Kyle Stokes

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.

No organization in the state has spent more outside money in the 2016 election cycle than two pro-charter committees. They've spent $17 million on state contests.

L.A. Unified leaders say their process is fair, but charter school advocates say letting school districts oversee charters is letting the fox guard the henhouse.

L.A. Unified has routinely approved most charter schools' renewal and "material revision" requests since 2011. Tuesday night was a different story.

Principal Dave Fehte's use of a school credit card became a key part of an LAUSD inquiry. He'll resign next week as part of a deal to save El Camino's charter.

The turf war over the expansion of charter schools in LAUSD has found an unlikely new battleground: the tiny city of Huntington Park.

L.A. Unified officials have asked school board members to take the second of three steps needed to revoke the charter for the embattled Woodland Hills school.

In late January, a mere three weeks into her tenure as Los Angeles Unified School District's superintendent, Michelle King welcomed two surprising guests into her office: representatives of the non-profit group that sprouted from the controversial "Great Public Schools Now" plan.