LA study: Poor students stuck with worst teachers
Good teachers are the key to accelerating academic achievement by Hispanic and black students to levels on par with their white and Asian counterparts, but poor, minority children are consistently stuck with the worst instructors, according to a study relea...
 LAUSD budget shortfall: $543 million - thousands could be laid offL.A. Unified Superintendent John Deasy painted a stark budget picture at today's first board meeting of the year — a $543 million budget shortfall for the next academic year, plus the possibility that thousands of employees could face layoffs, whole school ... |  LA schools mull ways to boost district enrollmentThe Los Angeles Unified school board wants to stem the decade-long decline in enrollment that has cost the district hundreds of millions over dollars in per pupil funding. |  Store Santa Clauses taught to size up recession-hit parents' wealth and manage children's gift expectationsIt will soon be time for every child to draw up their list for Santa. But now they could be in for something of a surprise - when Santa asks them to take a few things off of it.The largest Santa school in the U.S. has been advising its students on how to lo... |  Asian Americans most bullied in US schools: studyAsian Americans endure far more bullying at US schools than members of other ethnic groups, with teenagers of the community three times as likely to face taunts on the Internet, new data shows. |  Middle school security guard uses PEPPER SPRAY to break up a food fightA middle school security guard used pepper spray on children after a food fight broke out in the cafeteria. Schools officials are investigating after the unnamed female guard used the powerful weapon to break up a fight during lunch at Lafayette-Winona Midd... |  Calif. movement harnesses parent power to push for educational reform through ‘unions’Shoehorned into a small living room in a South Los Angeles apartment, a dozen parents discuss why their kids’ school ranks as one of the worst in the nation’s second-largest school district. The answers come quickly: Teachers are jaded; gifted pupils aren’t... |  More charges possible against ex-school chiefProsecutors are seeking additional charges against the former superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District. |  LA study: Poor students stuck with worst teachersGood teachers are the key to accelerating academic achievement by Hispanic and black students to levels on par with their white and Asian counterparts, but poor, minority children are consistently stuck with the worst instructors, according to a study relea... |
Reports of Hispanic Students Vanishing From Alabama Schools After Immigration Ruling
Hispanic students have started vanishing from Alabama public schools in the wake of a court ruling that upheld the st...
Another LA school suspected of cheating
A second Los Angeles school is suspected of cheating on California standardized tests.
LAUSD OKs rehiring hundreds of clerks, aides
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Carlos Santana Honored; Los Angeles School Named After the Legendary Artist
A Los Angeles Elementary school has been named after the legendary guitarist Carlos Santana.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to talk education in Washington DC
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Calif. schools turn away unvaccinated students
Some California schools are turning away middle and high school students who have not received a required whooping co...
LAUSD cuts funding to school libraries, plans to lay off library aides
The Los Angeles Unified School District is preparing to dismiss half of its library aides before the end of the semes...
LAUSD Passes Resolution to Make Schools Safer for Gay Students
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LAUSD 2-semestser schools to start class earlier in August
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Lawsuit accuses security guard of handcuffing first-graders for talking in class
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California bill to fund college for illegal immigrants advances
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LA Unified limits charters' access to new schools
The Los Angeles Unified school board on Tuesday voted to give preference to district educator teams to run new school...
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