LA Schools Deal With “Struggling Schools” Label
John Muir Middle School is just one of a number of Los Angeles schools on a list of struggling California schools. Asim Bharwani talks to parents and teachers about how the school can improve and if they are optimistic. (posted 3/09/10)
By Asim Bharwani

LAUSD Tries Pinching Pennies To Close Budget Gap
While students and faculty protested in Los Angeles on March 4th, the Board of Education met to discuss budget woes. (posted 3/04/10)
By Karen Marcus

LAUSD Board of Education approves 4,700 layoffs
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted Tuesday afternoon to approve sending thousands of layoff notices (posted 3/02/10)
By Ariel Edwards-Levy

Charter school teachers and supporters rally over LAUSD Proposal
Charter school supporters and teachers in LAUSD demonstrated on opposite sides of a resolution to allow outside operators at some of the district's low-performing and new schools. (posted 2/24/10)
By Shirin Parsavand

Protesters Oppose Closing Of Fremont High
Students at Fremont High School are pledging to fight plans by the LA Unified School District to close down one South LA campus. The LAUSD's move to shut down the school comes after reports the school had scored way below the state average on standardized tests in recent years. Leilani Albano has more on the story. (posted 12/16/09)
By Leilani Albano

UTLA Rally
The thirty lowest performing schools in the Los Angeles school system may be opened up to reform from the outside. That could include charter companies coming in or partnerships between the district and private organizations. A rally today outside of United Teachers of Los Angeles headquarters showed how heated the debate over these schools is becoming. (posted 11/10/09)
By Dominic Riley

LA Substitute Teachers Protest UTLA Deal
Los Angeles substitute teachers staged a "die-in" to protest the deal made between UTLA president A.J. Duffy and LAUSD Superintendent Cortines that gives pink slipped junior teacher priority for substituting jobs over more senior substitute teachers. (posted 10/27/09)
By Jessica Flores

LAUSD School Construction Full Steam Ahead
One of the largest public works projects in the country is about to get a little bigger. The Los Angeles Unified School District is breaking ground on its 81st new school building in the last 10 years. Richie Duchon has more on the beginning for a new South L.A. elementary school. (posted 10/20/09)
By Richard Duchon

Violence prevention in LA schools
Chicago's mayor Richard Daley is proposing several proposals to cut down on teenage violence. He's calling for more after-school programs and putting more police officers around schools. This comes in the wake of the beating of a sixteen year old student in Chicago. The beating has focused national attention on the problem of youth violence. C.J. Dablo takes a look at how Los Angeles confronts the problem. (posted 10/08/09)
By CJ Dablo

The LAUSD layoff saga goes on
The United Teachers Los Angeles has waged an aggressive campaign to make sure LAUSD teachers keep their jobs. They held a news conference before the Board of Education's meeting today to say that they are still fighting for their jobs. About 1,500 teachers still face the possibility of getting the axe and UTLA is determined to stop it. (posted 4/14/09)
By Beth Palkovic