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Los Angeles school district settles with parents who sued over distance learning

Parents say they have agreed to settle a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District over the distance learning program used during the COVID-19 pandemic

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LA Schools Chief Urges Superintendents Nationwide to Shield Students from ICE: 'Choose Hope'

The Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent has issued a bold national appeal to his colleagues across the country. In an open letter, Alberto Carvalho explains his decision to protect students and their families from ICE.

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Los Angeles Unified School District Closes Schools Due To Wildfires

Los Angeles Unified School District closes schools in response to wildfires, focusing on student and staff safety amidst natural disaster challenges.

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California students can no longer be suspended for ‘willful defiance’. Could nationwide change be next?

Governor Gavin Newsom banned the punishments that disproportionately harm Black, Latino, disabled and low-income students

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LA teachers win 21% wage increase in tentative contract pact with school district

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles school district and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement that provides a 21% wage increase over about three years, averting the potential of a second strike this school year.

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LA school workers and teachers rejoin pickets for Day 2 of strike as schools remain closed

LOS ANGELES — A mammoth strike led by Los Angeles Unified’s lowest-paid workers and supported by teachers kept district campuses closed Wednesday, as the second day of a three-day walkout brought throngs of staff and teachers back to the picket lines.

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified files last-ditch legal challenge to stop looming strike and school closures

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified officials are mounting a last-ditch legal challenge to stall or prevent a three-day strike that would shut down classrooms across the nation’s second-largest school district starting on Tuesday.

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Editorial: A strike that shuts down schools is bad for Los Angeles

Contract negotiations between the union representing cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other low-wage workers at Los Angeles Unified and district officials have stalled after nearly a year, and now the 30,000 SEIU Local 99 employees are planning a three-day strike beginning Tuesday. If they do, it could shut down all…

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Los Angeles teachers, other workers plan massive 3-day strike as labor woes explode

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles teachers union plans to join an anticipated three-day strike — possibly within two weeks — with thousands of L.A. Unified's non-teaching workers, actions that would likely shut down schools in an explosion of labor discontent.

Los Angeles Times

Scrap school police and add counselors and academic help for Black students, coalition says

LOS ANGELES — Community and student activists on Tuesday relaunched a campaign to eliminate the Los Angeles School Police Department, calling instead for expansion of mental health and academic programs, college and career counseling and job and life-skills training — focusing especially on the needs of Black students.

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LA Unified School District, 2 administrators sued for failing to report sex abuse by science teacher

LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles Unified School District administrators who were convicted of criminal charges for failing to report sex crimes by a science teacher are being sued along with the district by a former student victimized in the assaults for their role in covering up the sexual abuse.

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LA Unified, California showcase record graduation rates; other measures show setbacks

LOS ANGELES — The state of California and the Los Angeles Unified School District achieved record-high graduation rates last year despite the lingering effects of the crippling pandemic and a historic spike in student absences, prompting praise and skepticism over the new numbers.

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Hollywood school took 8 hours to find teen overdose victim in bathroom, mother's lawsuit alleges

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Ramos was missing for eight hours before she was found dead of suspected fentanyl poisoning in a Hollywood school bathroom this year, the 15-year-old's mother and her lawyers said Wednesday in announcing a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Learning loss is bad everywhere, and demands immediate action

It’s no surprise that educational achievement suffered after two chaotic years of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it’s still distressing to see the desolate picture of students’ academics and ever-widening gap between low- and high-performing students revealed by the latest national proficiency test scores.

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Test scores across US reveal 'heartbreaking' pandemic declines, with math hit hard

LOS ANGELES — Eighth-graders in nearly every state across the nation and fourth-graders in a large majority of states, including California, saw significant drops in average math scores since the pandemic, reflecting "heartbreaking" academic setbacks for students across wide swaths of the country, according to the results of the "nation's…

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Why George Clooney pushed for a new LA public school to train production crews

Last year, George Clooney pushed an idea that could help make Hollywood production crews more diverse.

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Huge Los Angeles Unified School district hit by cyberattack

A cyberattack targeting the huge Los Angeles Unified School District over the Labor Day weekend prompted an unprecedented shutdown of the district’s information technology systems as authorities scrambled to trace the perpetrators and restrict potential damage

Los Angeles Times

Cyberattack takes down LA Unified operations. Schools will open on Tuesday

LOS ANGELES — A cyberattack brought down the computer systems of the Los Angeles Unified School District over the weekend, but officials said late Monday night that schools would open as scheduled Tuesday morning.

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Black parent sues after Los Angeles school project had students pick cotton

The lawsuit against LA Unified says Rashunda Pitts’ daughter was humiliated by the lesson that was intended to teach about slavery

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified estimates tens of thousands of students are missing from back-to-school rosters

LOS ANGELES — Two weeks before school starts, Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho estimates that between 10,000 and 20,000 students are not enrolled or stopped attending last year, with the problem most pronounced in the youngest grades.

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified School District failed students with disabilities during pandemic, federal investigation finds

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified failed to provide appropriate education to students with disabilities during the pandemic as required under federal law and must provide extra services to help some of the most vulnerable students recover from the significant voids in their learning, the U.S. Department of Education announced…

Los Angeles Times

Teacher shortage hits underserved LA schools hardest, prompting staff moves

LOS ANGELES — With less than two months left in the school year, many of Los Angeles Unified's highest-needs schools remain significantly understaffed, impeding academic recovery and prompting Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho to deploy credentialed administrators and staff back into the classroom.

Los Angeles Times

LA schools to lift indoor mask mandate next week in agreement with teachers union

LOS ANGELES — The indoor masking requirement for students and staff will be lifted next Wednesday in the Los Angeles Unified School District, officials announced.

Los Angeles Times

School districts across LA County go mask optional; Los Angeles Unified is an exception

LOS ANGELES — Monday marked the first day since most schools reopened in spring 2021 that students across Los Angeles County have the option to remove their masks in class — although the L.A. Unified School District is an exception.

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LAUSD is prepping for thousands of unvaccinated students by ramping up online school

LOS ANGELES — Anticipating that thousands of Los Angeles Unified students may not be vaccinated when the district mandate kicks in this fall, educators are preparing a significant expansion of online learning options, taking preliminary steps Tuesday to establish up to six new transitional-kindergarten-though-12th-grade virtual schools that could enroll up…

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