LA Unified's backlogged music repair shop to expand
Broken bows rest in a pile on a table at Los Angeles Unified School District's Music Repair Shop.; Credit: Grant Slater/KPCC The Los Angeles Unified School District has quietly moved to expand its instrument repair shop - a decision that came after KPCC reported that it is swimming in a backlog of at least 2,600 broken instruments. Some instruments had been sitting on shelves since 2010. Two new
Despite benefits of full-day preschool, most state programs are half day
Ms DeLelio is starting her three-hour afternoon class at 11.30am. She teaches El Sereno Elementary's state PreK program to 23 children from 8am-11am and 23 children from 11.30am-2.30pm. ; Credit: Deepa Fernandes / KPCC It’s the usual school scene: a gaggle of parents waiting outside a locked gate to collect their children at the end of the school day. But these parents are waiting outside El Sere
Trial to challenge job protections for California teachers
A view of the defendant's table in a courtroom at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.; Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images The major players in California public education will face off in an unusual trial in a Los Angeles next week, where a judge will be asked to determine whether California teacher job protections interfere with students' constitutional right to an adequate edu