The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Coalition Spokesperson Hired for NJ Senate Campaign
Political news site Politico is reporting that US Senate hopeful Cory Booker has hired Obama campaign veteran Addisu Demissie (pictured) as his campaign manager. As you may recall, Demissie’s Sacramento-based firm 50+1 was hired to field work during the LAUSD school board election primaries, in which the Coalition outspent the union-endorsed candidates but only won one of three...
By Alexander Russo | June 21, 2013
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Morning Read: District Renews College Prep Efforts
LAUSD Studying New Curriculum Plans Los Angeles Unified’s incoming freshmen class will be the first that will have to pass a rigorous college-prep curriculum with a “C” in order to get a diploma, which has district officials scrambling to identify and replicate successful programs that can get and keep students on track to graduation, Superintendent...
By LA School Report | June 21, 2013
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School Board’s Strange Parent Trigger About-Face
A couple of odds things happened towards the end of the School Board’s late-night meeting on Tuesday: Around 8:00 pm, as seven weary Board members were debating a proposal put forth by Board member Steve Zimmer calling on the district and state to bring greater transparency to the parent trigger signature-gathering process, Superintendent John Deasy...
By Hillel Aron | June 20, 2013
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Update: Deasy, Zimmer Attend College Readiness Event
KPCC’s Adolfo Guzman-Lopez has been sending out tweets about this morning’s conference on the district’s academic requirements. For example: @DrDeasyLAUSD taking part in conf. on 2016 requirement that HS seniors graduate #UC ready #AGForAll Top schools at #LAUSD falling short of 8 yr old A-G policy: 64% of grads at LA Center For Enriched Studies were UC ready in 2011 #LAUSD board...
By LA School Report | June 20, 2013
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Alleged Murderer Had No Reported Classroom Behavior Issues
Accused murderer and meth addict Michael Kane, an LAUSD elementary school teacher, has no previous history of violence during his career as a teacher and his personnel file states he was never removed from his classroom for any misbehavior, according to district officials. Kane began working for the district in 1997 as a substitute teacher...
By Brianna Sacks | June 20, 2013
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Defiant Deasy Says He’ll Push Targeted Spending Plan Anyway
During Tuesday’s seemingly endless meeting, the LAUSD School Board postponed Board member Tamar Galatzan’s resolution to have new State education funds flow to schools with large numbers of low-income and English language learning students and approved Board member Bennett Kayser’s resolution calling for the district to hire more staff across the board. The votes seemed like...
By Hillel Aron | June 20, 2013
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People: Villaraigosa Deputy Transitions to New Challenges
One adjective keeps coming up during interviews with education advocates and insiders about Joan Sullivan: Determined. As the Deputy Mayor for Education in Los Angeles for the last three years, Sullivan was determined to keep Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s education agenda moving forward, say those who’ve worked with her — despite political and policy setbacks, budget cuts,...
By Ruth Welte | June 20, 2013
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Morning Read: Budget Simplifies Special Ed Funding
Budget Simplifies Special Education Money Under the new spending plan, the state is doing away with the involved, multi-step calculation used to determine funding for Special Education Local Planning Areas and replacing it with one based on average daily attendance. SIA Cabinet Report LAUSD Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to West Hills Murder of Wife Michelle...
By LA School Report | June 20, 2013
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Events: Leaders to Talk College Readiness
On Thursday morning, Supt. Deasy, Board member Zimmer and policy analysts from Alliance for a Better Community (ABC) and UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (IDEA) will gather to discuss a new report on the status of the A-G program. Passed eight years ago, the “A-G” resolution (a reference to graduation requirements needed to...
By LA School Report | June 19, 2013
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Update: Education Schools Denounce Critical Report
A new national report by the National Council on Teacher Quality and the U.S. News and World Report found that only four secondary programs in California — made the honor roll — none of which were in Los Angeles. Of 71 elementary training programs rated in California, 64% received the lowest scores, noted the LA Times. University...
By Brianna Sacks | June 19, 2013