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The L.A. teacher strike may be over, but observers warn there’s no ‘clear path forward’ for how LAUSD can afford its new contractFebruary 11, 2019 at 2:28 PM  Tags: News, Education, California, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Aclu, Lausd, Jim Morris, Johnson, Local News, Smith, Usc, Gavin Newsom, Morris, Legislative 135 people like this. Like Reducing gun violence, charter school accountability, top voter concerns in education, poll saysFebruary 9, 2019 at 9:00 AM By Laura Fay | LA School Report
School safety and college affordability are the most pressing issues in education, California voters said in a ew poll.
The top priority overall was reducing gun violence in schools, with more than half of respondents saying it was “very important.” But voters with children as well as those ages 18-49 and those earning less than $35,000 a year rated college affordability as more important. The annual poll, conducted since 2012, was led by researchers at the Univer...Tags: Florida, News, Education, California, La, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Oakland, Local News, Gavin Newsom, Southern California, Oakland California, Jan, United Teachers Los Angeles 50 people like this. Like LAUSD teachers strike ends, but the debate is revving up in SacramentoJanuary 27, 2019 at 9:30 AM By Ricardo Cano
As Los Angeles teachers celebrate the end of their six-day strike against California’s largest school district, the issues underlying the union’s bitter walkout appear to be headed straight for the state Capitol.
The Los Angeles Unified School District and United Teachers Los Angeles reached a deal Tuesday, ending nearly two years of deadlocked negotiations. The strike—the first in 30 years at the district—had impacted more than a half-million students and disrupted the city for ...Tags: News, Education, California, Senate, Sacramento, Los Angeles, West Virginia, Sport, Soccer, Arizona, Lausd, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, City Hall, Capitol 37 people like this. Like What does fallout from LA teachers strike mean for the future of charter schools?January 26, 2019 at 9:00 AM On paper, the six-day strike teachers strike that disrupted learning at 900 public schools across Los Angeles was a fight about orthodox demands like lower class sizes, higher pay and more support staff from nurses to librarians and counselors.
But a core issue and perhaps the most divisive barely touched the bargaining table: the future of the city’s 224 charter schools.
Education policy experts contend that although United Teachers Los Angeles – the union that represents the teachers in L.A. U...Tags: News, Education, California, La, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, New York Times, Lausd, Local News, Rogers, Southern California, Santa Ana, John Rogers, Senate Education Committee 46 people like this. Like LAUSD School Board member Schmerelson goes his own way on Beutner’s handling of strike: ‘I couldn’t keep quiet anymore’January 17, 2019 at 9:43 PM A Los Angeles Unified School District board member representing the West San Fernando Valley criticized Superintendent Austin Beutner’s handling of this week’s massive strike, arguing there is more money to fulfill some of the teachers’ contract demands in what has become the first walkout in the giant school system in 30 years.
Board member Scott Schmerelson issued a statement this week pledging his support to teachers on the picket lines. It highlighted the rift on the school board among those...Tags: School, News, Education, La, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, City Hall, McKenna, Garcetti, Los Angeles Unified School District, School Board, Scott Schmerelson 24 people like this. Like LAUSD teachers strike, Day 2: Beutner urges teachers to get back to classroom, says district lost $25 million on first day of walkoutJanuary 15, 2019 at 9:23 AM  Tags: News, Education, La, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County, Wilmington, South Los Angeles, San Pedro High School, Gipson 128 people like this. Like This independent LA charter school is going on strike todayJanuary 15, 2019 at 8:26 AM LOS ANGELES — Teachers at The Accelerated Schools charter network in Los Angeles are set to carry out the first-ever strike by charter teachers in California today, Tuesday, Jan. 15, calling for increased pay and health benefits to reduce the high teacher turnover rate at the school.
The teachers are represented by United Teachers Los Angeles, the same union that represents striking Los Angeles Unified School District educators.
Negotiations between teachers and The Accelerated Schools began 20 ...Tags: Education, California, La, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Eric Garcetti, American Federation Of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Highland Ave, United Teachers Los Angeles, Alex Caputo Pearl 32 people like this. Like LAUSD teachers strike, Day 2: Here’s what’s happening todayJanuary 15, 2019 at 9:23 AM  Tags: News, Education, La, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County, Wilmington, South Los Angeles, San Pedro High School, Gipson, SAG AFTRA 100 people like this. Like This is what class was like at El Sereno Middle School during the LAUSD strikeJanuary 14, 2019 at 9:04 PM  Tags: Education, La, India, Time, Uncategorized, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Harry Potter, Lausd, Local News, Eric Garcetti, Anderson, Gilstrap, Applebee, Gipson 140 people like this. Like If there’s an LAUSD strike, taxpayers, communities across state could feel itDecember 31, 2018 at 9:00 AM  Tags: News, Education, California, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Oakland, Local News, Richmond, Gavin Newsom, Legislature, John McCoy, Gonzalez 90 people like this. Like Teachers union demands ‘immediate’ cap on new charter schools in LAUSD, days after setting strike dateDecember 21, 2018 at 9:31 PM Days after United Teachers of Los Angeles announced that its first strike against LA Unified since 1989 will begin Jan. 10, the union’s president called for an “immediate” cap on charter school growth in the district.
UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl and other union leaders argued that unrestricted expansion of new charter schools starves public resources from existing public schools and contributes to declining student enrollment.
“We’re here today because it’s time to invest in our existing sc...Tags: News, Education, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, Jerry Brown, Local News, Gavin Newsom, District, LA Times, Los Angeles Unified School District, West Valley, Eli Broad, Austin Beutner, Alex Caputo Pearl 21 people like this. Like Abortion pills could be given out at UC, CSU universities in CaliforniaDecember 5, 2018 at 11:45 AM  Tags: Politics, News, Education, California, Senate, Sacramento, Sport, Soccer, Abortion, Jerry Brown, UC, Gavin Newsom, Brown, Assembly, San Francisco Chronicle, Rialto 147 people like this. Like Gov. Brown rejects ethnic studies bill, saying high school students are overburdenedOctober 2, 2018 at 8:16 AM Concerns about high school students being overwhelmed by homework, tests and graduation requirements led Gov. Jerry Brown to veto a bill allowing some schools districts to require ethnic studies classes.
The legislation, AB 2772, would have set up a three-year pilot program allowing 11 school districts that would be picked from throughout California to require students to take a semester or year of ethnic studies in order to graduate. The bill was authored by Assembly members Jose Medina, D-Rive...Tags: Education, California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, United States, San Diego, Local Politics, Jerry Brown, Oakland, Local News, Medina, Gavin Newsom, Brown, Legislature 11 people like this. Like California, other states expanding preschool programs but quality still lagsMay 18, 2018 at 2:01 AM By Ashley Hopkinson, EdSource
California has increased the number of 3-year-olds enrolled in state-funded preschool programs over the last 10 years, but needs to improve preschool quality, including teacher qualifications, professional development and class size.
Those are among the findings in The State of Preschool 2017 report, by the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University. The report, released last month, tracks program quality, state spending and enrollment in ...Tags: Texas, News, Education, California, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, District Of Columbia, Local News, Barnett, Rhode Island, Cox, Valley, Rutgers University, Alabama Michigan, California New York 20 people like this. Like New schools chief Beutner tours LAUSD, from the Valley to East L.A.May 15, 2018 at 5:51 AM Napa Elementary third-grader Christian Martin, 8, escorts new LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner and principal Brenda Fernandez on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, during Beutner’s whirlwind tour of LAUSD campuses that included this Northridge school. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
New LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner speaks to a Napa Elementary class at the Northridge campus during his tour of LAUSD schools on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Dai...Tags: Politics, News, Education, Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Lausd, SEIU, Times, Local News, Los Angeles Times, Northridge, Cox, Valley, Sun Valley, San Fernando Valley 48 people like this. Like California gubernatorial candidates tackle children’s issues as June primary loomsMay 15, 2018 at 4:48 PM  Tags: Politics, New York, News, Education, California, La, California News, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, Jerry Brown, Local News, San Diego County, Gavin Newsom, Huntington Beach 87 people like this. Like Education emerging as key issue in governor’s race while Villaraigosa and Cox battle behind front-runner NewsomMay 14, 2018 at 1:10 PM By David Cantor | The 74
In February 2015, barely three months after he was elected to a second term as California’s lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom announced he would run for governor in 2018. The one-time mayor of San Francisco, where his dash and early support of gay marriage made him a high-profile hero on the left, raised millions for his campaign long before another candidate entered the race.
He has never trailed, and will likely remain the front-runner heading into next month’s “jungle...Tags: News, Education, Congress, California, La, New York City, Uncategorized, America, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Barack Obama, Sport, Cta, Netflix, Soccer, Gop 30 people like this. Like Education emerging as key issue in governor’s race while Villaraigois and Cox battle behind front-runner NewsomMay 14, 2018 at 1:10 PM By David Cantor | The 74
In February 2015, barely three months after he was elected to a second term as California’s lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom announced he would run for governor in 2018. The one-time mayor of San Francisco, where his dash and early support of gay marriage made him a high-profile hero on the left, raised millions for his campaign long before another candidate entered the race.
He has never trailed, and will likely remain the front-runner heading into next month’s “jungle...Tags: News, Education, Congress, California, La, New York City, Uncategorized, America, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Barack Obama, Sport, Cta, Netflix, Soccer, Gop 28 people like this. Like Big money from charter backers has potential to reshape governor’s raceApril 18, 2018 at 8:04 PM By Louis Freedberg, EdSource
It is crunch time for advocates of charter schools who want to see continued growth of enrollments in California’s charter schools and also want to elect a governor who they view as being most sympathetic to their cause.
In this case, the candidate they are backing is former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who has been at war with California’s teachers unions for years, despite having worked for the United Teachers of Los Angeles for many years earlier in his ...Tags: Business, News, Education, California, Los Angeles, Sport, Netflix, Soccer, Local News, Reed Hastings, Gavin Newsom, Hastings, Cox, California Teachers Association, John Cox, Hasting 28 people like this. Like Tuition hike decision postponed by UC RegentsJanuary 24, 2018 at 11:03 PM The University of California’s Board of Regents agreed Wednesday to defer a vote on a posible tuition and fees hike following pleas from students and lawmakers urging them to hold off.
UC President Janet Napolitano recommended the board wait until its May meeting to vote on a 2.7 percent hike for California students. The increase would mean an extra $342 in tuition and student-services fees beginning in the fall, raising the annual tab to $12,972.
“This will give us time to make our case to the ...Tags: News, Education, California, Sport, Soccer, Higher Education, Jerry Brown, Local News, Berkeley, UC Berkeley, UC, Ucla, Gavin Newsom, Brown, Legislature, Napolitano 17 people like this. Like Leading Democratic candidates for California governor back universal preschoolNovember 21, 2017 at 7:58 PM BY LOUIS FREEDBERG AND ASHLEY HOPKINSON, EDSOURCE
In what would be a significant shift from Gov. Jerry Brown’s position on early education, the four leading Democratic candidates running to replace him next year say they are committed to offering universal preschool in California.
Under Gov. Brown’s watch, California has increased the number of subsidized preschool and child care slots, as well as access to an early kindergarten grade called transitional kindergarten for some 4-year-olds. But m...Tags: News, Prison, Education, California, France, La, Western, California News, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sport, Soccer, United States, Oklahoma, Jerry Brown 17 people like this. Like |
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