Is grab-and-go here for the duration?
Tuesday’s upsurge of COVID-19 confirmations has resulted in widespread school and college closures.
Unearthed emails reveal a cozy relationship between the L.A. schools superintendent and the charter school lobby.
Will California fix charter authorizations? Also: Who killed L.A.’s school-tax measure?
About 13,200 minors held in detention facilities will have funding for their educational services, recreational programs and legal aid cut by the federal government.
After winning a Los Angeles school board seat, Goldberg speaks about charter schools, money and what it means to fight the good fight.
Swarthmore students shutter scandal-wracked fraternities. Business interests fight L.A.’s school parcel tax. The wage penalty sapping teachers’ salaries.
Wealthy parents caught gaming the system. Eli Broad spends on privatization. The price of each vote for L.A. school board race.
An election reversal for L.A. charter school forces. Oakland teachers’ uneasy victory. Betsy DeVos backs a bill everyone hates.
Meanwhile, Oakland teachers break out the picket signs and LAUSD discovers the joys of transparency.
Why would LAUSD hire a man already on the carpet both for sexual harassment allegations and landing a suspiciously cushy job at USC?
Tuesday’s real winner was union president Alex Caputo-Pearl, who cited district concessions on class-size reduction and on hiring more nurses, librarians and counselors as the biggest victories for LAUSD families.
Contract talks between the Los Angeles school district and teachers union continue, but don’t expect classes to resume before Wednesday.
Persistent claims of poverty by the district have been the most contentious issue separating LAUSD and UTLA.
Co-published by the American Prospect
Important byproducts of the walkout include robust dialogues about charter schools and on how much we are willing to invest in public education.
Obscured by Los Angeles’ massive public teachers strike, a separate charter-schools walkout targets many of the same issues.
Los Angeles teachers’ demands have moved away from bigger raises and toward more funding to alleviate deep education cuts. But what would constitute victory for their union?
Co-published by the American Prospect
Superintendent Austin Beutner and his allies have made it clear they do not believe that the L.A. Unified School District in its current incarnation is worth investing in – or even preserving.
With a January 10 strike deadline looming, little progress has been made in negotiations between teachers and their school district.
We look back on 10 Capital & Main stories that reported on the changing conflicts within public education.