The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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LAUSD ELECTION RESULTS as of 12:06 A.M. | 10% Reporting

By LA School Report | May 22, 2013
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LAUSD ELECTION RESULTS as of 11:20 P.M. | 8% Reporting

By LA School Report | May 21, 2013
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LAUSD ELECTION RESULTS as of 9:46pm | 6.5% Percent Reporting

By LA School Report | May 21, 2013
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LAUSD ELECTION RESULTS as of 8:51pm

By LA School Report | May 21, 2013
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Check LA School Report for Live Election Results
LA School Report is election-central tonight posting live updates on today’s election. Check here for real-time results for the East Valley District 6 school board race run-off between Monica Ratliff and Antonio Sanchez.
By LA School Report | May 21, 2013
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Site News: LA Press Club Award Finalist

Great news! The LA Press Club has named LA School Report as a finalist in two categories (group blog, online-only website) for this year’s Southern California Journalism Awards. That’s pretty exciting news for a media outlet that launched just last August. Much appreciated.
By LA School Report | May 21, 2013
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Before They Were School Board Candidates

If you haven’t already read Hillel Aron’s profiles of the District 6 candidates Monica Ratliff and Antonio Sanchez on the campaign trail this past weekend, be sure and do so here and here. Did you know, however, that one of the two candidates was in a 2012 Nazi revenge film (straight to DVD) and the...
By LA School Report | May 21, 2013
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Commentary: Why Your Vote Matters in the East Valley

This is a guest commentary from Ama Nyamekye, Executive Director, Educators for Excellence (E4E) Los Angeles: School Board races can sometimes seem like inside-baseball, but they actually define the leadership and agenda of Los Angeles Unified School District, which serves over 660,000 children. With that in mind, Educators 4 Excellence and EdVoice recently interviewed both...
By LA School Report | May 21, 2013
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Will Apple Tax Dodge Hurt Its Chances In LAUSD?
Billions in Calif. school cuts while Apple avoids taxes, now the company wants to sell iPads to schools lat.ms/10iPoxr — Steve Lopez LA Times (@LATstevelopez) May 21, 2013 News broke this week that Apple Computer has been using a bizarre web of off-shore companies to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. LA Times columnist Steve Lopez...
By Hillel Aron | May 21, 2013
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Election Day: Voter Turnout Will Determine Outcome

In today’s School Board District 6 election, Antonio Sanchez remains the strong favorite over his opponent, Monica Ratliff, thanks in part to the overwhelming advantage in campaign contributions to both Sanchez’s campaign and two independent campaigns on his behalf. Sanchez’s Latino surname and fluency in Spanish is also a built-in advantage (though Ratliff’s mother is from Mexico). “You’re...
By Hillel Aron | May 21, 2013