Los Angeles Unified School District

2 leaders in L.A.'s 6th council district race are women

2013-05-17 20:53:00

The two apparent front-runners to replace Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas are veteran public officials with strong connections to the east San Fernando Valley Democratic machine that has sent candidates to City Hall since the mid-1990s. Both...

Letters: Why student behavior matters

2013-05-17 05:56:00

Re "Rule on defiant students revised," May 15 The Los Angeles Unified School District's ban on student suspensions for "willful defiance" reminded me of when I was observing class as a requirement for my teaching credential roughly 40 years ago. The...

Letters: Dealing with defiant students

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Re "A milder way to fight defiance," May 13 "Willful defiance" is not a trivial matter because it affects the ability of teachers to focus on instruction. The real issue is whether suspension is an effective way of dealing with this kind of misbehavior....

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti lay sniping aside

2013-05-14 22:53:00

Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti ventured into school district politics Tuesday, lending support to non-controversial actions and mostly taking a respite from their recent sniping in the Los Angeles mayoral contest. A week before voters go to the polls,...

L.A. Votes: Mayoral candidates skip overt attacks, focus on education

2013-05-15 10:19:00

After months of slashing at each other's integrity and trustworthiness, mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti largely put aside their differences with one week left before the May 21 election as they supported non-controversial education...

L.A. Unified OKs $1 lease to save aviation mechanics school

2013-05-14 14:04:00

The closure of a popular aviation mechanics school at Van Nuys Airport was averted Tuesday when Los Angeles education officials agreed to lease the campus from the city's airport agency at the dramatically reduced rate of $1 a year. The North Valley...

Former L.A. Unified teacher to stand trial on sex abuse charges

2013-05-14 22:27:00

A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was ordered to stand trial on 14 charges of sexually assaulting nine students and a relative, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in...

Letters: How to define cheating in schools

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Re "A clash over how to address teacher cheating," May 12 As a principal and a superintendent, I had always taken the view that one of the very important roles of a teacher was to model appropriate behavior. It would appear that the state Commission...

Greuel and Garcetti notch victories at Los Angeles school board

2013-05-14 19:31:00

Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel ventured into school district politics Tuesday, lending support to noncontroversial actions and mostly taking a respite from their recent sniping in the Los Angeles mayoral contest. A week before voters go to the polls,...

Officials address restroom problem at Locke High

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Chris Tellez sat in class, his stomach grinding. The 15-year-old felt fine in his first class two weeks ago at Animo Locke Charter High School 2 in Watts, but by second period he could wait no longer. "I had to use the restroom," he said. "But the...

Canoga Park High lockdown lifted; search for gunman continues

2013-05-02 13:03:00

A lockdown was lifted at Canoga Park High School on Thursday as police continued to search for a man with a gun seen on campus. The school was placed on lockdown at about 9:25 a.m. as officers from the LAPD and Los Angeles Unified School District police...

Canoga Park High School locked down after gunman runs onto campus

2013-05-02 10:58:00

A Los Angeles police SWAT team responded to Canoga Park High School on Thursday after an officer spotted a man with a gun on campus, department officials said. The school was placed on immediate lockdown around 9:25 a.m. as officers from the LAPD and...

Manual Arts High School student Damien Valentine has been suspended several times but is now working with community groups to pass a proposal that would ban suspensions of defiant students in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

2013-05-13 15:18:12

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel talks with members of the media after making a statement in support of the continued funding of a classroom breakfast program at the Los Angeles Unified School District Headquarters.

2013-05-09 00:00:00

First Lady Michelle Obama has been advocating for better school food; here she gardens with students. Celebrity chef Alice Waters and food officials from UCLA and the Los Angeles Unified School District discussed food and culture during a presentation at UCLA's Royce Hall.

2013-04-25 13:02:44