Kyle Stokes
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Kids with hearing loss will now learn spoken English and ASL in Los Angeles schools
Los Angeles schools will now teach both American Sign Language and spoken English to younger students. The policy change is meant to correct a history of suppressing ASL. But some say it goes too far. → Read More
After An Especially Long Lockdown, San Bernardino Schools Are Set To Reopen
The district was one of the few in Southern California to stick with distance learning last spring, as other school campuses reopened. → Read More
LAUSD Requiring All Staff And Students, Vaccinated Or Not, To Take COVID-19 Tests Before New School Year Starts
Los Angeles Unified School District officials have announced they will require all students and employees — regardless of vaccination status — to get a COVID-19 test before the new school year begins on Aug. 16, and to participate in weekly testing. → Read More
Note To LAUSD Parents: The Deadline To Opt Out Of In-Person Schooling Is Fast Approaching
Parents have until Friday, July 30, to opt out of in-person instruction for their kids in the fall. Online instruction is still available, but it will differ from last year's distance learning. → Read More
LAUSD Abandons Plan To Extend The Upcoming School Year
LAUSD school board members will now vote in a plan to start the new semester on Aug. 17, 2021 and have a three-week winter break — which is the district's norm. → Read More
LA School Board Election 2020 Candidate Q&A: Scott Schmerelson:
Schmerelson is running to keep his seat representing the West SF Valley in LAUSD Board District 3. → Read More
LA School Board Election 2020 Candidate Q&A: Marilyn Koziatek:
Koziatek is challenging the incumbent in LAUSD Board District 3, representing the West San Fernando Valley. → Read More
Everything We Know About LAUSD's Program To Test Students And Staff For Coronavirus:
When will my student get tested? How often will my teacher be tested? What about charter schools? → Read More
As Coronavirus Cases Surge In California, The State Takes A Step Back
Los Angeles and San Diego public schools announced on Monday that they will be starting the school year remote-only in August as coronavirus cases rise in Southern California. → Read More
What Could Schools Look Like When They Reopen? Here's What L.A. County Education Officials Say
A task force convened by the Los Angeles County Office of Education released a framework Wednesday with guidelines for the county's 80 school districts as... → Read More
Explaining The LCAP, The Document At The Heart Of A $1 Billion LAUSD Fight:
LAUSD's been hit with a(nother) formal complaint about how they've spent $1B in LCAP money. → Read More
Your Guide To The Biggest Changes To California Charter School Laws Since 1992:
It just got easier to block some charter schools from opening. It also just got harder to shut some charter schools down. → Read More
Audio: Four Years Ago, Parents Wanted To Take Over This School. Now, It's Succeeding
Four years ago, dissatisfied parents at 20th Street Elementary School were so unhappy with the L.A. Unified School District's management of the school that they threatened to invoke California's "parent trigger" law. → Read More
LAUSD Superintendent's Big Plan To Improve Schools Pins Its Hope On Principals:
Beutner's plan is almost as notable for what it does not include. → Read More
Meet The LAUSD Teen Fighting To Lower The Voting Age To 16 In School Board Elections:
The L.A. Unified School Board will explore opening its elections up to 16- and 17-year-olds. → Read More
We Investigated The Investigator Of All Wrongdoing In LAUSD. Here's What They Think About That:
'Who watches the watchdogs?' A school board member reacts to the KPCC/LAist scoop. → Read More
Michelle King, The First Black Woman To Lead LAUSD, Dies at 57:
She rose from LAUSD student all the way to the district's highest office. King had announced in Jan. 2018 that she had cancer. → Read More
LAUSD Calls For Charter Moratorium After Teachers Strike:
The move is a nod to a demand striking teachers made to LAUSD leaders: do something about charter schools. → Read More
The Los Angeles Teacher Strike's Class Size Conundrum
Leaders of LA's teachers union have made class-size reduction a centerpiece of their negotiations. But researchers disagree on whether high price of smaller classes is worth it. → Read More
Los Angeles Teacher Strike Could Be Days Away
If no deal is reached, more than 30,000 union members wouldn't go to work, affecting roughly 480,000 public school students. → Read More