LA School Report

Here’s a Fox News segment on the mayoral candidates’ Monday morning appearance before 24th Street Elementary School parents.

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti Stop Hesitating and Support Parent Trigger It took a while, but Los Angeles mayoral hopefuls Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel finally met with parents and students on Monday at Los Angeles Unified’s chronically failing 24th Street Elementary.  LA Weekly Teacher Pay Hurt by Recession, Report Says According to a report...

Tomorrow at 2:00 is the scheduled date and time for the much-discussed education debate between Mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel, which is being hosted by KCRW at the Petersen Automotive Museum. The two candidates have mirrored each other on education issues in recent conversations, and earlier today both visited the parents behind the 24th Street...

The runoff election that will decide Los Angeles’ new mayor, the LAUSD Board member for District 6 (East San Fernando Valley), and several other city offices is now less than a month away. Today, May 6 is the last day you can register to vote for the May 21 runoff. If you still haven’t registered, go...

This is a guest commentary from LAUSD District 6 teachers Pearl Arredondo and Hector (@educatorla) Perez-Roman, following up on a recent TeachPlus meeting with candidate Monica Ratliff: With so much at stake for the LAUSD Board District 6 runoff election, it was surprising that only one candidate, Monica Ratliff, attended the only scheduled public candidates’ forum...

It’s not a live public forum or debate where we can see the candidates answer questions or exchange views in real time, but it’s better than nothing: Educators 4 Excellence, an organization that advocates for teachers to take a more active role in shaping education policies, plans to host a podcast interview with District 6...

Several LA-area education journalists and academics presented and moderated at the 2013 Education Writers Association national conference held last week at Stanford University, where hot topics included early childhood, teacher evaluation, and school turnarounds. The journalists in attendance included the LA Times‘ education editor, Beth Shuster, and its editorial page writer, Karin Klein, and  Larry...

LA Mayor’s Race: The city pension problem facing Garcetti and Greuel One of the biggest challenges facing the next mayor of Los Angeles is the ballooning cost of pensions for city employees. Those costs eat into other city services such as street repairs and paramedics. KPCC Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel Find Common Ground in USC Debate...

Mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel will meet with parents on Monday, May 6 at 24th Street Elementary, the first school in LAUSD to be taken over by parents using the parent trigger law. Parent Revolution, an education advocacy group that has led the parent trigger effort in California, will host the meet and greet....

School Board candidate Monica Ratliff met with 15 or so teachers and LAUSD employees Thursday night at an event sponsored by Teach Plus. During the hour-long discussion, the candidate for District 6 (East San Fernando Valley) did as much listening as she did talking, asking teachers about their concerns on issues such as local autonomy...