The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Conflicting Options at Tomorrow’s Board Meeting
The Daily News‘ Barbara Jones casts the two resolutions scheduled to be introduced at tomorrow’s special budget-focused Board meeting as two “conflicting options” for how to spend future revenue from Proposition 30, the temporary tax hike passed by California voters in November. One resolution, sponsored by Board members Steve Zimmer, Bennett Kayser and Dr. Richard...
By Hillel Aron | June 3, 2013
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Board Member-Elect Highlights Vocational Training
In a new KNX 1070 NEWSRADIOinterview, Board member-elect Monica Ratliff expresses some of her own ideas about what should get funded and expanded in LAUSD in upcoming years, including vocational education: “One of the areas to which Ratliff plans to bring renewed focus is vocational education, which involves training students for technical occupations and preparing them...
By Alexander Russo | June 3, 2013
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Morning Read: Two Roads For Future Spending
LAUSD Board Offers Conflicting Options for Spending New Revenue With millions in Proposition 30 dollars trickling in and more revenue promised under Gov. Jerry Brown’s school-funding plan, Los Angeles Unified board members are jump-starting the debate over the best way to rebuild a school district devastated by five years of budget cuts. Daily News Insurance...
By LA School Report | June 3, 2013
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Watch: Best Commencement Speeches of 2013
Here’s NBC News’ roundup of best moments (so far) from commencement season 2013. Congrats to everyone. Are there others?
By Alexander Russo | May 31, 2013
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Preview: Board to Consider Hiring, Formula Issues
At the May School Board meeting earlier this month, Board member Bennett Kayser (pictured) called for a special meeting to discuss next year’s budget, which is due June 30. That meeting is being held on Tuesday, June 4, at which time Board members are scheduled to introduce to two new resolutions (see agenda here), which...
By Hillel Aron | May 31, 2013
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Teachers Union Turning Back Against Parent Trigger
In recent days, LAUSD teachers and union activists have been stepping up their attacks on the use of California’s parent trigger law and Parent Revolution, the nonprofit that has been coordinating parents’ efforts. They held a Thursday press conference at Weigand Elementary, the school where parents and organizers recently petitioned to oust Principal Irma Cobian...
By Hillel Aron | May 31, 2013
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Hey, Look! State Releases Year-Old School Rankings
Last Friday, California released its annual list of school rankings, based on Academic Performance Index (or API) scores from tests taken in Spring of 2012, including all sorts of LAUSD schools. Why such little fanfare to these numbers? As Rob Kuznla of the Daily Breeze notes, the scores are almost a year old. “The bigger...
By Hillel Aron | May 31, 2013
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Morning Read: Half of Crenshaw Teachers Asked to Return
Most Crenshaw High Teachers Being Displaced in LAUSD Reorganization The school is being split into three magnets in an effort to boost test scores and reduce the number of dropouts. Only 29 of the school’s 62 teachers were asked to return next year. LA Times LAUSD Students Share HIV/STD Statuses Via Text Message The Los...
By LA School Report | May 31, 2013
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Read This: Alternative Programs Grow – and Vary Widely
The Hechinger Report‘s Jackie Mader has a fascinating new piece on the rise of alternative routes to certification for teachers in California and nationwide, focused in part on teacher residency program model that’s being operated by LAUSD and four local universities. Some key takeaways related to cost, growth, effectiveness, and variations among programs and requirements...
By Alexander Russo | May 30, 2013
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Campaign 2013: What Next for the Coalition for School Reform?
“The Reformers Are Dead, Long Live the Reformers,” ran the headline to a story by Howard Blume, noting that reformers faced an “uncertain future” after losing two out of three School Board races. But that story was actually written in 2003 — back when Blume was writing for the LA Weekly rather than his current gig...
By Hillel Aron | May 30, 2013