technology Division.”...

This is the first in a series of profiles on candidates running in the March 3 primary for the LA Unified school board. Today’s focus is Filiberto Gonzalez, a candidate for the District 3 seat. Filiberto Gonzalez has been raising money for social justice causes since he was a teenager. Now, the cause is himself....

LA Unified announced a major expansion of its after school supper program yesterday through its Beyond the Bell Branch. The district currently serves 70,000 supper meals a day at 584 schools. Through new outreach efforts, the number could grow by more than a third, according to a district press release. It is also expected to generate...

Via The American Federation of Teachers | By Bianca Tanis I am a special education teacher in New York and a mother of two children on the autism spectrum. Sometimes it is difficult to separate these two roles. Being intimately involved in the education system has made navigating the world of special education for my...

Deasy attracted millions from foundations — will they stay the course? Deasy attracted millions of dollars from Broad and other education reformers while he was superintendent from 2011 until his resignation in October. KPCC Movie could move along undocumented immigrant conversation The movie “Spare Parts” recounts how a team of mostly undocumented immigrant students built...