Kyle Stokes

The contract dispute has United Teachers Los Angeles members ready for a possible strike, which could come as soon as this year if the two sides don't reach a deal.

Los Angeles Unified schools superintendent Austin Beutner has called for removing the district’s weakest teachers from the classroom.

The vast majority of LAUSD teachers "meet" or "exceed standards" on their evaluations, according to new numbers -- but are those numbers right?

Los Angeles Unified schools Superintendent Austin Beutner wants to talk about more than the contract negotiations with the district’s teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles.

Beutner's answer: focusing only on the issues at dispute in contract negotiations sidelines other worthy conversations.

The 'window of opportunity is closing to address the district's fiscal challenges,' a county official recently warned.

Weeks or months could still pass before UTLA leaders actually call for a walkout.

L.A. Unified school teachers are voting all this week whether to authorize a strike as a war of words between their union and the district escalates. The school district filed a formal complaint against United Teachers Los Angeles on Tuesday, accusing them of bargaining in bad faith.

Breaking down the broken-down contract talks that have teachers in the nation's second-largest school district on picket lines. The lives of nearly half a million LAUSD students have been disrupted.

Civil rights groups are pressing the L.A. Unified School District to end its policy of randomly searching students with hand-held metal detectors. Those activists recently got a chance for a face-to-face meeting with top district officials.