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Articles by Laura Greanias

Laura Greanias is West Coast bureau chief of The 74 and executive editor of LA School Report.

74 Interview: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Freedom Scholarships, Why Parents Deserve More School Options & the ‘Noisy Status Quo-Protecting Cabal’ Fighting Her Agenda

Esmeralda Fabián Romero & Laura Greanias

Survey in L.A. Special Election District Shows Sharp Schism Between English- and Spanish-Speaking Parents

Laura Greanias

Michelle King, L.A.’s 1st Black Female Superintendent and a Champion of Unity, Dies of Cancer at Age 57

Laura Greanias

After Avalanche of Mail-In and Provisional Ballots Swings Close Race, State Assemblyman Tony Thurmond to Become California’s Next State Superintendent

Laura Greanias

L.A. School District’s ‘Signs of Fiscal Distress’ Trigger 2 New Warnings — May Go Broke Within 3 Years

Laura Greanias

Los Angeles Moves a Step Closer to Teacher Strike as Mediation Ends & District Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against Union

Laura Greanias

With L.A. Schools Facing Threats of Fiscal Oversight, District to Cut 15 Percent of Local & Office Staff in Emergency Cost-Cutting Plan

Laura Greanias

Even as New California Poll Reveals Parents of Color See Schools as Top Election Priority, State’s Only Gubernatorial Debate Mostly Ignores Education

Laura Greanias

L.A. Schools Sweeten Offer to Teachers in Hopes of Avoiding a Strike but Refuse to Back Down Calls for a Better Way to Identify Most Effective Instructors

Laura Greanias

A School Budget Showdown in California: Why the State and County Have Warned Los Angeles Unified to Get Its Financial House in Order — or They’re Taking Over

Laura Greanias

‘LAUSD Is Not Too Big to Fail’: School Board Alarmed by Dire Financial Projections — and Warning of Possible ‘Fiscal Adviser’

Laura Greanias

LAUSD Board Frees Principals of Struggling Schools From Having to Hire Teachers Sent to Them by the District

Laura Greanias

Where Education Did (and Didn’t) Matter in California’s Primary: Newsom & Cox Advance in Gubernatorial Race, Reformer Tuck Leads Thurmond for Superintendent

Laura Greanias & Mario Koran

#EDlection2018: California State Superintendent Candidate Marshall Tuck on School Turnarounds, Effective Teachers, and Student Achievement

Laura Greanias

#EDlection2018: Meet the 4 Candidates Running in Tuesday’s Primary for California State Schools Superintendent

Laura Greanias

#EDlection2018: California State Superintendent Candidate Tony Thurmond on High-Quality Schools, Early Education, and Help for English Learners

Laura Greanias

Analysis: This Is Austin Beutner’s First Week as L.A.’s New Schools Chief. Here Are 3 Things That Should Top His To-Do List

Laura Greanias

Austin Beutner Named Superintendent of L.A. Schools, as Board Turns Focus to Tackling Dire Academic and Fiscal Challenges

Laura Greanias & Esmeralda Fabián Romero

L.A.’s Interim Superintendent Looks to Liberate Principals in City’s Most Struggling Schools From Requirement That They Hire Teachers Sent by the District

Laura Greanias

Lots of Talk but Little Action to Help the Lowest-performing Schools in Los Angeles and California

Laura Greanias