The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Deasy Sells his Apple Stock, Eliminating iPad Conflict
LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy is expected to attend the school board tomorrow, following his absence from the special meeting last Tuesday that focused on technology issues. He had a legitimate excuse: His ownership of stock in Apple, Inc., created a conflict of interest, precluding his participation in conversations about the district’s on-going use of...
By LA School Report | November 11, 2013
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LA Unified Magnet Application Deadline Fast Approaching
Currently, more than 64,000 students are enrolled in LA Unified magnet schools. That number is almost guaranteed to climb. The application deadline to enroll in one of the district’s 191 theme-based magnet schools for the 2014-15 school year is fast approaching. Online information and applications are available at echoices.lausd.net, with paper applications available at local...
By Chase Niesner | November 11, 2013
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‘Trigger’ Parents Help Return Pre-K to 24th St. Elementary
By the first of the new year, 24th Street Elementary School in West Adams will open a new pre-kindergarten program, a victory for parents concerned with how children were performing in grades beyond. The change came about through California’s new Parent Empowerment Act, the so-called Parent Trigger Law, which lets parents implement changes that include...
By Jessica P. Ogilvie | November 11, 2013
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LA Unified Board to Address 2 Controversies — Vladovic, iPads*
Two issues that have the drawn LA Unified school board into unanticipated controversy move into the spotlight tomorrow when the board convenes its regular meeting for November. One is the public profile of Board President Richard Vladovic, as he awaits a consideration of a censure motion from Tamar Galatzan – the first motion of its...
By Vanessa Romo | November 11, 2013
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Morning Read: Restoring Title 1 Funding Cuts in LA Unfied
LAUSD board to consider change in poverty-aid funding Just two years ago, students at the Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies could get homework help, take college-prep classes, go on after-school field trips, visit the school nurse — services funded by federal money earmarked for educating low-income youngsters. Today, those programs have been scaled back...
By LA School Report | November 11, 2013
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LA Teachers, Students Protest Reliance and Spending on iPads
As daylight faded and red brake lights of rush hour cast their eerie glow, a group of LA Unified teachers and students marched through downtown streets yesterday, demanding a reversal of district policies that value testing over “authentic” learning. Drivers honked and pumped their fists in solidarity as students waived their banners: “Technology for Teaching,...
By Vanessa Romo | November 8, 2013
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At One LA Unified School, the iPads are ‘Rocking and Rolling’
All 338 students in kindergarten through fifth grade at Cimarron Avenue Elementary in Hawthorne have iPads at their fingertips. The rollout has gone smoothly at the school, one of the first in LA Unified to receive the tablets when distribution began in August. “We’re rocking and rolling here,” said Cimarron’s principal, Cynthia Williams. Critics have called...
By Brenda Iasevoli | November 8, 2013
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Analysis: Deasy’s Extension Means Stability for LA Unified
Via Ed Source | By Charles Taylor Kerchner The Los Angeles Unified School District board bought itself a little stability last week when it extended Superintendent John Deasy’s contract for a year by handing him a “satisfactory” rating in his annual evaluation. Buying stability can be a good thing; it’s a key to educational success....
By LA School Report | November 8, 2013
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Morning Read: Court Rules Against LA Unified on Ratings
L.A. Unified loses round in effort to keep teacher ratings secret The Los Angeles Unified School District has lost a key round in a legal battle to keep the performance ratings of individual teachers confidential. The 2nd District Court of Appeal declined this week to consider the case after a lower court ordered the school system...
By LA School Report | November 8, 2013
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LA Unified Scrambling to Count Numbers of Homeless Students
November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, and LA Unified’s Homeless Education Program is holding events to highlight the need to remove the educational barriers caused by homelessness. They are barriers the District is finding hard to overcome. Before 2006, there was one homeless student liaison for the entire district. Since the homeless program began that...
By Chase Niesner | November 7, 2013