Jowled and affable, David Tokofsky is the kind of guy who can’t get in the door of Camilo’s California Bistro before being recognized and greeted by other patrons and distributing handshakes to the waitstaff. Officially, the 53 year-old Eagle Rock resident is a part-time consultant for the Associated Administrators of Los Angeles (AALA), the school...

LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy and perhaps a couple of School Board members would rather give teachers raises and fund programs with any new money coming in rather than hire back teachers and lower class sizes. But is it up to them?  Hiring teachers and lowering class sizes is contractually required, according to LAUSD teacher Brent...

Dr. Richard Vladovic (pictured) is the front-runner to become the next President of the LAUSD School Board, according to several School Board insiders and observers. Though he or his office did not respond to repeated requests for comment, Vladovic is said to covet the job. Moreover, he has the support of the teachers union and has...

Not too long ago, California released its statewide 2012 annual school rankings, listing the top-performing schools in the state, based on the Academic Performance Index (API), which is calculated from standardized test results. LAUSD has yet to post its own version, however LA School Report has created a list of the top-ranked LAUSD high schools based on the...

Superintendent John Deasy told LA School Report that the passage of Governor Jerry Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula was “probably the most important education public policy decision in 40 years.” “This is beyond phenomenal,” he said. “I feel great.” The LA Times editorial page also praised Brown this morning, saying, “with his decisive and, yes, stubborn insistence on fixing what...

This is a guest commentary written by LAUSD math teacher (and Hope Change Choices blog host) Rustum Jacob about some teachers’ decision to transfer out of Weigand Avenue Elementary School: As a teacher , if I’d been in the same shoes as the Weigand teachers, I would have left because of loyalty and respect for...

State lawmakers have reached an agreement with Governor Jerry Brown about how to overhaul state education funding that — while altered somewhat from Brown’s original proposal — will still be of substantial financial benefit to LAUSD. “I applaud Governor Brown and our legislators for their work on the compromise announced on the Local Control Funding Formula,”...

Here’s what may be a first-ever published picture of LA Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti (left) standing with LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy (right), taken by LA School Report publisher Jamie Alter Lynton during last week’s fundraising visit from President Obama. Though endorsed by the teachers union, candidate Garcetti declined to go along with UTLA attacks on Deasy during...