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Remote learning a bust? Some families consider having their child repeat kindergarten

Summer school options: California hits record enrollment, but is it enough?

8 to 3: What should kids be doing this summer, really?

Why some parents say remote schooling was a gift

Black Families' Concerns on Return to In-Person School

California families confronted Covid and became invested in education

For the First Time in the Pandemic, a Majority of 4th Graders Learn in Person Full Time

Parent concerns over racism and bullying

Report: Black parents see less racism with online learning

Days from California reopening, rules still up in the air

Speak UP Founder and CEO Katie Braude Discusses the Impact of Racial Bias On Black LAUSD Students

Some Black parents see less bullying, racism with online learning and are keeping kids home

LAUSD’s Planning A Full-Time Reopening In Fall — But Many Black Families Prefer Distance Learning

Black families reluctant to return to LAUSD schools due to systemic racism, report says

What do K-12 students need academically and emotionally as they return to campuses?

KNX: Speak UP's Jenny Hontz Weighs In On The Call To Fully Reopen Schools This Fall

El número de alumnos en las aulas del Distrito Escolar de Los Ángeles no es el que se esperaba

LA schools chief Beutner will depart LAUSD when his contract runs out in June

When LAUSD reopens schools, K-8 students will spend more time in child care than class

LAUSD begins welcoming back students after extended campus closures

A Second Group of LAUSD Parents File a Lawsuit for Schools to Fully Reopen

Rapid COVID-19 Tests Could Make School Re-Openings Safer, USC Study Finds

Parents Speak Out Against Disparities in Autism Diagnosis and Treatment

‘Nervous and excited’: How kids feel about returning to school, in their own words

Special-needs children still seek help after year adrift

Less than a third of students likely to return to LAUSD campuses, survey shows

LAUSD teachers circulating petition to work from home

12 Months After Pandemic Closed Schools, 12 Million Students Still Lack Reliable Internet

LAUSD Survey: Half Of Student Families Reluctant To Return

A day in the life of this Los Angeles family shows the challenges of a year of distance learning

L.A. secondary school students face mostly online classes even when they return to campus

Some LAUSD parents welcome elementary reopening pact, but others criticize middle/high school plan

LAUSD and teacher's union reach agreement on returning to campus

LAUSD, UTLA Reach Tentative Agreement On April Return To Campus

Los Angeles Schools Remain Closed and Families Wonder: How Much Longer?

Reapertura de escuelas en California

Mom accuses UTLA of conducting racial opposition research on parents pushing for in-person classes

South LA parents say they want schools to reopen, disagree with UTLA president's remarks

Group affiliated with teachers union accuses Times of bias in L.A. Unified reopening coverage

"A Shot of Hope": Returning to school and work

LAUSD parents want special-ed service providers – especially those eligible for vaccines – back on campus

Parents Divided Over Return to LAUSD Campuses

LAUSD To Offer In-Person Services Next Week And Targets April For More Reopenings

California lawmakers' $6.5B budget proposal draws mixed reaction from parents

OPINIÓN: En la batalla por la reapertura de escuelas en L.A. los estudiantes de color pierden una vez más

California's low kindergarten attendance creates first-grade problem

New COVID-19 cases plummet in California, Blue Shield steps in to help with vaccines

Polémica en Los Ángeles ante posible reapertura de los centros escolares

¿Cuáles son los principales retos que enfrentan los maestros durante el aprendizaje virtual por la pandemia?

Foro educativo: Regreso a la escuela

Private school teachers offered vaccine ahead of schedule

Low kindergarten attendance creates first grade problem

Battle Brews Over LA Schools Used as Film Sets While Real Students Are Stuck at Home

LAUSD says reopening is out of the district's control

Parents outraged after maskless child actors seen at film shoot at LA school despite campus closure

Kids Spotted At Production Shoot On Sherman Oaks School Campus Despite Closures

Photo captures several kids at a Sherman Oaks elementary school on campus for alleged TV shoot

California schools can start reopening before all teachers get COVID-19 vaccine, Newsom says

‘All of us got it. No one was spared.’ LAUSD teacher changed her mind about in-person classes during COVID

L.A.-area elementary schools could reach threshold for reopening in two to three weeks, Ferrer says

Federal Probes into Lack of School Services for Special Needs Students Reflect Nearly a Year of Parental Anguish, Advocates Say

L.A. Unified experiments with new tutoring program during pandemic

Push to open public schools in February thrills some parents, terrifies some teachers, as COVID surges

Survey Shows Majority of LAUSD Parents Want Choice for In-Person Learning

Ds and Fs surge, attendance slips among L.A.’s poorest students amid distance learning

LAUSD likely won’t reopen before January at earliest, teachers union affirms

LAUSD, UTLA Strike Deal On Some Services For Students With Disabilities

Los Angeles schools will probably stick with remote learning until at least January.

Estudiantes con necesidades especiales de LA a la deriva

Survey: Students With Special Needs Are Struggling With Distance Learning, Parents Say

Students With Special Needs Are Struggling With Distance Learning, Parents Survey Say

Survey shows special ed parents dissatisfied with LAUSD programs

Schools in L.A. County can reopen for up to 25% of their students who need special services

Survey: 76% of LAUSD parents say their kids with special needs can't learn effectively with distance learning

‘Where Are the Rest of You?’ With as Many as 600,000 Students Skipping Kindergarten During the Pandemic, Districts Plead With Parents Not to Delay

These Parents Are Suing Los Angeles Unified Over Its Approach To Distance Learning

Padres latinos enfrentan grandes desafíos con el aprendizaje a distancia

UTLA Pushes Back Against Opening Campuses For Students With Disabilities And English Learners, Citing Safety Concerns

El sindicato de profesores de L.A. se opone a la apertura de campus para estudiantes con discapacidades y aprendices de inglés

In-person learning at LAUSD campuses won’t come until safety is assured, union says

Su historia la conmovió: mujer regala una computadora a familia hispana para darles acceso a clases virtuales

LA Schools To Begin Allowing Students With Extra Needs Back On Campuses

LA County Gives OK For Hair Salons, Barbershops To Reopen Indoor Operations

Coronavirus: LA County to allow limited school openings for special ed and ESL students

L.A. County schools can reopen small in-person classes for their neediest students on Sept. 14

'I'm extremely nervous': US grapples with in-person or virtual classes

LAUSD Explores Expanding Child Care 

LA School Board Approves Plans to Provide Childcare for Essential Workers With Students Learning From Home

‘It’s a frustrating period.’ Yet LAUSD teachers muster smiles on the first day of school

What One LAUSD Teacher Learned About Why 'Daily, Live' Lessons Matter

School’s Back in Session: We Answer Your Questions As Schools ‘Reopen’ For Instruction

At LAUSD, a school year begins like none before

‘Are we ready?’ LAUSD’s first day back to school, online and on Zoom, is anything but normal

Speak Up's Katie Braude is featured on KCRW

LAUSD's Remote Back to School Plans Have Parents Worried Kids Will Be Left Offline

L.A. school board approves deal on remote learning; critics say it falls short on teaching

‘I don’t know what I’m supposed to do.’ Parents in distress over school opening online

America is about to start online learning, Round 2. For millions of students, it won’t be any better.

Group Aims To Flatten Remote Learning Curve For LA Teachers, Students

Speak UP on KNX, Aug. 4

Speak UP on KNX, Aug. 3

LAUSD, Teachers Union Reach Tentative Deal On Distance Learning; Parent Groups Raise Concerns

LAUSD, teachers reach tentative deal on remote learning

How are L.A. Parents Coping with this Pandemic Back-to-School Year?

Should I quit my job? California parents grapple with education in a pandemic

Estudiantes con discapacidades: los más afectados del LAUSD durante la pandemia

Speak UP's iFamily Program on KNX

Speak UP on KPFK

En medio de los crecientes números de contagio por #covid19 La Junta de Educación de Orange County vota para que los niños regresen a clases este otoño y sin mascarillas

Academic Language Development for Black Students, with Sharnell Blevins

‘Slow down,’ parents, local school officials declare, as Trump urges full reopening

Parent Survey Finds Inconsistencies With Remote Learning

Calls Grow for Better Online Learning in Los Angeles Schools

PEDIATRICIANS WANT KIDS TO RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS FALL

Speak UP on KNX, June 29,2020

Online or in the classroom, teachers and students must show up every day, new rules say

A report by parent advocacy organization Speak Up found distance learning at LAUSD was ‘inconsistent at best and discriminatory at worst’

Survey: Black, Latino Students In LA Got Fewer Live Video Classes During COVID-19 Campus Closures

Language Skills & SEL, with Sharnell Blevins

Tutoring Program Helps LAUSD Kids Stay Connected

Una de cada tres familias en distrito escolar en California no cuenta con computadora o con servicio de internet

LAUSD continues to narrow the digital divide

Ed, tech coalition launches resource for remotely serving special needs students

A 'Sobering Reality' For Special Needs Kids In An Era Of Distance Learning

LAUSD invests $100 million for online teaching technology

Coronavirus: Parents Of Special Needs Students Facing Unique Challenges, Some Say LAUSD Not Doing Enough

NBC Interview: Unequal Access to Online Education

Feeling ‘devastated and isolated’ LA parents cope with prolonged school closures while trying to hold onto their jobs, homeschool their kids

Attack Ads and "Disgusting" Rhetoric in Race for LAUSD Board

Those Nasty LAUSD School Board Campaign Ads: What's Fact? What's Opinion?

Anti-Semitism alleged in L.A. school board race as charter schools and teachers union face off

Presentan quejas en contra de miembro de la Junta de LAUSD

LAUSD board member under investigation for possible misreporting of personal finances

‘Guided by educators and parents rather than lawyers,’ LAUSD moves forward

For the first time in more than 20 years, LAUSD is in full control of its special ed system. As parents worry about accountability, the district shifts its focus

Student Growth Data: A Different Way to Measure Progress

Turning co-location into collaboration: Los Angeles seeks mutual benefits in contentious practice

Education must-reads: From charter politics still shaping LAUSD school board elections to an audit finding the state lottery is not putting enough money into Education, 10 new things to know about California’s schools (and beyond)

Marcha por la paz en el sureste de LA: ‘Todos merecemos respeto’

Prevalece hostilidad entre padres de escuelas chárter y tradicionales; Caminata de la Paz pide alto

Parents Organize Peace Walk for More Education Funding

Superintendente LAUSD anuncia incremento en tasa de graduación

Governor Intervenes in Charter School Bill Debate with AB 1505

The teachers unions’ spotty progressivism

L.A. Charter Schools' Plans: Take Back Mayor's Office, Sue District, Battle Teachers' Union

The Country’s Second Largest School District Enters a New Era

LAUSD Presents A “School Performance Framework” To Parents, While Failing To Notify Any About It

L.A. charter schools’ plans: Take back mayor’s office, sue district, battle teachers union

After parcel tax defeat, Los Angeles city and school leaders vow to keep fighting for funding for kids

Voters Have Say in LA School Funding With Measure EE

IF YOU SUPPORTED THE TEACHERS’ STRIKE, YOU CAN’T REJECT THE PARCEL TAX THAT WILL PAY FOR ITS DEMANDS

LAUSD looks for lifeline in Measure EE as it drowns in debt from employee benefits

For the first time in more than 20 years, LAUSD is in full control of its special ed system. As parents worry about accountability, the district shifts its focus

Turning co-location into collaboration: Los Angeles seeks mutual benefits in contentious practice

Parents Organize Peace Walk for More Education Funding

Prevalece hostilidad entre padres de escuelas chárter y tradicionales; Caminata de la Paz pide alto

Superintendente LAUSD anuncia incremento en tasa de graduación

LAUSD looks for lifeline in Measure EE as it drowns in debt from employee benefits

Whether for or against a parcel tax, parents and advocates want more money for schools — but they don’t yet trust LAUSD to be a ‘good steward’

Parents Organize Peace Walk for More Education Funding

Prevalece hostilidad entre padres de escuelas chárter y tradicionales; Caminata de la Paz pide alto

Superintendente LAUSD anuncia incremento en tasa de graduación

LAUSD looks for lifeline in Measure EE as it drowns in debt from employee benefits

Whether for or against a parcel tax, parents and advocates want more money for schools — but they don’t yet trust LAUSD to be a ‘good steward’

‘Frustrante y decepcionante’: así opinan los padres sobre el sitio de información pública del LAUSD

It’s official: Jackie Goldberg and Heather Repenning are headed to a runoff in LAUSD school board race

Ortíz will not request a recount in LAUSD’s school board race, leaving Repenning and Goldberg to face off in May

Heather Repenning declares she’s made the runoff against Jackie Goldberg in race for LAUSD school board seat

Latinos are the vast majority in LAUSD’s Board District 5. But they likely won’t be the ones who elect their next school board member. Here’s why.

More money, more charter school scrutiny: Here’s what Jackie Goldberg wants to bring to LAUSD in her bid to rejoin the school board after nearly 30 years

Meet the 10 candidates running for LAUSD school board in District 5

In L.A., Magnet Schools Attracting Students but Not Headlines

After thousands rally for charter schools, LAUSD board votes for a moratorium

LAUSD board approves deal with teachers and potential freeze on charter-school growth

LAUSD Calls For Charter Moratorium After Teachers Strike

LAUSD / UTLA reach tentative agreement: what’s the deal?

LAUSD teachers should exercise their Janus rights, not follow their union off a fiscal cliff

LAUSD teachers get paid less than big-city peers, but a 6 percent raise would bring them closer

Experts: Crippling long-term debt isn’t leaving L.A. schools much wiggle room to avert a teacher strike — and may doom the district to takeover

UTLA’s crisis is here

A Field Guide To The 2019 Special Election For LAUSD School Board

10 candidates will be on the ballot in March to fill LAUSD’s vacant school board seat

Parents group says Los Angeles Unified failing to keep them informed on lead in water

What Do Families Want Most From Schools?

The pros and cons of LAUSD’s plan to decentralize into 32 networks

Saturday school and 1,000 Rams tickets — how LAUSD is trying to turn around a stubborn attendance problem

On eve of mediation, L.A. Unified offers teachers 6% raises — which the union rejects

LAUSD sweetens its offer on teacher raises, continues to call for a new category in evaluations to identify highly effective educators

As LA’s teachers union prepares to strike, here’s something that could be a bigger hang-up than raises: how to identify great teachers

Commentary: Kids should not be collateral damage in teachers strike

¿Huelga de maestros en Los Ángeles?

Commentary: An open letter to LAUSD’s board about who gets to speak at meetings

Starting Today, L.A. Teachers Will Vote On Authorizing Their First Strike In A Generation

Los Angeles Teachers Take First Step Toward Strike

‘Quiero que mi voz se tome en cuenta’– Padres latinos se opusieron a que alguien más decidiera por ellos cómo reemplazar a Ref Rodríguez

Vacant school board seat could remain unfilled for months

Padres piden al LAUSD que los dejen elegir la escuela de sus hijos 

As LAUSD faces possible teachers strike, new superintendent says, ‘We need parents in that room with us, making more informed, better choices’

Ref Rodríguez renuncia: Lo que hay que saber sobre su salida de la junta escolar de Los Ángeles

LAUSD board frees principals of struggling schools from having to hire teachers sent to them by the district

El ex inversionista Austin Beutner es nombrado nuevo superintendente de las escuelas de Los Ángeles, enfrentando profundos retos académicos y fiscales

LA families will have more school quality information than ever before in new interactive tool that rates schools

LAUSD avanza en simplificar la calificación de las escuelas, lo que haría más fácil para los padres poder compararlas

LAUSD approves expensive health benefits contract but vows to be tougher in negotiations going forward

Shirley Ford, a California school choice champion, dies

Shirley Ford, passionate Los Angeles education advocate and co-founder of Parent Revolution, dies

LA schools have a tentative deal with labor partners on health benefits — but watchdogs warn it’s not aggressive enough in reining in costs

Women’s March 2018

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