Kyle Stokes
Former Senior Reporter, K-12 Education
(he/him)
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Board members want L.A. Unified superintendent Michelle King to refine her strategic plan draft to double-down on the goal of "100 percent" high school graduation. -
Attorneys for El Camino Real Charter High School outlined those actions in a response to allegations L.A. Unified leveled against the school last month. -
When your charter school closes 3 weeks into the year, where do you go? In West LA, you have optionsThe sudden demise of City Charter High School demonstrates both how competitive and how complicated West L.A.'s school choice market for high schools has become. -
School board members voted to move the district’s first day of classes to later dates in 2017 and 2018, but stopped short of requiring a post-Labor Day start. -
Supt. Michelle King has asked central office managers to submit plans to cut their budgets by 30 percent, KPCC has learned. For now, it's just a planning exercise. -
A team of educators with plans to launch a charter high school completely retooled to serve homeless and foster youth has won $10 million in startup money. -
Chronic absenteeism — missing two days or more each month — is as big of a problem in suburban schools as it is in the Southland's urban centers, a new report shows. -
A big donor itself, the CTA is denouncing charter-friendly wealthy donors "paying to push their agenda on the rest of us." Charters call it hypocritical. -
Government agencies that authorize charter schools missed what ACLU researchers found: potentially discriminatory admissions policies at more than 200 schools. -
It's the second year that the public has seen results from the new exam, giving the first opportunity to chart progress over time.
Stories by Kyle Stokes
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