Kyle Stokes
Former Senior Reporter, K-12 Education
(he/him)
-
Leaders of 30 charter networks say LAUSD has again unfairly dinged an application to open a new school — this time, for a charter high school in Westchester. -
Judge: Plaintiffs may still access complete California student database, but with tightened securityA federal judge had ordered the release of a complete database of California student information to plaintiffs in a wide-ranging lawsuit about special education services.
-
Students will get more than one score for each academic subject, but no more effort grades. The new draft also condenses a section on social skills and study habits.
-
Much of the hearing was spent wrangling over whether it a court should be weighing in on tenure — or whether it was a policy matter best left to the legislature.
-
The second round begins in a blockbuster battle that could dismantle job protections enjoyed by California's K-12 teachers for decades.
-
But less than half of Class of 2016 students are passing required courses with grades Cal State or UC campuses require for admission.
-
The sick-out at four Compton schools is an apparent show of dissatisfaction with the progress of labor contract talks between their union and the district.
-
The release includes personal information, including some Social Security numbers, for students who've attended California schools since 2008. But you can object.
-
The president of the nation's second-largest teachers union says countering the proposed expansion of charter schools in Los Angeles is "amongst her highest priorities."
-
The union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District wants to re-work how the district rates teachers' job performance.
Stories by Kyle Stokes
Support for LAist comes from