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Los Angeles school officials have a message for President-elect Donald Trump about his promised immigration crackdown: we’re ready for you. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who came to the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant from Portugal, said this week the nation’s second largest district is preparing for the incoming administration’s planned mass...
LA Schools Struggle To Reopen As Fires Still Rage
22 hours ago · Los Angeles Unified schools reopened Monday, as educators worked to provide respite for shell-shocked students seeking refuge from uncontrolled fires still raging across the city. LAUSD officials said Sunday night the nation’s second-largest district would reopen all but seven schools that were destroyed, badly damaged or immediately threatened by flames.
Reading Crisis in LAUSD: ‘This is … a Problem with a Responsibility ...
Dec 4, 2024 · Reading rates in LAUSD schools with the onset of the coronavirus, and Los Angeles students have yet to fully recover. Just 43.1% of LA Unified students met state proficiency targets in reading in the 2023-24 school year, compared with 44.1% in the 2018-19 school year, the last before the pandemic. Meanwhile, Families in Schools is...
LA Schools To Remain Closed As Fires Rage | LA School Report
5 days ago · Los Angeles school officials on Thursday refused to commit to when classes would resume as the worst fires in the city’s history continued to destroy entire residential neighborhoods and displace thousands from their homes. All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed Thursday after four historic blazes engulfed the city earlier in the week,...
Los Angeles Makes Gains in Reading and Math – But Most Kids …
Oct 24, 2024 · The Los Angeles Unified School District showed improvement on state test scores released this month, but most students are still not hitting state proficiency standards. Like other school systems across the country, LA Unified saw student achievement plummet during COVID-19. LAUSD scores have risen some since then, with underperforming student groups making particularly big gains. ...
LA School Board Race Tightens As Voters Show Support for $9 …
Nov 13, 2024 · Update Nov. 20: LA voters overwhelmingly approved a $9 billion bond measure to repair and upgrade LAUSD’s aging school buildings. Measure US was backed by LAUSD school board members, district superintendent Alberto Carvalho, the teachers union and local construction groups; and passed with 68% of the vote. Measure US …
LA Unified struggles to reassure parents amid rising school violence
Oct 3, 2024 · Parents of students in the Los Angeles Unified school district are raising concerns after four guns were found on campuses and a stabbing left a student in serious condition — all within the first three weeks of school.. The troubling start to the school year comes amid a rise in violence at LA Unified schools that has been ongoing for years.
New Los Angeles School Board President Targets District’s …
Dec 16, 2024 · The new president of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education says he wants to fight the district’s cratering enrollment with new policies and approaches.. Scott Schmerelson, who has worked in the LA Unified School District for nearly four decades and has served on the board since 2015, was elected and installed as president by …
LA Housing Crisis Hits LAUSD as Number of Homeless Students …
Oct 9, 2024 · The number of homeless students who attend Los Angeles Unified schools rose by more than a quarter in the last school year, new statistics show. As of the 2023-2024 school year, LAUSD enrolled 17,245 homeless students, up 26% from the previous school year, according to data the district made public last month. The dramatic jump...
Q&A: The Fight for Science of Reading in California Classrooms ...
Oct 26, 2024 · California has a literacy problem. In 2022, Capitol Weekly reported California had the lowest literacy rate of any state in the nation. In 2023, just 43% of California’s third graders were reading at grade level. Literacy experts, teachers, and lawmakers all say the issue is dire, but they haven’t been able to agree on a...