The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Morning Read: Education Jobs Changing Hands
Important LA Public Education Jobs are Changing Hands There’s a game of musical chairs going on in Los Angeles public education, and while the people involved may not be household names, they can play a key role in charting the direction of the L.A. Unified School District. KPCC A.J. Duffy, Still-Feisty Former Teachers Union Chief, Retires...
By LA School Report | June 10, 2013
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New Coalition Launches with High Hopes, Few Specifics
Communities for Los Angeles Student Success (CLASS), a new coalition of eight community groups and education-related organizations, officially debuted on Thursday to resounding cheers and support of about 150 educators and community members at United Way of Los Angeles headquarters downtown. The large, high windowed-room overlooking all of downtown was filled with education advocates, parent...
By Brianna Sacks | June 7, 2013
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Board Likely Approves Call to Re-Hire Teachers
Starting in July, the composition and leadership of LAUSD’s School Board will change substantially. District 6’s Nury Martinez will be out, replaced by Monica Ratliff, and Monica Garcia will step down as Board President, thanks to term limits motion passed by the Board in March. But the shifts in direction for the Board are already...
By Hillel Aron | June 7, 2013
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Galatzan Resolution Addresses Contradictory Goals
Should Governor Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula go into effect more or less intact, districts like LAUSD will get a substantial increase in funding — but the district will also face a number of choices on how to distribute the new money. School Board member Tamar Galatzan has proposal that — as a new...
By Hillel Aron | June 7, 2013
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Partnership Head “Exploring” Run for Public Office
Marshall Tuck was 33 when Mayor Antonio VIllaraigosa asked him to leave his position at Green Dot Public Charter Schools to become the first CEO of a new entity called the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Six and a half years later — just a few weeks before Eric Garcetti takes over as the new...
By Hillel Aron | June 7, 2013
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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