Hebrew-English charter school in Van Nuys approved by LAUSD
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
A proposed Hebrew-English charter school in Van Nuys won the approval Tuesday of the LAUSD board, which also OK'd the renewal of two landmark charters and the conditional approval of a third.
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy warns suspending standardized tests would hurt at-risk students
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy has fired off a letter to the California schools chief, protesting plans to suspend many standardized exams next year while the state develops a new system of computer-based tests.
Pacoima Singers raise $750 for victims of Hurricane Sandy
By Daily News at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
The Pacoima Singers, a production class at Pacoima Middle School's performing arts magnet, recently raised $750 to benefit victims of Hurricane Sandy.
LAUSD wants an exemption from proposed water tax
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
The Los Angeles Unified school board is poised Tuesday to seek an exemption from a proposed countywide clean-water fee that would drain nearly $5 million annually from the district's general fund.
Monica Garcia, Kate Anderson take the lead in fundraising for LAUSD board seat
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
Los Angeles Unified board President Monica Garcia and District 4 challenger Kate Anderson have taken an early lead in campaign fundraising in the March 5 school board primary.
After Miramonte: LAUSD's Tamar Galatzan, UTLA chief Warren Fletcher look at reforming system for investigating teachers
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
A year after the Miramonte sex-abuse scandal sparked a flood of teacher misconduct complaints, a Los Angeles Unified board member and the teachers' union
L.A. Council urges free rent at Van Nuys Airport to save mechanics school
By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
In a bid to keep alive a valuable aviation mechanic training program at Van Nuys Airport, the Los Angeles City Council on Friday urged the Department of Airports to provide free rent to the school district.
1 student shot at high school in Taft, Calif. -- NOT at Taft High in Woodland Hills
Associated Press at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
TAFT, Calif. -- A student was shot and wounded at a rural San Joaquin Valley high school Thursday and another student was taken into custody, officials said. The shooting occurred about 9 a.m. at Taft Union High School, a community of fewer than 10,000 people amidst oil and natural gas production fields about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles -- and not at the San Fernando Valley's Taft High.
LAUSD board race: L.A. County Democratic Party endorses Steve Zimmer, Antonio Sanchez; no endorsement for Monica Garcia's seat
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
The Los Angeles County Democratic Party voted late Tuesday to endorse incumbent Steve Zimmer and newcomer Antonio Sanchez for the LAUSD board but declined to support board President Monica Garcia or any of the four rivals for her Eastside seat.
State schools chief proposes replacing paper Scantron tests with computer-based ones
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
The standardized math and English exams that California students take each spring would be replaced with computer-based tests designed to assess critical-thinking and problem-solving skills under a proposal today by state schools chief Tom Torlakson.
At LAUSD's Chatsworth Elementary, LAPD lieutenant is front and center
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
Arriving at Chatsworth Elementary School after a three-week winter break, students and parents were greeted early Monday by LAPD Lt. Cory Palka, who shook the kids' hands, chatted up the moms and dads and - despite his easygoing demeanor - brought a feeling of security to those entering the campus gates. | Read "Glendale elementary school evacuated after bomb threat"
At LAUSD's Chatsworth Elementary, LAPD lieutenant is front and center
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
CHATSWORTH -- Arriving at Chatsworth Elementary School after a three-week winter break, kids and parents were greeted early Monday by LAPD Lt. Cory Palka, who shook the youngsters' hands, chatted up the parents and -- despite his easygoing demeanor -- brought a feeling of security to those entering the campus gates. | *» Glendale school evacuated*
LAPD, sheriff's deputies begin patrols at L.A. schools on Monday
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
Police officers and sheriff's deputies who have simply cruised by elementary and middle schools in the past will add campus visits to their daily patrols beginning Monday, the first day that LAUSD students will be back in
Educators, politicians have stark reaction to Gov. Jerry Brown school funding revamp
By Barbara Jones and Beau Yarbrough, Staff Writers at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
School districts that have long struggled to educate large numbers of poor students or English learners could see a massive influx of cash under a new funding formula expected to be unveiled next week by Gov.
Have you seen Panorama City's 'Red Car Flasher' suspect?
City News Service at Mobile_Education - 57 minutes ago
PANORAMA CITY -- Police released a second sketch today of a man they call the "Red Car Flasher," who has exposed himself to young women and teenage girls more than a dozen times.