The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Daily News Breaks Vladovic Harassment Allegations
We’ll be posting new information about the fallout from the Vladovic allegations as soon as possible, but meantime you might want to read the LA Daily News piece that broke the news: “Los Angeles Unified has launched an investigation into allegations of employee intimidation and sexual harassment leveled against school board member Richard Vladovic, the...
By LA School Report | June 27, 2013
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Proposed Board Meeting Schedule, 2013-2014
Click below to view the proposed schedule of LAUSD Board meetings for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year which was put out earlier this week by LAUSD for an official vote at Tuesday’s Board meeting. According to the proposed schedule, the first meeting after the summer break is set for August 20. It is then scheduled, like...
By Brianna Sacks | June 27, 2013
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Preview: Board Presidency Up for Grabs Tuesday
On Tuesday, the School Board will convene for a sort of mini-meeting to swear in current members Monica Garcia, Steve Zimmer and the newly elected Monica Ratliff. It will also vote to elect a new Board President, a position held by Garcia for the last six years. The Board recently voted to limit the jobs...
By Hillel Aron | June 27, 2013
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Morning Read: Board Member Accused of Harassment
LAUSD Board Member Richard Vladovic Accused of Harassing Employees Attorneys will also look into allegations of harassment voiced by several district staff members who were interviewed by attorneys as part of a sex-abuse investigation involving an elementary school in Vladovic’s South Bay district. LA Daily News Coalition of Attorneys Demand Broad Policy Changes at LAUSD...
By LA School Report | June 27, 2013
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Commentary: Understanding “Common Core” Backlash
Earlier today, veteran LAUSD teacher and Incubator School founder Sujata Bhatt posted some thoughts about the backlash against a set of new standards and tests called the Common Core: There’s been a lot of hullaballoo suddenly about the Common Core. Symptomatic of the strange political times we live in, the Tea Party Right and the...
By Alexander Russo | June 26, 2013
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Update: All Your Twitter Favorites in One Place
A couple of weeks ago we published a list of LA’s Top Education Tweeters — a semi-complete compendium of prolific and/or important people and organizations. We got a lot of responses and suggestions — keep them coming, we’ll do an update soon! — and then this week the kind folks at the College-Ready Promise (@CollegeRdyPrmse)...
By Alexander Russo | June 26, 2013
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“Motley Crew” Attend Ratliff Campaign Debt Fundraiser
Less than a week before she’s due to be sworn in as a new School Board member, Monica Ratliff held a fundraiser at Farfalla in Los Feliz to raise money in order to pay off her campaign debt. According to sources who attended the lunch, the roughly 20 to 25 people who were there comprised...
By Hillel Aron | June 26, 2013
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LAUSD Launches Miramonte Settlement Countdown
Yesterday, LAUSD launched a website to notify the last 35 plaintiffs in the Miramonte case of the district’s settlement offer. The LA Daily News‘ Barbara Jones describes the website launch as “the latest salvo in what has become a public campaign by both the district and plaintiffs’ attorneys.” As the Los Angeles Times notes, the website “includes a sample...
By Hillel Aron | June 26, 2013
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Zimmer to Celebrate Re-Election at Hollywood High*
After an against-all-odds re-election against challenger Kate Anderson in the District 4 primary earlier this year, School Board member Steve Zimmer is celebrating at Hollywood High School on Wednesday afternoon. “This was a very significant re-election because of the national involvement,” said a spokesperson from Zimmer’s office. “We want to celebrate the teachers, students, parents...
By Brianna Sacks | June 26, 2013
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Morning Read: Most Districts Returning to Pre-Recession Funding
Budget Detail Shows Almost all Districts Returning to Prerecession Funding Levels Under terms of what’s being called a “compromise” on Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula, districts will receive an average of about $537 more per student than was proposed in May by the governor. SI&A Cabinet Report LAUSD Launches Website to Explain Miramonte Sex-Abuse Settlement...
By LA School Report | June 26, 2013