LAUSD iPad Scandal Breeds Costly Distrust
The LAUSD iPad scandal has attracted the FBI's attention, but the underlying problem is the District's chronic political distrust. It's a tax on children.
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December 05, 2014
December 01, 2014
What's Wrong With the Vergara Ruling
Former Long Beach and San Diego superintendent, Carl Cohn, points toward the errors in the Vergara decision on teacher tenure and due process.
November 13, 2014
Teacher-Powered Pilot Schools Face Obstacles
Teacher-power schools come with with significant challenges, as well as with a growing craft knowledge about how best to operate them, report Kristoffer Kohl and Kim Farris-Berg.
November 11, 2014
Bold Innovations Emerging at L.A. Unified's Teacher-Powered Schools
L.A. Unified teacher-powered Pilot Schools are empowering teachers to reimagine teaching and learning...and their own jobs, write Kim Farris-Berg and Kristoffer Kohl.
November 05, 2014
Incumbent Tom Torlakson Wins California Superintendent's Race
In a race that gained national attention, incumbent California state superintendent Tom Torlakson retained his office against Marshall Tuck, a former charter school leader, who was heavily supported by corporate reformers aligned with Democrats for Education Reform.
October 31, 2014
California K-12 Schools Chief Race Is a Study in Contrasts
Torlakson and Tuck disagree on fundamentals: how to improve student learning, how to organize the K-12 system, and how to build political support for public education.
October 29, 2014
It's True: Good Labor Relations Are Good for Kids
The 21,000-student ABC Unified School District in South Los Angeles County celebrates a productive labor-management relationship that helps student achievement and makes the workplace more fulfilling.
October 28, 2014
Local Control Funding Gets High Marks From Educators
People like the new funding formula; it's changing local politics and bringing educators and finance people together. But they fear for its future.
October 17, 2014
Cortines Flunks Retirement, Returns to LAUSD for Third Time
Ramon Cortines is the once and future superintendent of Los Angeles Unified, brought back to make peace and get things done.
October 15, 2014
Let's Look First at the Hand L.A.'s John Deasy Was Dealt
John Deasy picked up a bad hand of cards when he came to the superintendency in Los Angeles. Now, as his exit is likely, the question is whether anyone could have played them better.
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