Glenn Sacks: Los Angeles is a Model for Keeping Schools Open
Los Angeles public schools have the most ambitious COVID testing practices in the nation. “The district operates the most ambitious school coronavirus testing program in...
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Los Angeles Times: The “Unentitled Kids”: California’s New Generation of College-Bound Stars
Teresa Watanabe wrote a wonderful story about kids in a public school in Los Angeles who are college-bound, despite their demographic profiles. They don’t have...
Will the New Superintendent of Los Angeles Expand Charter Schools?
Jack Ross of California-based Capital & Main posed the question: Will Alberto Carvalho, who was recently hired away from Miami-Dade public schools to become the...
Miami Superintendent Will Become Los Angeles Chief
The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District has hired Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the schools in Miami-Dade, too PPP become superintendent of the...
Los Angeles: Parents Support Vaccine Mandate
While some parents are disrupting school board meetings to protest mask and vaccine mandates, a parent group in Los Angeles thanked the school board for...
Los Angeles: School Board Votes Tuesday on Rightwing Funding Scheme
The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District will vote Tuesday on a funding scheme promoted by conservatives and neoliberals. Its promoters call it...
UTLA Speaks Out Against “Internal” Voucher Scheme
Some members of the Los Angeles school board are proposing a stealth voucher plan. Unsurprisingly, the United Teachers of Los Angeles opposes the plan. DeVos-funded...
Robert Skeels Beats Charter Industry in Court—Twice
Robert Skeels was a public education advocate in Los Angeles who decided to become a lawyer to fight the powerful corporate charter industry. After receiving...
Florina Rodov: Inside the Charter School Hype and Hoax
Fiorina Rodov wanted to teach, and, as she writes, she believed the glowing claims about charter schools as beacons of hope for the neediest students....
UTLA Votes Overwhelmingly to Demand Safe Schools Before Returning to Work
For immediate release March 5, 2021 Media contact: Anna Bakalis / 213-305-9654 91% YES: UTLA members overwhelmingly unite behind a safe return LOS ANGELES —...