LAUSD approved a plan to shorten the school year
LAUSD approved a plan to shorten the school year, citing the 140 million dollars that could save the district. (posted 4/13/10)
By Paula Kosowski

LAUSD School Week Cuts
Just when we thought cuts to the LAUSD education budget had peaked with layoffs and increased class sizes, a new proposal has found a way to save even more financial resources. (posted 4/08/10)
By Tracy Oppenheimer

Jaime Escalante Memorial
Garfield High School held a memorial service today in honor of former teacher Jaime Escalante, who inspired the film stand and deliver. He died Tuesday after battling bladder cancer. Escalante taught for eighteen years at Garfield High, which announced it will name its new auditorium after the teacher. Faculty and students who went to the school when Escalante taught share their thoughts and stories about a truly amazing and talented teacher. (posted 4/01/10)
By Trevor Thompson

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