The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Reaction Roundup: Teacher Evaluation Agreement*
What’s next for the much-discussed teacher evaluation deal that was ratified by classroom teachers earlier this month? The agreement is being complimented by some groups and criticized by others. The issue of how much weight LAUSD will propose giving student test scores — left unspecified in the agreement — is emerging as a major concern...
By Samantha Oltman | January 25, 2013
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Morning Read: Reform vs. Union in Board Race
It’s Reform vs. the Union in LAUSD Race The future of Los Angeles’ public-education reform is at stake on March 5. That’s not hyperbole; that’s the truth about what could happen next election day. LA Daily News Editorial See also: LA School Report LAUSD Principal Failed to Report Alleged Molestation by Teacher A now-retired principal...
By Samantha Oltman | January 25, 2013
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Campaign Flyers: Labor Groups for Garcia
Here’s the flyer for Board Member Garcia that’s being distributed thanks to two labor-backed independent expenditure (IE) committees: Previous posts: Labor Groups Spend for Garcia & Sanchez, Checking Out the Campaign Flyers. Click here to look at the full image.
By Alexander Russo | January 25, 2013
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Westside Forum: Charters, Evaluation, Deasy
There were roughly 100 audience members at Thursday night’s School Board candidate forum in District 4, which featured incumbent Steve Zimmer and challenger Kate Anderson. Over all, the event was polite and informative, showing off both candidates’ strengths, stylistic and substantive differences, and their support for Superintendent John Deasy. Anderson, with her twin daughters sitting...
By Hillel Aron | January 25, 2013
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First Images From District 4 Candidate Forum
Below are some images from the Anderson-Zimmer candidate forum that took place earlier tonight. We’ll have a full report as soon as possible. Meantime, feel free to scroll down for the real-time Twitter updates from the event.
By Alexander Russo | January 24, 2013
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Fundraising: Latest Reports Trickling In
Today’s just-arriving round of campaign contribution statements covers just the first 19 days of the year. (You can see a full list of city-wide candidates and their campaign contributions here.) Based on the reports that have been uploaded thus far, we can tell you that sitting School Board President and District 2 Board Member Monica...
By Hillel Aron | January 24, 2013
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Different Rules for UTLA-PACE
The latest campaign and independent expenditure (IE) committee disclosures are being released today, January 24th, but you won’t find anything there from one of the city’s most powerful IE committees, UTLA-PACE. Why not? It’s because there are two different types of IE committees functioning in city-wide and LAUSD Board races — ‘general purpose committees,’ and...
By Samantha Oltman | January 24, 2013
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In DC, Duncan and Villaraigosa Praise LA
Earlier this week in Washington, I was able to catch up with a number of familiar faces including President Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Asked about school progress in Los Angeles, Duncan expressed optimism for the gains LAUSD has made since Superintendent John Deasy took the helm. “He has a powerful vision – and it’s...
By Jamie Alter Lynton | January 24, 2013
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District, Union Face Opportunity from 24th Street Trigger
“For the first time since the era of school reform began, the Los Angeles Unified School District has accepted a petition from angry parents demanding ‘immediate and significant’ change in a public school,” began host Warren Olney on KCRW’s To the Point last night. The show featured LA School Report contributor Hillel Aron with a panel of advocates, charter operators,...
By Samantha Oltman | January 24, 2013
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Interview: Union President Talks Board Elections
At an hour of the morning that many of us might find unfamiliar, United Teacher of Los Angeles (UTLA) President Warren Fletcher walks to the corner and waits for a city bus to take him downtown. As the unlikely leader of the Los Angeles teachers union for the past two years, Fletcher has changed the...
By Jonathan Arkin | January 24, 2013