How LAUSD plans to spend $4.58 billion on district schools
Ever wonder how much money your local LAUSD school gets? Here’s a way to find out. Click here, and what you see is LA Unified’s $4.58 billion school-by-school spending plan for the 2014-2015 academic year. Each line item reflects a category and shows whether its funding is restricted, which means the money can only be used for that purpose, or unrestricted, which allows the school more discretion
New flexibility for LA Unified’s breakfast in the classroom
Actress Sofia Vergara promoting Breakfast in the Classroom programPhoto courtesy L.A. Fund A successful program aimed at providing free classroom breakfast to low-income students in Los Angeles Unified has quietly made a change: it will now allow schools with more affluent populations to use alternative approaches to feeding kids in the morning. The program known as “Breakfast in the Classroom” (B
Citing Vergara, union watchdog group urges parents to sue
Just in case parents around the country missed the decision in Vergara v. California, a union-watch group in Washington is spreading the word. The Center for Union Facts, a nonprofit, ran an ad in today’s USA Today that urges parents and school reform advocates to to follow Vergara’s lead and sue when teacher unions block reform efforts. Judge Rolf Treu decided in favor of the nine student plainti
A change in communications for LAUSD’s Tom Waldman
Tom Waldman, the communications director Tom Waldman is moving on, although he’s not going far. The Director of Communications for LA Unified is stepping into a new role with the district: the newly created post as Executive Director of Board Communications. Taking on the role, which was Superintendent John Deasy’s idea, means Waldman will work with the school board, exclusively. He will field all
Morning Read: Vergara ruling likely to repeat in other states
Teacher tenure ruling in California is expected to intensify debate The landmark court decision on Tuesday finding California’s teacher tenure laws unconstitutional is likely to lead to a flood of copycat lawsuits in other states, shifting the battleground on the issue from the legislatures to the courts. NY Times Why that ruling against teacher tenure won’t help your schoolchildren Commentary: T
6-11-14 LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD
LA School Report - What's Really Going on Inside LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District): New state money helping LAUSD expand services for foster youthThe new state funding formula that is sending more money into LA Unified is enabling the district to expand programs for foster youth, a group of students who have been under-served by the district for years. The LAUSD student population curren