Kyle Stokes
Former Senior Reporter, K-12 Education
(he/him)
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A bill in the state legislature would limit the school board's ability to use the district's internal investigative agency to oversee charter schools. -
The deal gives faculty the raises they demanded but avoids cuts to other programs that university administrators had said were blocking salary increases.
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Officials are creating a unified enrollment system with a single application — and a single deadline — for many of the district's school choice programs.
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District officials are more closely scrutinizing special education referrals after a panel finds officials are over-identifying students as having special needs.
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The district hopes to sell its rights to the spectrum used for its public TV station. Could the sale make a dent in its deficit? It's hard to say how much it will get.
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Parents in Los Angeles face an often overwhelming array of choices for where to educate their children in a taxpayer-funded setting.
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Black students and those with disabilities were suspended from charter schools at disproportionate rates — but at similar rates to traditional schools.
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Parent trigger advocates say they submitted more than 350 signatures in February, enough to force the district to turn over 20th Street to a charter operator.
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District staff have recommended denial for as many applications for new charters in the last two months as they have in the last two years.
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School officials announced that a one-time infusion of state funding would take a big bite out of the district’s short-term budget deficit.
Stories by Kyle Stokes
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