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Jackie Goldberg reflects on decades in LAUSD education and public service
Jackie Goldberg, the president of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s school board, announced earlier this month that she will retire in December 2024 after completing her current term. Goldberg has worked in public service for more than four decades, starting as a teacher in the 1960s, and won her first LAUSD school board election…
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“Lively” LAUSD Board Meeting With Charter Limits and LGBTQIA+ Board Resolutions on the Agenda
The August 22nd LAUSD Board of Education meeting opened with a march and protest that turned into an unlawful assembly, with several protestors detained. Parents from as far as San Diego joined Saticoy Elementary parents to protest the Board’s support for LGBTQIA+ students. A smaller group of counter protestors in support of LGBTQIA+ students quickly…
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To improve attendance, we must build connection, understanding and community
As a nation, we are confronting an alarming crisis in K-12 education that goes beyond the effects of a global pandemic. Before the pandemic, roughly 1 in 10 students in Los Angeles County and across our state were chronically absent. Now, in many schools, almost half of our students are missing from our classrooms on…
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Smiles, tears at school
Sebastian Mariscal strutted smiling onto the school bus that would take the 5-year-old from South L.A. to Brentwood for his first day of school. Then a moment later, he ran out crying into his father’s arms as the reality of the separation took hold. So began one family’s experience as a new school year opened…
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Got a cold, runny nose, the sniffles? No worries! Come to school, LAUSD says
In a reversal from recent pandemic-era school years, Los Angeles schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho is urging students to come to school sick — at least if they are just a little sick — to combat high rates of absences that officials fault for harming mental health and holding back learning. If a student has a…
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Los Angeles Unified to boost support for basic needs in upcoming academic year
The Los Angeles Unified School District is gearing up for the 2023-24 academic year and plans to transform its strategy from building structures and coherence to accelerating student success by expanding basic services including housing, health care, meals and transportation. District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho addressed district supporters at a packed Walt Disney Concert Hall in…
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AI Chatbot ‘Ed’ Will Be L.A. Unified’s Newest Student Adviser, Superintendent Says
An AI chatbot named “Ed” will be Los Angeles Unified’s newest student adviser, programmed to tell parents about their child’s grades, test results and attendance, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced Friday in a back-to-school speech at Walt Disney Concert Hall that rivaled a Hollywood extravaganza. Carvalho took the stage as high-volume music pounded and fast-paced video…
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