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Articles by Mike Szymanski

Mike Szymanski is a reporter at LA School Report.

‘Disappointing but Not Surprising’ — California’s ESSA Plan Gets Some of the Harshest Feedback Yet From Washington

Mike Szymanski

Los Angeles Schools Chief Michelle King, Currently on Medical Leave, Says She Will Retire by End of June

Mike Szymanski

Las Vegas Shooter Attended LAUSD; Several Educators Among the Victims

Sarah Favot & Mike Szymanski

Ref Rodriguez Resigns in Los Angeles: Why the School Board President Stepped Down

Sarah Favot & Mike Szymanski

7 Things to Know About How a New Task Force in Los Angeles Is Looking to Improve the City’s Schools

Mike Szymanski

Teacher Groups Frustrated With California ESSA Plan’s ‘Loose’ Definition of Ineffective Teachers

Mike Szymanski

Los Angeles School Board Bars Charter Schools From Being Included in New Unified Enrollment System

Mike Szymanski

In Surprise Move, LAUSD Board Extends Superintendent’s Contract Through 2020

Mike Szymanski

New Era for L.A. Schools: How Will the New School Board Work With Superintendent Michelle King?

Mike Szymanski

Why the LA School Board Swung Pro-Reform: Did a Late Vote on ‘Charter Killer’ Bill Cost Board Chief His Job?

Mike Szymanski

Could Low Voter Turnout Be a Game-Changer in Tuesday’s Historic L.A. School Board Election?

Mike Szymanski

What’s Really Fueling the L.A. School Board Race — the Most Expensive Board Contest in U.S. History

Mike Szymanski & Sarah Favot

As Outside Spending & Attacks Reach All-Time High, LA School Board Candidates Say Race Is Out of Their Control

Mike Szymanski & Sarah Favot

L.A. School Board Puts Money & Lobbying Muscle Behind State Bills Drafted to Shackle Charter Schools

Mike Szymanski

L.A. School Board to Vote Tuesday on Whether to Support State ‘Charter Killer’ Legislation

Mike Szymanski

Has the President of the Los Angeles School Board Abandoned His Re-election Campaign?

Mike Szymanski & Sarah Favot

Can Mónica García Unify L.A.? How the Longest-Serving School Board Member Cruised to Her Fourth Election Win

Mike Szymanski

Arne Duncan Makes Two Big Endorsements in L.A. School Board Race, Throws Support Behind Reformers

Mike Szymanski

Our School’s Too White? Outraged Parents Vow to Lie About Child’s Race to Keep City From Removing Teachers

Mike Szymanski

Protesters Join Family of Father Arrested by ICE Agents Outside His Daughter’s School at Rally in Downtown LA

Mike Szymanski

Los Angeles School Board Race, 2017: Meet the 13 Candidates Running in Tuesday’s Election

Mike Szymanski & Sarah Favot

Anxiety in L.A. Schools: What the Day After the Election Was Like at the Mostly Latino Sylmar High

Mike Szymanski

Has Donald Trump Poisoned the Playground? Educators Across L.A. Talk of New Spike in Bullying

Mike Szymanski

As Financial Advisers Warn About Trimming Payroll, Los Angeles Schools Keep Hiring Thousands More

Mike Szymanski

Los Angeles Schools Reopens All Libraries — But Forgets About the Books

Mike Szymanski

Los Angeles Schools Are Setting Aside $15 Million Per Year to Pay Teachers Who Aren’t Teaching

Mike Szymanski

L.A.’s Innovative USC Hybrid High Graduates Its First Class — With Every Student Bound for College

Mike Szymanski

LA Union Claims Charters Draining School District, But LAUSD’s Own Numbers Show Charters in the Black

Mike Szymanski

Sharply Divided Reactions as Vergara Is Reversed; Student Advocates Turn to California’s Supreme Court

Mike Szymanski

L.A. School District Meets With Parents in Effort to Calm Anxiety After Rejecting Parent Trigger Petition

Mike Szymanski

L.A. Schools Reject Parent Petition — Casting Doubt on California’s ‘Parent Trigger’ Law

Mike Szymanski

Calif. Appeals Judges Jump in During Vergara Arguments, Both Sides Predicting Victory

Mike Szymanski