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Morning Read: Common Core Training? Of Course. But How?
L.A. Unified Union, District at Odds over Training for Common Core Both Los Angeles Unified officials and the union representing teachers agree that the bulk of one-time state money for the transition to the Common Core standards should be spent on teacher training. They disagree over how best to provide it. In a debate that...
By LA School Report | August 21, 2013
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School Board Meeting Wrap Up: More Discussion Than Votes*
What began as a breezy LA Unified School Board meeting on Tuesday turned, not surprisingly, into a long, tedious, sometimes rancorous session, with a host of issues discussed but rarely resolved. A number of key votes were postponed, and Superintendent John Deasy’s highly anticipated budget presentation was postponed until the Sept. 10 board meeting so it could...
By Hillel Aron | August 20, 2013
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Vladovic Adds Committees, Doles Out Assignments
School Board President Richard Vladovic, leading his first full meeting on Tuesday, created a slew of new “ad hoc” committees, naming as chairs each of his colleagues — with the exception of his predecessor as president, Monica Garcia. Vladovic asked Board member Marguerite LaMotte to continue in her role as chair of the Curriculum, Instruction...
By Hillel Aron | August 20, 2013
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Now: Live Tweet LAUSD School Board Meeting
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By LA School Report | August 20, 2013
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More Schools Rush to Embrace Change in LA Unified*
*Oops. In a previous version of this story the chart mistakenly used “district control” instead of “district autonomy,” reversing the meaning of the graphic. Apologies to our readers. The Los Angeles public school landscape is undergoing an unmistakable shift, with schools adopting new models that ultimately will result in students getting more choices. In a...
By LA School Report | August 20, 2013
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Union Survey Finds Teachers Unprepared for Common Core
Hours after LA Unified announced results of a survey in which teachers expressed “high marks” for their training on iPads and the teaching content on them – the instructional tools for the new Common Core State Standards — the teacher’s union on Monday said its own survey found that a majority of teachers do not...
By LA School Report | August 19, 2013
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Melendez to Be Hired Under Unusual Salary Arrangement
Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana will be hired as Mayor Eric Garcetti’s director of education and workforce development, pending confirmation by the LA Unified School Board at its monthly meeting on Tuesday. “First and foremost, Mayor Garcetti wants to make LA students more career and college ready,” said Garcetti spokesman Yusef Robb. “That will require...
By Hillel Aron | August 19, 2013
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LA Unified Survey Finds Teacher Satisfaction with iPad Training
A survey by LA Unified has found that teachers and school staff “gave high marks” to the training they had on the iPads and digital content that are being phased into district schools this year. The overall degree of the satisfaction with the training was 5.5 out of 6, which was the highest score possible,...
By LA School Report | August 19, 2013
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Deasy to Board: Your Wish List Could Cost $1.4 Billion
LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy will tell the LAUSD School Board on Tuesday that its wish list for new hires and other programs will cost the district up to $1.4 billion at a time the district is still facing a deficit of $350 million. The board asked Deasy in June to develop spending proposals that...
By Hillel Aron | August 19, 2013
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Latest UTLA Survey Takes Aim at Common Core Readiness*
The teachers union is asking members to take yet another online survey — this one focusing on efforts by LA Unified to acclimate teachers to the challenges of the new Common Core curriculum. The introduction to the survey appears to reflect skepticism by union leadership about how the district is going about it, questioning why...
By Hillel Aron | August 16, 2013