Kyle Stokes
Former Senior Reporter, K-12 Education
(he/him)
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A powerhouse coalition wants L.A. Unified campuses to retool to become community centers, neighborhood gathering spots and hubs for social services. -
Three months after voting for a start date later in August, the L.A. Unified school board has reversed itself. They'll keep their current "early start" in 2017-18.
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Candidates have already raised almost twice as much as had been raised at this time four years ago, when these three L.A. Unified School Board seats were last up.
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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.
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Three out of four California school districts struggle to find enough qualified applicants for open teaching jobs, according to a new survey.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.”
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“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.’”
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