Kyle Stokes
I report on the public education system — and the societal forces, parental choices and political decisions that determine which students get access to a “good” school (and how we define a “good school”).
Since graduating from the University of Missouri, I’ve covered education in three different states: first for StateImpact Indiana (WFIU/NPR); then in Seattle for KPLU Public Radio (now KNKX); and for this newsroom since February 2016. Along the way, I’ve covered two major teacher strikes and produced a documentary about the turnaround of a Seattle high school.
I was born in Minneapolis. A Martínez, now a co-host of NPR's Morning Edition and a former newsroom colleague, has called me L.A.’s “biggest Minnesota Twins fan.” I love how this region’s mountains and beaches wrap around the most diverse array of breakfast burritos imaginable. As a native Midwesterner, I know all this sunshine is truly a luxury — but I still think L.A.’s prettiest in the rain.
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The pandemic and movements for racial justice have introduced new pressures that have the potential to scramble LAUSD school board politics. -
Clear, but slim, majorities of L.A. city and county adults favor the mandates, but parents of school-aged kids are split, according to an LMU poll.
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Over the last decade, the electoral proxy war between charter advocates and teachers union groups has been a basic fact of L.A. Unified School District politics. But a pandemic can change a lot.
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The district estimates one in five LAUSD students lacks internet at home or has substandard service, but its leader says this is a national issue, not just a local one.
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Educators from four Los Angeles charter schools walked off the job Thursday for a one-day strike, hoping to force recognition of their attempts to form a teachers union.
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Val Broeksmit helped journalists and federal authorities investigating the financial institution — and its links to Donald Trump — by sharing a trove of sensitive documents.
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“Every single day outside of school … is a lost opportunity," the superintendent argued, though LAUSD still has to figure out how to use the extra time.
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The superintendent of the nation's second-largest district wants to replace long-term substitutes who aren't credentialed.
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That means any statewide rule will not be in effect any earlier than July 2023.
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A bill in Sacramento would entitle homeless high school seniors to several cash payments between April and August 2023.
