Kyle Stokes
Former Senior Reporter, K-12 Education
(he/him)
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L.A. Unified school board members appear poised to sign off on Supt. Michelle King's strategic plan, which she retooled to emphasize a "100 percent graduation" goal. -
Three out of four California school districts struggle to find enough qualified applicants for open teaching jobs, according to a new survey. -
Evidence that poor students have more ineffective teachers was a centerpiece of the Vergara court case. A new study says that might not be true in every school district. -
From the district's count of full-day absences, one would have no idea thousands of LAUSD students had walked out to protest Donald Trump's victory. -
Will L.A. Unified's pledge to resist against any attempt to turn its data stores against undocumented students work? Could its federal funding be at risk? -
The district’s school board pledged Tuesday to resist attempts to use student data to enforce deportations “to the fullest extent provided by the law.” -
“There are a lot of people…who are feeling dispirited at best," Harris said Thursday. "Part of what we are here to say is, ‘You are not alone. You matter.’” -
Democrats had spent heavily in the race for the 25th Congressional District, seeing Knight as vulnerable, but by late Wednesday morning challenger Bryan Caforio was congratulating his opponent. -
L.A. Unified brought 12 new multilingual education programs online this school year. Next year, the district expects to add another dozen or so. -
United Teachers Los Angeles said the grants amounted to token offerings for L.A. Unified schools who have already lost a lot to competition with charter schools.
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