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Open letter: Distance learning failed too many LAUSD kids in the spring. Parents expect better this fall. | LA School Report
Venice High School in Los Angeles remains shuttered. (Getty Images) Updated August 6 Los Angeles Unified will reopen for the fall semester in less than two weeks, with campuses closed and students learning from home. The district and United Teachers Los Angeles struck a tentative agreement Sunday night over what distance learning will look like, but parents were excluded from the negotiations and largely kept in the dark.
Commentary: After the rejection of the parcel tax, how we can all convince Los Angeles voters to reinvest in public education | LA School Report
We know that Los Angeles voters believe in the importance of education. In 2002, nearly 64% of voters approved Measure K, which authorized $3.35 billion for school repairs and renovations. Six years later, voters overwhelmingly approved Measure Q, the largest local school bond in state history that allocated $7 billion for facilities.
Rush To Pass ‘Backroom’ Deal Banning Charters Would Be Bad for L.A. Students, Transparency Calls Should Be For All Public Schools
Despite the fact that parents and students were on the outside looking in when it came to the high-stakes contract negotiations in Los Angeles, the teacher strike drew much-needed attention to public education and secured small but meaningful steps toward providing schools and teachers with more resources, including academic counselors, librarians, nurses and a small reduction in class sizes. We are hopeful that this will lead to better outcomes for students at Los Angeles Unified schools.
Commentary: Rush to pass ‘backroom’ deal banning charters would be bad for L.A. students — transparency calls should be for all public schools | LA School Report
Despite the fact that parents and students were on the outside looking in when it came to the high-stakes contract negotiations in Los Angeles, the teacher strike drew much-needed attention to public education and secured small but meaningful steps toward providing schools and teachers with more resources, including academic counselors, librarians, nurses and a small reduction in class sizes. We are hopeful that this will lead to better outcomes for students at Los Angeles Unified schools.
Commentary: L.A.’s Teachers Union May Soon Go Out on Strike. They Should Think About the Children And Not Make Them Collateral Damage
This article was produced in partnership with LA School Report. With talks between United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District at a tense impasse and teachers voting overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, there’s one group caught in the middle that’s largely been left out of the discussion: L.A.’s kids.
Commentary: Kids should not be collateral damage in teachers strike | LA School Report
With talks between United Teachers Los Angeles and LAUSD at a tense impasse and teachers voting overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, there’s one group caught in the middle that’s largely been left out of the discussion: L.A.’s kids. A strike would have a dramatic impact on the kids and families of Los Angeles, where 84 percent of students are from low-income families that rely on schools to provide two free or reduced priced meals a day.
Commentary: An open letter to LAUSD’s board about who gets to speak at meetings | LA School Report
An open letter from Katie Braude, executive director of Speak UP, to President Mónica García, Vice President Nick Melvoin, and members of the board: I am writing to share the collective dismay of parents and community members who attended the board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 21.
Speak UP’s Katie Braude & Jenny Hontz: A fearless leader has the opportunity to make an enormous difference | LA School Report
With declining enrollment, a looming fiscal crisis, and a persistent racial and socioeconomic achievement gap, LAUSD is at a critical juncture as it searches for a new superintendent to lead through turbulent times. Many of us have witnessed decades of “reforms” that have had no significant impact on closing the achievement gap or addressing the systemic flaws at its root.
Parents are tired of being asked for input that’s just for show — school districts must give them real power to make change in the classroom | LA School Report
The Every Student Succeeds Act requires school districts to set aside at least 1 percent of their Title I funding for parent engagement. Yet the parent engagement policies we’ve seen rarely reach their potential to improve student success.
Parents Are Tired of Being Asked for Input That’s Just for Show - School Districts Must Give Them Real Power to Make Change in the Classroom
This piece is part of a series on engaging parents and families under the Every Student Succeeds Act, examining from parents’ perspectives how districts and schools can best use new funding to make parents partners in improving education in their communities, and how to measure whether those efforts are working. Click through the grid below to read essays from parents across the country.
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