LA School Report

Lots of Parent Revolution coverage from around the country. Plus: Ramon Cortines sued for sexual harassment, and Sally Ride: • Lots of Parent Revolution coverage, including pieces from the AP, Reuters, the LA Times, the Wall St. Journal and the The Washington Post. RiShawn Biddle posts as well at Dropout Nation. • Scott Graham filed a lawsuit against former...

A Superior Court Judge has ruled in favor of parents of Desert Trails Elementary, who now become the first parents in the country to successfully take over a public school under provisions of the new and controversial Parent Trigger law. “People throw around the word historic a lot,” said Ben Austin, Executive Director of Parent...

The “Go Public” project sent 50 filmmakers to 28 Pasadena Unified schools on the same day and they’re releasing the resulting footage next month. Here’s a quick look at one of the scenes:

The Parent Trigger gets pulled, exam questions end up on social media, schools will get money for after-school programs (just don’t call them that), and more.

LAUSD to fight judge’s ruling in charter case, and more. LAUSD is fighting a court order to give more space to charter schools. The district says enforcement would lead to school busing. LA Times, KPCC RiShawn Biddle argues that the NAACP should get on board with public school choice All sorts of media outlets are...

From KPCC: When allocating space to charter schools, the law requires the district to look at all space at a school site, look at the total number of students served at that site, and make an equitable offer to charter schools based on the same allocation, said Ricardo Soto, the general counsel for the Charter...

It’s not such a bad thing that LAUSD is trying to prevent future cases of child molestation at school, but this blindfold ban seems like a particularly literal-minded, narrow approach to the problem — especially when there are so many other things that need doing.  Schools are always banning things (dirty dancing, wrist bands, gang colors, hugging...