The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Morning Read: Parent Activism a Growing Trend in LA Schools
Parent involvement at L.A. schools getting new look In Cudahy, parents collected more than 600 signatures demanding a new principal. In Culver City, they fought attempts to unionize classroom aides and formed a group that elected a school board majority. In Los Angeles, parents are organizing for more effective school disciplinary practices. LA Times Schools promoting...
By LA School Report | December 3, 2013
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New State Rule for Meal Program Risks $200 Million for LAUSD
A new state rule asking school districts to verify students eligible for the Free and Reduced Price Meal program is causing alarm within LA Unified, which must document the status of more than 138,000 students or risk losing $200 million in state funding. The rule affects students at nearly 400 high-poverty campuses, all of whom...
By LA School Report | December 2, 2013
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Ridley-Thomas Drawing Support from UTLA, Reform Groups*
A 26-year old candidate with more experience in policy than politics is heading into tomorrow’s special election for a westside state Assembly seat with something few candidates can claim: support from both sides of the education reform debate. Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, son of County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, has proved to be both a prolific fundraiser and...
By Vanessa Romo | December 2, 2013
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Editorial: The New Mayor and the Teachers
Via The New York Times | Editorial Board Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio will take office facing the need to forge new labor agreements with the unions that represent nearly all of New York City’s 300,000 municipal workers. The largest of these, the United Federation of Teachers, is in a particularly sour mood. Representing 40 percent...
By LA School Report | December 2, 2013
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An LAT Story on iPads That’s Neither Surprising nor New
The LA Times has another iPad story today, pointing to surveys by the administrators and teachers unions that found the entirely-not-surprising results that some people like the iPads, some people don’t. What is surprising is what the story doesn’t say, such as when the surveys were conducted. LA School Report published reports on the administrators survey...
By LA School Report | December 2, 2013
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Morning Read: 145 LAUSD Schools Closed Their Libraries
Dozens of LA Unified schools lack staff needed to run libraries As many as 145 schools across L.A. Unified may have closed their libraries, according to staffing numbers provided to KPCC this week. The district said it does not have a tally of shuttered libraries, but figures show schools and the district have hired only...
By LA School Report | December 2, 2013
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Happy Holidays, See You Monday
By LA School Report | November 26, 2013
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Commentary: Why Teachers Teach? — Need You Ask?
We talk about their success stories, the kids who text them from college, invite them to their weddings, grow up and become teachers themselves. We talk about their heartbreaks, the kids who for one reason or another don’t make it, who drop out, who disappear. We talk about their frustrations, the kids with behavior issues,...
By Ellie Herman | November 26, 2013
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Legislators Latest Critics of New Funding Formula Regs
Via Ed Source | By John Fensterwald In a letter on Monday, leaders of the state Senate and Assembly criticized proposed regulations on state funding for the state’s neediest students as inconsistent with the intent of the new school finance law. Their letter to the State Board of Education, which must adopt the regulations in...
By LA School Report | November 26, 2013
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Morning Read: Cal Arts Council Betting $2 Million on a Raise
California using $2-million arts grant windfall for new programs The California Arts Council, the agency behind state government’s arts grants, is putting down most of its chips from a one-time, $2-million funding windfall on several new bets involving arts education and community improvement through the arts. The nearly $1.6 million allocated at the panel’s most...
By LA School Report | November 26, 2013