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Refining 'parent trigger'
Under California's "parent trigger" law, parents at underperforming public schools can force dramatic changes in management if half or more sign a petition. It's a well-intentioned law that school reformers have applauded, but it is desperately in need of...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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2 leaders in L.A.'s 6th council district race are women
The two apparent front-runners to replace Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas are veteran public officials with strong connections to the east San Fernando Valley Democratic machine that has sent candidates to City Hall since the mid-1990s. Both...
Tags: Richard Riordan, Government, Elections, Local Elections, Jose Huizar
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Letters: When suspensions are good for students
Re "Struggling with suspensions," Column, May 18 It is encouraging to read of efforts to reduce the number of suspensions in the Los Angeles Unified School District. But I do have a comment about what Sandy Banks calls "grumbling like that from... -
Letters: City Hall and schools
Re "A city agenda for schools," Opinion, May 15 Los Angeles Board of Education member Bennett Kayser is right about city officials having no direct influence on public schools. Unfortunately, the public is apparently unaware of this. However, in... -
Ask the L.A. mayor candidates: Would you try to take control of L.A. schools?
During separate video interviews with the Los Angeles Times last month, candidates for L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel responded to questions from individual voters. Among them is Kim Jones of Silver Lake, who asked: What would you do...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Students, Teaching and Learning, Local Government, Elections
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Letters: Why student behavior matters
Re "Rule on defiant students revised," May 15 The Los Angeles Unified School District's ban on student suspensions for "willful defiance" reminded me of when I was observing class as a requirement for my teaching credential roughly 40 years ago. The...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Freedom of the Press, Politics
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Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti lay sniping aside
Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti ventured into school district politics Tuesday, lending support to non-controversial actions and mostly taking a respite from their recent sniping in the Los Angeles mayoral contest. A week before voters go to the polls,...
Tags: Rentals, Eric Garcetti, Students, Teaching and Learning, Wendy Greuel
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L.A. Votes: Mayoral candidates skip overt attacks, focus on education
After months of slashing at each other's integrity and trustworthiness, mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti largely put aside their differences with one week left before the May 21 election as they supported non-controversial education...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Carmen Trutanich, Wendy Greuel, Elections, Local Elections
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Former L.A. Unified teacher to stand trial on sex abuse charges
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was ordered to stand trial on 14 charges of sexually assaulting nine students and a relative, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Teaching and Learning, Judges, Justice System
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Letters: How to define cheating in schools
Re "A clash over how to address teacher cheating," May 12 As a principal and a superintendent, I had always taken the view that one of the very important roles of a teacher was to model appropriate behavior. It would appear that the state Commission...Tags: Geography, Teaching and Learning, School Examinations, Teachers
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Greuel and Garcetti notch victories at Los Angeles school board
Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel ventured into school district politics Tuesday, lending support to noncontroversial actions and mostly taking a respite from their recent sniping in the Los Angeles mayoral contest. A week before voters go to the polls,...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Students, Teaching and Learning, Wendy Greuel
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L.A. Unified OKs $1 lease to save aviation mechanics school
The closure of a popular aviation mechanics school at Van Nuys Airport was averted Tuesday when Los Angeles education officials agreed to lease the campus from the city's airport agency at the dramatically reduced rate of $1 a year. The North Valley...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry
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