The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Deasy & Allies Prevail at May Board Meeting
Tuesday’s marathon School Board meeting included an ambitiously long agenda, simmering tensions among Board members, and no less than three different rallies going on outside the LAUSD headquarters on Beaudry Avenue throughout the day. Though the exchanges never quite rose to the level of outright acrimony, there were some dramatic moments as the Board members...
By Hillel Aron | May 15, 2013
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Morning Read: Breakfasts, Budgets, & Discipline
LAUSD Becomes First District to Ban ‘Willful Defiance’ Suspensions The action comes amid mounting national concern that removing students from school is imperiling their academic achievement and disproportionately harming minority students, particularly African-Americans. LA Times LAUSD Board Saves Breakfast in the Classroom Despite facing criticism from teachers, Los Angeles Unified’s Breakfast in the Classroom was...
By LA School Report | May 15, 2013
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Live Coverage of Today’s Board Meeting
Want to know what’s happening at today’s LAUSD Board meeting as it happens? We’re live-tweeting the event: [widgets_on_pages id=”Twitter Live Posts”]
By LA School Report | May 14, 2013
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Watch: Board Meeting Gets Morning TV News Treatment
You know it’s a big Board meeting when morning TV news reporters head over to Beaudry early in the morning to file a report like the one above. (Also, the school district sent out a special “media advisory” email yesterday warning TV reporters to get there by 11 am because of the large turnout that’s...
By Hillel Aron | May 14, 2013
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Parent Group Petitions for Superintendent Deasy
“Nothing makes me happier than seeing parents mobilize to support the changes underway in LAUSD,” writes former School Board candidate Kate Anderson in a recent email. “Just such a mobilization is underway and you can take part.” Anderson’s talking about the Support Our Superintendent petition that’s been circulating the past few days. Signed by more...
By LA School Report | May 14, 2013
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Morning Read: Add Mayoral Candidate to Today’s Big Board Meeting
LAUSD Agenda Today Topped By Breakfast Program, Suspension Policy Demonstrators began gathering early Tuesday outside Los Angeles Unified headquarters, where the school board was expected to decide the fate of the Breakfast in the Classroom program, whether to ban student suspensions for “willful defiance” and funding for key programs.” The agenda for the noontime meeting covers...
By LA School Report | May 14, 2013
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Board Preview: Multiple Protests, Packed Agenda
Just as record-breaking temperatures in Los Angeles are expected to subside by tomorrow, many of the heated LAUSD issues on the docket for tomorrow’s Board meeting may cool off into mere formalities by the time they come up for a vote. But a packed Board agenda and multiple union rallies could still make for a dramatic day...
By Hillel Aron | May 13, 2013
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Board Candidates Differ on Teacher Retention, School Turnaround
According to a press release distributed by the teacher advocacy group Educators 4 Excellence, District 6 School Board candidates Monica Ratliff and Antonio Sanchez agreed on several things during recent interviews (such as Superintendent Deasy’s leadership of the district and charter schools) but disagreed on others (including teacher retention and school improvement strategies). Hear the...
By Alexander Russo | May 13, 2013
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Charted: Teacher Dismissals By the Numbers
The above graphic is from Barbara Jones’ excellent Daily News piece on Superintendent John Deasy’s push to dismiss more teachers. The article also includes a sidebar briefly summarizing 83 cases against teachers accused of misconduct in the last 15 months — accusations ranging from “showing students images of naked children” to “paying students to do his work, such as...
By Hillel Aron | May 13, 2013
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Mayoral Candidates Lack Commitment Reformers & Teachers Want
“For the reformers, the only concern is that Greuel seems not as willing as the current mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, to take big risks for the cause.” writes the LA Weekly‘s Gene Maddaus in his latest piece. “For the teachers’ unions who backed Garcetti, the concern is that while he would be better than Greuel, he might not...
By LA School Report | May 13, 2013