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Low voter turnout predicted in LAUSD board race
Even as the runoff election appears to be tightening to fill the vacant LA Unified school board seat in south LA, the question is not only who will win, but just how low can voter turnout go? Set for...
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School board election results: McKenna wins despite gains by Johnson
Amid a deep split in the black community in south Los Angeles, retired administrator George Mckenna won a seat on the LA Unified school board, fighting back substantial gains made by Alex Johnson a...
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Kamala Harris: absenteeism interferes with ‘students’ rights’
Attorney General Kamala Harris (photo by KNX) California Attorney General Kamala Harris appeared at LA Unfiied’s Malabar Elementary School today to highlight a report on truancy released by her office...
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LAUSD Board calls closed-door meeting to discuss Deasy
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy The LA Unified school board has scheduled a last-minute closed-door meeting next week to discuss its top employee, superintendent John Deasy. Sources tell LA School...
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Top 5 reasons the school board won’t vote on Deasy
Will the fate of John Deasy, the beleaguered LA Unified school chief who evokes passion among both supporters and critics, come down to a school board vote at his performance review scheduled for later...
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Tiny LA district is approving charter schools beyond borders
Valley Prep Charter in Van Nuys is not overseen by LAUSD A tiny, rural school district in northern Los Angeles County is under growing scrutiny over its approval of more than 20 new charter schools in...
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Attention readers: site comments are now through social media
Starting today, LA School Report is turning to social media for reader comments. We’re shedding our current model, which required logging into the site. As always, we welcome civil discourse and...
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Final Results: LAUSD School Board Race
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Why we are closing down comments on our site (for now)
Readers of LA School Report may notice that we are no longer providing an option for posting comments, following in the footsteps of other news outlets recently. While our comment section sometimes...
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Big news: from LA School Report founder Jamie Alter Lynton
LA School Report founder Jamie Alter Lynton Dear Readers: I am thrilled to announce today a partnership between LA School Report and the online education news site The 74. I founded LA School Report...
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Analysis: Hudley-Hayes resume raises more than red flags
Genethia Hudley-Hayes Rather than jump to conclusions in the case of allegations first reported here earlier this month, that a LA Unified School Board candidate, Genethia Hudley-Hayes, has numerous...
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Commentary: Mayor Garcetti’s elephant in the room
Via KPCC In his first State of the City speech, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti laid out a plan to boost job creation, safety and the city’s ability to compete in a global economy. Noticeably absent,...
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Hudley-Hayes still has big-name support in LAUSD board race
Genethia Hudley-Hayes Despite her inability to substantiate a number of academic credentials and other claims on her resume, Genethia Hudley-Hayes still has the backing of her major supporters in the...
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LAUSD labor relations lets the sunshine in (kinda)
UPDATED* A committee launched last year by LA Unified’s Office of Labor Relations to provide public information on labor negotiations is meeting today to discuss the district’s collective bargaining...
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Click to view slideshow. The latest forum for candidates running in a special election to fill the vacant seat in South LA’s District 1 produced unexpected agreement last night on some of the most...
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McKenna, leading in school board race, won’t commit on Deasy
*UPDATED With three weeks to go before the election, George McKenna, a leading candidate for the LA Unified school board representing south LA, is refusing to clarify whether he supports John Deasy,...
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Analysis: How to avoid a school board runoff in 4 easy steps
With seven candidates vying for the vacant LAUSD school board seat in South LA, what would it take to pull ahead of the pack and head off a costly stand-alone runoff? Coinciding with the California...
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Magnolia charter troubles having an impact beyond LA Unified
New troubles for the non-profit charter school network, Magnolia Public Schools (MPS), are beginning to raise concerns beyond LA Unified, where the sudden closure of two schools for fiscal...
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Magnolia Charter troubles in LAUSD highlight larger concerns
Troubles encountered by the charter school operator, Magnolia Public Schools (MPS), at two of its eight charters in the LA Unified School District highlight a murky governance issue that legislatures...
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