Morning Read: Romero Vs. Villaraigosa
Gloria Romero to Antonio Villaraigosa: We’re not removing you from Prop 32 ad SFGate: LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was ticked that the pro-Prop 32 folks were using his name and comments “out of...
View ArticleParent Trigger Swirls Around LAUSD
The parents of Desert Trails Elementary, along with Parent Revolution, have filed a “Motion to Compel” the Adelanto School Board to comply with the judge’s order in the Desert Trails case. According to...
View ArticleTrigger Gains Traction
Still no word if and when a trigger petition gets filed in LAUSD, but in the meantime a screening of trigger movie “Won’t Back Down” was approved by the Democratic National Committee for a...
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Big Moves From Zimmer
Board Member Steve Zimmer Tomorrow at the LAUSD board meeting (see agenda here), board member Steve Zimmer will make two big moves. The first is his long-awaited proposal to reject the use of Academic...
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How Good Is Chicago Contract?
Last Friday, UTLA put on an event to demonstrate support for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and held a conference call with CTU delegates who were then still on strike (see Support spreads for CTU...
View ArticleMorning Read: Deasy Extends Partnerships
Deasy Gets Authority Over Approving Outside Control of Schools The LAUSD school board approved giving Deasy the new authority when it approved extensions of agreements with the mayor’s Partnership for...
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Chicago Critics Call For an Elected School Board
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pretty much everything that Los Angeles Mayor Anthony Villaraigosa could ever have wanted when it comes to control over his school district. By state law, the former...
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Reformers Split From Labor – Again
Former Democratic state legislator Gloria Romero isn’t the only education reformer who’s taken a position that’s being described as anti-labor. (See: Proposition 32 Divides California’s Education...
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The Mayor’s Legacy
This coming June, Los Angeles will lose arguably its most education-focused Mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. What happens next isn’t very clear. As this recent Huffington Post entry describes (Being...
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Mayor Touts Parent Trigger
Nobody seems to know just how deeply involved in fundraising for Board candidates or other measures to preserve his education legacy Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is going to be during the upcoming...
View ArticleMorning Read: Teachers Endorse Multiple Candidates
Teachers Endorse Zimmer The union on Wednesday also endorsed candidates for the three school board elections scheduled for March. LA Times 15 Candidates File to Run for LAUSD School Board Seats...
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Antonio Sanchez, Consensus Candidate?
The fresh-faced Sanchez It’s still very early goings in the school board race, but Antonio Sanchez is already emerging as the favorite in the East Valley’s District 6 — especially since Ernie Cardenas...
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LA Fund Launches 2nd Arts Initiative
The Los Angeles Fund for Public Education, a philanthropy dedicated among other things to bringing arts integration programs to LA area schools, launched the second part of a $4 million public art and...
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In DC, Duncan and Villaraigosa Praise LA
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Earlier this week in Washington, I was able to catch up with a number of familiar faces including President Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Asked about...
View ArticleMorning Read: Who Will Follow Mayor’s Ed. Lead?
Antonio Villaraigosa Led The Way on Education Reform, but His Potential Successors Are Reluctant to Pick up the Torch For the last eight years, education reformers have had a staunch ally in the L.A....
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Who Will Pick Up the Mayor’s Education Torch?
Mayor Villaraigosa and LAUSD Supt. Deasy “For the last eight years, education reformers have had a staunch ally in the L.A. mayor’s office,” writes LA Weekly reporter Gene Maddaus in a recent roundup...
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Mayoral Candidate Perry Offers Mixed Praise for Villaraigosa
In a conversation with LA School Report, City Council member and mayoral candidate Jan Perry praised Mayor Villaraigosa’s efforts in the field of education and “pursuing better outcomes for students.”...
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Villaraigosa’s Big Education Day
Mayor Villaraigosa at today’s 24th Street Elementary parents’ event. Image: Colin Young-Wolff He may never have won direct control over LAUSD and he may or may not ever get a Cabinet appointment. He...
View ArticleMorning Read: Rhee, Longoria Join Fray Over LAUSD
Michelle Rhee Group Donates $250,000 to Candidates in LAUSD Races A group led by former District of Columbia schools chancellor Michelle Rhee donated $250,000 Wednesday to contests for seats on the Los...
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Education Summit Could Reveal Mayoral Candidates’ Differences
Left to right: Jan Perry, Kevin James, Wendy Greuel, and Eric Garcetti In a Mayoral election dominated by the economy and the budget, education has been barely a blip on the leading candidates’ radar...
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