LA School Report‘s HIllel Aron talked about today’s LAUSD School Board elections on KCRW’s “Which Way, LA?” show last night.  The segment begins at about the 23 minute mark.

About 20 teachers sat down in the back room of a Carrow’s restaurant in Santa Monica last night making phone calls reminding registered voters to vote for UTLA-backed District 4 incumbent Steve Zimmer. Volunteers were given cell phones, a list of phone numbers and were allowed to order a meal for up to $10 plus a...

Still undecided about how to vote in District 4?  One helpful blogger put together some parent-focused questions for District 4 candidates Steve Zimmer and Kate Anderson. The questions – on parent fundraising, curriculum narrowing, teacher evaluation, and charter school co-location and expansion  — are categorized by topic, with answers from each candidate conveniently lined up one next to the...

The teachers union’s entire strategy for defeating District 2 incumbent Monica Garcia is predicated on the race going to a runoff.  They’ve spent much of their money attacking her record, and if — as most insiders are predicting — Garcia fails to reach the 50 percent threshold required to avoid a runoff, UTLA has already endorsed...

Check out this just-completed chat with LA Times education reporter Howard Blume, which includes news that the state charter association has donated $300,000 to the Coalition for School Reform.   On Monday, LA School Report broke the news that Rupert Murdoch had just contributed $250,000 to the Coalition. *Correction:  The original version of this post...

LA City Precincts Reporting: 62%  Time: 12:42am

Election Day is upon us – and with three School Board races on the ballot this year, LA School Report is here to help you find your polling place. Click here enter your address.  

Outside interest groups have spent $4.8 million so far on the three LAUSD Board races — an increase of $400,000 just over the weekend. So far, UTLA has spent $994,000 on two races — District 2 (East LA) and District 4 (Westside/Hollywood) — but has stayed out of the District 6 (East San Fernando Valley)...

According to LA Weekly‘s Patrick Range McDonald, there’s no doubt that Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti flip-flopped on the controversial parent trigger mechanism last week. The only thing in doubt heading into tomorrow’s primary vote is whether or not the change in positions — which Garcetti’s campaign described as a “clarification” of his longstanding position —...

New disclosure reports available from LA City Ethics reveal that direct fundraising by candidates — limited to $1,000 per individual contributor —  continues to lag far behind outside fundraising, which is unlimited. One possible interpretation is that candidates are hoping that outside expenditures will be enough to fuel their campaigns.  Another is that candidates are...