The Morning Read
Your Daily Roundup of LAUSD news from across the web | 10.05.21
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Morning Read: Deasy’s Contract Extension
L.A. Schools Chief Gets One-Year Contract Extension Superintendent John Deasy has received a one-year contract extension, but was unable to achieve ambitious performance targets that would have triggered a salary bonus. LA Times [The Times’ Teresa Watanabe and Howard Blume are live-chatting about the contract extension here.] LAUSD approves one-year contract for Superintendent John Deasy The Los...
By Hillel Aron | October 11, 2012
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Competing Ballot Initiatives Split Ideological Allies
In recent weeks, Superintendent John Deasy has been warning about the dire circumstances confronting LAUSD if voters don’t approve one of the two measures to raise money for public education on the ballot in November. However, even if Governor Jerry Brown’s Prop. 30 and Molly Munger’s Prop. 38 both pass, only the top vote-getter...
By Hillel Aron | October 10, 2012
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Filing Deadline For LAUSD Fundraising
Today is the latest deadline for Board candidates to file campaign finance documents with the City Ethics Commission. The quarterly reports will tell us how much money candidates for city offices raised between July 1 and September 30. As you may recall, there are three spots being contested — currently held by Board members Steve...
By Hillel Aron | October 10, 2012
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Morning Read: Deasy Extends Partnerships
Deasy Gets Authority Over Approving Outside Control of Schools The LAUSD school board approved giving Deasy the new authority when it approved extensions of agreements with the mayor’s Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and L.A.’s Promise. The teachers union and two school board members called for a delay, seeking a more extensive review of the schools’...
By Hillel Aron | October 10, 2012
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School Board Round-Up
It was a slightly less crowded, slightly less emotionally charged LAUSD school board meeting Tuesday — at least compared to the last few, thanks largely to board member Steve Zimmer’s postponed resolutions rejecting the use of student achievement in teacher evaluations and scaling back charter school growth. That didn’t stop the meeting from lasting more...
By Hillel Aron | October 9, 2012
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Deasy: “We Just Won’t Have School”
Superintendent John Deasy delivered his “State of the District” speech Monday night at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools. He highlighted gains made by the district in recent years, including rising test scores and the highest-ever district-wide graduation rate. He then pivoted, somewhat jarringly, to a dire warning of what would happen to the LAUSD...
By Hillel Aron | October 9, 2012
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Nonprofit Funds Big Arts Education Push
The clamor to support arts education in LAUSD just got a lot more visible with the launch of a $4 million ad campaign that will appear on public buses and bus stops though out the city. Arts education in Los Angeles has been drastically reduced for budgetary reasons and runs the risk of being altogether...
By LA School Report | October 9, 2012
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Morning Read: District Budget In Peril
Deasy: LAUSD’s Future Rests With Voters Los Angeles Unified is making significant progress in improving its academic achievement and graduation rates, but future gains will be in peril if voters reject a statewide tax hike to fund public schools, Superintendent John Deasy said Monday. Daily News TV News covered the speech as well, including CBS, ABC,...
By Hillel Aron | October 9, 2012
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Zimmer Unveils Softer Charter Plan
Late Monday afternoon, LAUSD board member Steve Zimmer announced an updated, much-softened charter school oversight proposal. It replaces the previous moratorium on new charter schools with a request for charters to “voluntarily delay requesting action on new charter applications” until a new oversight scheme can be developed. The new version also asks the Superintendent to...
By Hillel Aron | October 8, 2012
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Principals: Too Many Plans (& Emails)
While they recently agreed to a new contract with LAUSD, the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA) lashes out at Superintendent John Deasy in the latest issue of their weekly newsletter about the district’s myriad plans and programs: “Plans, plans and more plans – Attendance, Safety, Single School, Accreditation, Common Core, Master, Discipline, Parent Involvement and Autonomy—all plans!...
By Hillel Aron | October 8, 2012