The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Morning Read: Sacto Edition
Deal Likely on School Finance Reform, Steinberg Says The Senate has dropped its call for a year’s delay in implementing Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan for sweeping K-12 finance reform, making it likely a deal over Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula will be struck in the next few days, Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg said...
By LA School Report | June 7, 2013
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Update: Reform Coalition Faces Power Vacuum
Education reformers met Friday afternoon to discuss the disastrous results of the 2013 School Board elections and to consider what form the their efforts should take in the future. “It was a meeting to discuss what had happened in my election and what we should think about the future of LAUSD,” said Kate Anderson, who unsuccessfully...
By Hillel Aron | June 6, 2013
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Events: What’s Next for Education in LA?
Later today about 200 education leaders are gathering at United Way’s “End of the School Year” event to discuss what’s next for education in Los Angeles. The bulk of the meeting will focus on the launch of a new education coalition, Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a collaborative of major civil rights, education...
By Brianna Sacks | June 6, 2013
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Ratliff: “The Most Powerful Woman in LA”?*
A new feature in the LA Weekly claims Board member-elect Monica Ratliff “may be the most powerful woman in Los Angeles” (given the dearth of elected officials on the City Council) and compares LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy to former police chief William Bratton. Written by LA School Report contributor HIllel Aron, The Woman Who May Change L.A. notes that...
By Alexander Russo | June 6, 2013
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Morning Read: New Settlement for 40 Miramonte Students
LAUSD Offers New Settlement to Miramonte Students The Los Angeles Unified School District previously reached a settlement with 58 Miramonte Elementary School students and parents of students in a sexual abuse lawsuit in March. LAUSD offered $17 million Wednesday to settle lawsuits by about 40 students and their families alleging sexual abuse at Miramonte Elementary...
By LA School Report | June 6, 2013
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Joan Sullivan to Head LA Partnership Schools
Today was Joan Sullivan’s last day as Deputy Mayor for Education, and it turns out she won’t be out of work very long. That’s because she’s been tapped to take over for Marshall Tuck as the new CEO of Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, which manages 22 schools within LAUSD. According to a press release,...
By Hillel Aron | June 5, 2013
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Charters: Heading to Memphis
There are 210 charter schools in LAUSD this year, according to the California Charter Schools Association. Many of them hope to grow and expand within LA. However, as part of the continued growth of charter schools nationwide, some Los Angeles-area charter school networks are spreading to other parts of the country, either by starting new...
By Alexander Russo | June 5, 2013
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Memo: Deasy Touts Progress on Safety, Suspensions, & English Learners
Superintendent John Deasy recently laid out his vision for the Los Angeles Unified School District over the next three years. Though he focused mainly on his top priorities for spending future revenue, Deasy also reflected on the school system’s recent gains, including 800 new campus safety aides assigned to elementary and middle schools across the city....
By Brianna Sacks | June 5, 2013
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Commentary: Teachers’ Letter to Mayor Garcetti
This is a guest commentary written by LAUSD teachers Jeff Austin and Edward Kusell-Zigelman to Mayor-elect Garcetti about what he can do to be a leader on education issues in City Hall: Dear Mayor-Elect Garcetti, A few weeks ago, residents of Los Angeles made their voices heard by voting you into office. We’d like to...
By Alexander Russo | June 5, 2013
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Budget: Class Size, Re-Hiring Teachers, & Raises
Yesterday’s special Board meeting highlighted the drastic cuts made to LAUSD’s budget over the last five years. Howard Blume has a good summary over at the LA Times: “[C]lass sizes in the early grades have gone up from 20 to 24 students — and higher in upper grades. Physical education classes have ballooned to more than...
By Hillel Aron | June 5, 2013