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5 Key Updates On Students Returning to Classrooms

Top-Ranked L.A. Arts School Puts Spotlight on Equity

Report: Learning Loss Data Shows 40,000 Los Angeles High School Students Off Track to Graduate

Court Documents Reveal How L.A. Teachers Union Gained Upper Hand in Pandemic Negotiations, Limiting Instruction Time

The Week In School Reopenings: 6 Key Updates On Students’ Return To Classrooms

Analysis: Pandemic or No, It’s Political Business as Usual for the California Teachers Association

Growing Backlash to CDC School Guidelines as Los Angeles Teachers Demand Vaccines Before Reopening Classrooms and Florida’s Governor Decries Guidance as a ‘Disgrace’

Opinion: As Biden Signs Orders Addressing Systemic Racism, Why Isn’t He Listening to What Black Parents Have to Say About His No. 2 Ed Department Pick?

Teaching Black Students Their History and How to Be Entrepreneurs Fulfilled My Lifelong Dream

L.A. Pods: In Parks, Backyards and Old Storefronts, Small Groups Offer Children Some of What They’ve Lost in Months of Online Instruction

As California’s New Charter Law Takes Effect, Schools Bracing for Shutdowns Could Win a Reprieve from Pandemic

Drive-Thru Thanksgiving: California District Offers Immunizations, Groceries and Turkeys to More than 200 Students

After a Costly Campaign, Charter- and Union-Backed Candidates Each Win Seat on L.A. Unified School Board

LA School Officials Cheer Passage of $7B Bond to Improve Facilities and Tech

Analysis: Educators Say Distance Learning Failed Most English Learners Last Spring. Here’s 10 Ways to More Effectively Serve ELs as Schools Reopen for Virtual and Blended Learning

Los Angeles Superintendent Calls $150M COVID-19 Testing Effort ‘Necessary and Appropriate,’ but What He Really Wants Is a National Plan

Plushie Power: How a Set of Stuffies Is Helping Youngsters in Managing Their Emotions & Aiding Teachers in Preserving SEL Amid a Pandemic

Analysis: Kamala Harris Changed Her Thinking About Absenteeism, Truancy & Enforcement. What That Might Mean for Her as VP

A School Built on Stagecraft: Los Angeles Performing Arts Program Boasts Dance, Music — and Outstanding Special Ed

All In: A Southern California School With a Radical — and Successful — Vision for Students With Disabilities

Puzzles Are Bringing Families Together During the Pandemic — They Are Also a Boon to Young Children’s Developing Brains

As Higher Education Leaders Wait for Slow-to-Arrive Federal Relief, Students Are Taking Charge of Providing Key Services to Their Classmates & Communities

How California’s Largest Community College District Is Making the Switch to Teach Online in Response to COVID-19: “Do Your Best at This Moment”

At Least Half of CA’s Districts Are Closed Due to Coronavirus. A Look at L.A. Unified’s Plans to Teach, Feed Students — and How Community Members Reacted on Day 1 of Shutdown

A Legal Right to Literacy: 10 Kids Sued California for Failing to Teach Them to Read. Could Their Settlement Set a Precedent for Other Struggling Schools?

Startling Science Scores in California: First-Ever Results Show 4 in 5 Low-Income Black and Latino Students Are Falling Short of New State Standards

Wehrly: What’s the Secret to Closing the Achievement Gap? Aligning Curriculum, Teacher and Student Expectations, and Whole-Child Support

Cal State University Approves Plan to Add New Admissions Requirement — but Delays Making Formal Change Before Studying Impact

Parent Engagement, Bilingual Education and Immigrant-Friendly Schools Are Crucial to Student Success in LA, Where 60% of Children Have at Least One Immigrant Parent, New Report Finds

Tribute: Courtney Everts Mykytyn Inspired Countless Parents Seeking Integrated Schools. Her Death Is a Heartbreaking Loss

Three Years After ESSA Required It, L.A. One of the Few California Districts Making Strides in Keeping Foster Students in Their Home Schools

Exclusive: Less Than 25% of L.A. Public School Seniors Last Year Took the Type of Elective Class California State University Wants to Make a Requirement

Teacher Residency and Federal Dollars: One Approach to Solving the Rural Teacher Shortage

As California Law Looks to End Remedial Education, New Studies Show State’s Community Colleges Showing Uneven Progress in Adopting Math & English Reforms

Advocates File Appeal With the State Charging L.A. Schools, County Still Not Accounting for More Than $1B in Funding for High-Needs Students

As California Expands Ban on ‘Willful Defiance’ Suspensions, Lessons From L.A. Schools, Which Barred Them Six Years Ago

Latest Version of Sweeping California Charter School Bill Waters Down Original Draft, Is ‘Setting the Clock of Progress Way Back,’ Opponent Says

Equity Advocates Push Back at CSU Hearing on New Admissions Requirement: ‘We’ll Just Be Re-Creating The Same Systemic Inequities That Already Exist’

California Reached a Critical Compromise on Charter Schools, and Students’ Academic Needs Were Central to the Deal

Kahlenberg: School Segregation Is Too Important to Ignore. New York and Chicago Are Taking Steps to Integrate, and L.A. Should, Too

As Los Angeles Schools Combine Counselors for Foster, Homeless Students, Advocates Worry Services Will Suffer

Censorship or Student Safety? Plans to Remove Iconic Mural at San Francisco High School Spark Furor

Teacher Spotlight: Los Angeles’s Rita Ontiveros on Being a ‘Positive Rock’ for Low-Income and Homeless Students — and What’s Really Happening in a Kindergarten Classroom

With Less Than Half of Prospective Graduates in Los Angeles District Eligible for California State University System, College Trustees Eye New Requirement

California Charter School Regulations Pass Senate Education Committee After Marathon Session and Intervention by Gov. Newsom

When Success Is Not Enough: Charter Schools Delivering Better Outcomes for Low-Income Students Still Target of Progressive Ire

Green: California Senate Bill Would Move State Backward on Literacy and Teacher Qualifications. That Would Be a Disaster for Our Kids

Analysis: Fresh Concerns About the Financial Game of ‘Musical Chairs’ Behind California’s Teacher Retirement System

Controversial Bill That Would Make Local Districts Sole Authorizers of Charter Schools Moves to a Public Hearing in the California Senate

Silicon Valley-Funded Startup AltSchool Ends Management of Its Private Lab Schools but Invests in Growing National Network of Partner Schools

Lawmakers Are Trying to End a Weird Quirk of California’s Charter School Sector. Here’s Why the State Is So Unusual

Barrett: Charter Schools Must Not Be a Scapegoat for Traditional Districts’ Financial Distress

Study of Los Angeles Schools Shows Only 2 in 10 Low-Income Black and Latino Students Are Enrolled at a School That’s Successfully Closing the Achievement Gap

Inside the Perfect Political Storm: From California to New Jersey, Why More Democrats are Calling to End Charter School Growth

With New Report From California Task Force, Pressure Mounts on Gov. Newsom to Break Silence on State Legislation That Would Restrict Charter Schools

Closing California’s Achievement Gap: Ryan Smith, Co-Chair of New Golden State Initiative, Talks About What It Will Take to Bring Equity to Every Classroom

As L.A. Voters Go to the Polls on $500M Annual Parcel Tax, Lessons Learned From Two Other California School Districts That Approved Theirs Years Ago

Two of the Strongest Anti-Charter Bills Fail in the California Legislature, but Two Others Move Ahead as Both Sides Claim Victory

Antonucci: As L.A. Voters Weigh a Parcel Tax, Here’s a Stroll Through 31 Years of California School Funding Claims

Los Angeles Schools’ Bid for $500M Annual Parcel Tax Likely to Fail if Low Voter Turnout Trend Persists, Poll Shows

Charter School Showdown in California: Assembly Moves Forward with Package of Powerful Regulations as Proponents and Teachers Unions Clash

Collins: The Humble Local School Board Is a Missing Link in Improving Public Schools. 3 Ways to Help All Board Members Live Up to Their Potential

Commentary: Finding Teachers Where They Live & Casting a Wider Net — How a New Recruitment Program Is Successfully Diversifying the Profession in California

Roza & Drew: L.A. District Is Asking for a $500 Million Parcel Tax. In Return, Let the Schools Decide How to Spend Their New Funds

June’s Parcel Tax to Fund Schools Takes Center Stage After Jackie Goldberg’s LAUSD Board Win

Jackie Goldberg, Former California Assemblywoman and Los Angeles City Council Member, to Rejoin LAUSD Board After Decisive Victory in Tuesday’s Special Election

Ahead of Tuesday’s School Board Election in Los Angeles, Finalists Goldberg and Repenning Find Little to Disagree About at Key Campaign Forum

A Pivotal School Board Election in L.A.: Where Jackie Goldberg & Heather Repenning Stand on Key Education Issues — and How They Could Reshape America’s Second-Largest District

Survey Shows 3 in 4 Californians Support Charters as Alternatives for Low-Income Families; Majority Are Concerned About Federal Policy and Undocumented Students

3 California NAACP Chapters Break With State and National Leaders, Calling for Charter Moratorium to Be Overturned

86% of Charter School Graduates in Los Angeles Are Eligible for State Universities — Two Dozen Points Higher Than Grads at Traditional LAUSD Schools

Antonucci: From Academics to Approvals to Appeals, How 4 New Bills Being Considered by California’s Legislature Could Reshape the Golden State’s Charter School Sector

Inside the L.A. ‘Parcel Tax’ Debate: Many Parents and Education Advocates Agree Schools Need More Money — They Just Don’t Trust LAUSD to Be a ‘Good Steward’ of the Funds

Facing Mounting Financial Pressure, Los Angeles’s School District Is Asking for a $500M Parcel Tax. Its Biggest Barrier: Business Leaders Who Want Reforms First

Less Than Half of Los Angeles’s Class of 2019 Are on Track to Graduate With Grades That Would Make Them Eligible to Apply for California’s Public Universities

As L.A. Schools Count 1,000 More Homeless Students in Just Five Months, a Search for Stronger Local and State Supports

Setting the Record Straight: An Education Expert Resurfaces Independent Report to Explain Los Angeles Schools’ Fiscal Turmoil