Analysis: CA’s season of change (maybe) for public education
Here’s one vision of the future for California public schools: Every teacher is effective. Schools are free of child molesters. Schools provide quality instruction time to every kid in every classroom....
View ArticleCaputo-Pearl: ‘Shameful’ to blame Jefferson High teachers
Alex Caputo-Pearl, President of UTLA The president of the teachers union, Alex Caputo-Pearl, today refuted accusations by LA Unified officials that teachers are to blame for the scheduling problems at...
View ArticleLawyers seek state intervention at 2 more LA Unified schools
The group of public interest lawyers that were behind the temporary restraining order that forced the state to fix an array of scheduling problems at Jefferson High School last fall have asked the...
View ArticleJudge: No intervention similar to Jefferson needed at 6 other schools
A California judge has denied a request for state intervention at six schools for students’ being assigned open classes that lack academic value. The same judge had ordered the state to intervene at LA...
View ArticleCA reaches settlement with 6 schools over no-instruction classes
Jefferson High students, part of the Cruz v. California lawsuit The state Board of Education today approved a settlement in a lawsuit brought on behalf of students who lost valuable learning time...
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