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After Years Of Mudslinging, This LAUSD Campaign Could Set Records For Positive Advertising

After setting records for negative advertising two years ago, the special interests who dominate LAUSD races are striking a different tone.

Two brown-skinned women sit on a stage in upholstered chairs during a candidate debate. The woman on the right, in a pink shirt and floral skirt, holds a microphone and is speaking. The woman on the left wears a suit jacket, orange shirt, and listens.

Proposal To Make LAUSD Candidates Eligible For Public Campaign Funding Introduced At City Council

Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell formally introduced a motion asking city officials to study opening L.A.'s "matching funds" program to candidates in LAUSD elections, likely through a ballot measure in 2024.

Two brown-skinned women appear in large photographs on campaign mailers printed with statements like, 'Vote Democrat María Brenes for school board" or "Dr. Rocío Rivas is the education leader our Los Angeles schools urgently need."

LAUSD Enrollment Shrank Again This Year — But Not As Much As Predicted

Declining birthrates and rising housing costs are still concerns, but the pandemic-related pressures on district enrollment have eased.

A man in a white collared shirt and a tie goes to shake the hand of a young boy in a polo. The man is standing in the middle of a school bus, and the boy is seated.

LAUSD Could Get Independent Redistricting Panel — And Matching Funds For Board Candidates — In Fallout From LA City Council Scandal

The changes, if enacted, have the potential to upend the power dynamics in LAUSD elections that special interest groups have dominated for years.

A series of campaign mailers, all printed on glossy cardstock pages, are spread on the floor. Both feature women posed smiling toward the camera and campaign messages for the candidates, Rocío Rivas and María Brenes.

LAUSD Approves Deal To Move Extra Learning Days, With Unions Divided

Los Angeles Unified School District students will have a normal day of school next Wednesday.

A transitional kindergartener at Harding Elementary in Sylmar plays with blocks as Kelly Gonez, president of the L.A. Unified school board, looks on. The student has been given her own set of toys; shared toys, materials and supplies are not allowed in L.A. Unified School District classrooms under reopening guidelines for hybrid instruction.

Compromise Would Reschedule LAUSD’s Extra, Optional School Days — And End Threat Of A Teacher Boycott

The district will reschedule the “acceleration days” during winter and spring breaks, which teachers feel will be less disruptive.

Los Angeles School Board Promises More Green Space, Shade For More Schools

The logistics remain in the works.

Young children play with tiny hurdles placed between striped lines outlining a racecourse on a blacktop surface as a teacher looks on.

LAUSD Ended Remote Work Despite ‘Serious Concerns’ About COVID In Its Headquarters. Now There’s An Outbreak

Last spring, internal alarms were sounded over air quality in its headquarters, Beaudry. Today, Los Angeles Unified says the ventilation systems are "up to all standards and codes."

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LAUSD Lifts Suspension Of Journalism Teacher At Daniel Pearl Magnet High School

LAist first conveyed details of the suspension on Sept. 2. In the two weeks in-between, the teacher's case has garnered national attention.

High School journalism teacher Adriana Chavira holds a camera inside a classroom.

George Clooney, Hollywood A-Listers Launch LA Magnet School, Hoping To Help Solve Hollywood's Diversity Problem

As a child of immigrants, "I was raised by TV," said Mindy Kaling, actor and advisor to the school. "But I had no access" to the industry.

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LAUSD Students Haven't Taken State Tests Since Before The Pandemic. Here Are The New Scores

As expected, "kids who were at risk and in a fragile condition prior to the pandemic ... were the ones who lost most ground," said L.A. Unified's superintendent.

Two Years Before Online Attack, Auditors Warned Los Angeles Unified About Cybersecurity. How Bad Were The Problems They Found?

Cybersecurity auditors gained access to a “limited number of Social Security numbers” on LAUSD systems and tricked employees into sharing passwords. Were these easy-fix problems, or entrenched issues?

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