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Mayoral Candidates Divided by High School
Though they both started out in the Valley, Mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti have followed separate paths since then, notes today’s LA Times piece. Nowhere are these differences more apparent than in the two candidates’ educational backgrounds. Greuel went to John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, an LAUSD school. Garcetti graduated from the...
By LA School Report | May 10, 2013
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Commentary: In Praise of the LA Times’ Karin Klein
Two of my favorite education writers right now write a lot about education but you may not know their names because they don’t usually have bylines. Karin Klein of the LA Times (right) and Kate Grossman(@kategrossman1) of the Chicago Sun-Times (left) are editorial page writers whose work often comes out in the form of unsigned editorial page positions....
By Alexander Russo | May 10, 2013
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Read This: Why Teachers Are Battling Free Classroom Breakfast
“Ending the breakfast program in Los Angeles could cause thousands of kids to start the school day hungry,” begins this recent TakePart story by Vanessa Romo. “So why are teachers against it?” The piece describes the classroom breakfast program that’s supposed to take the first 15 minutes of school, highlights the other districts around the...
By LA School Report | May 10, 2013
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Morning Read: Latinos Narrow Education Gap
Similar Records, but L.A. Mayoral Candidates Inhabit Different Worlds Born and raised in the Valley, Wendy Greuel still lives there. Eric Garcetti grew up there too, but moved around before settling in the ‘tri-hipster’ area of Hollywood, Silver Lake and Echo Park. LA Times Why Are Women Practically Nonexistent on L.A. City Council? The Martinez-Montanez...
By LA School Report | May 10, 2013
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Tuesday Board Agenda
Take a look at Tuesday’s official LAUSD School Board “Order of Business” and see if anything jumps out at you as new, notable, or particularly surprising: Report back to us here in comments or at @laschoolreport.
By LA School Report | May 9, 2013
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Parents Rally for Classroom Breakfast
At an event promoted by United Way of Greater Los Angeles held in front of LAUSD headquarters, parents and educators called on UTLA and LAUSD to “put politics aside and continue the successful program, which provides a nutritious breakfast at nearly 300 schools.” Earlier this week, Take Part explored the controversy surrounding the program. Previous...
By Alexander Russo | May 9, 2013
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Feds Want More Details from Waiver Application
As Education Week reported last Friday, the nine California school districts collectively known as CORE (California Office to Reform Education) are busy revising their application for a No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver. The initial draft of the waiver application sent in by LAUSD and other districts was given to an anonymous peer review group established by the Federal government....
By Hillel Aron | May 9, 2013
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Union Focusing on Jobs at Tuesday Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 14, is the next scheduled LAUSD School Board meeting, and it may be a noisy one. United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) is planning a major show of force at the meeting and afterwards, calling for reductions in class size (and rehiring of laid-off teachers) . According to the UTLA website, the School...
By Alexander Russo | May 9, 2013
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Open Enrollment Season Now Until May 24
As of Monday, May 6, Los Angeles families can obtain open enrollment transfer applications at their child’s current LAUSD school or at any LAUSD school for the 2013-14 school year. The deadline for applications is Friday, May 24. More information is available here. The enrollment application can be found here. As part of the state-mandated open enrollment...
By LA School Report | May 9, 2013
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Watch: LAUSD Teacher’s TED Talk
Here’s “TED Ed” premier from last night, which includes a segment by an LAUSD teacher named Pearl Arredondo, who helped start an innovative pilot middle school known as SFiAM: Arredondo’s remarks begin at roughly the 37:00 mark. Click here if you have any problems with the video above. Previous post: Clear Choice for School Board Race
By Alexander Russo | May 8, 2013