Los Angeles Schools Ban Suspensions for 'Willful Defiance'
In one step toward reforming school discipline practices, Los Angeles schools will no longer be able to suspend students for the vague reason of "willful defiance." Read Full Post >
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May 15, 2013
April 25, 2013
N.Y. Mayor Makes Another Big Donation to L.A. Board Race
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $350,000 to a group that's supporting a candidate for Los Angeles' school board in a runoff election. Read Full Post >
April 12, 2013
School District's Voting Rights Called Into Question
A law suit against a Los Angeles school district claims at-large election process illegally obstructs Latinos' voting clout. Read Full Post >
April 09, 2013
Many Graduates in L.A. Unified Still Not College-Ready, Harvard Study Finds
A new analysis of Los Angeles students finds that, while 59 percent of the Class of 2011 graduated on time, far fewer of those students were college-ready. Read Full Post >
March 14, 2013
L.A. Chief John Deasy: Depoliticize Education Research
John Deasy, the newly reelected[SDS: neither re-elected nor re-appointed.-dv] chief of Los Angeles public schools, opened the annual meeting of the Association of Education Finance and Policy here with a call for researchers to help school and district administrators making decisions in hot political environments. Read Full Post >
March 05, 2013
Zimmer, García Lead in Los Angeles Board Race
Millions of dollars in independent expenditures pushed spending in the primary race for three seats on the Los Angeles school board to record levels. Read Full Post >
February 26, 2013
Charter School Leader Steve Barr at Work in New Orleans, L.A.
High-profile charter school leader Steve Barr is not only tackling school turnaround in New Orleans, he's pursuing a new, non-charter effort to provide better secondary school choices to middle class families in Los Angeles Unified Read Full Post >
February 25, 2013
Steve Barr's Quest to Save a New Orleans High School
The high-profile charter school leader is not only tackling school turnaround in New Orleans, he's pursuing a new, non-charter effort to provide better secondary school choices to middle class families in Los Angeles Unified. Read Full Post >
February 20, 2013
California Districts Press Waiver Case With Arne Duncan
Superintendents from Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, and Long Beach lobby the U.S. Secretary of Education to approve their waiver application. Read Full Post >
February 13, 2013
N.Y. Mayor Donates $1 Million to Slate of L.A. School Board Candidates
New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg sinks $1 million into an election that's a showdown between Supt. John Deasy and the United Teachers Los Angeles. Read Full Post >
