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...
View ArticleSchool 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...
View ArticleKamala 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...
View ArticleLAUSD 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...
View ArticleTop 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...
View ArticleTiny 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...
View ArticleAttention 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleBig 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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