- New law will make arts funding accessible amid ongoing lawsuit against LAUSD
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Sunday a bill that would make more funding for arts teachers accessible to schools, the Los Angeles Times reported. Assembly Bill 2440 was designed to urge school districts to use...
- Here’s what it takes to feed LAUSD students each day
Los Angeles Unified School District is working to make meals more available to students, with about 13.3 million breakfasts, lunches and dinners served so far this school year.
- Oakland Unified to restrict screen time next school year
Oakland Unified’s school board voted Wednesday to approve a new policy restricting screen time for students, following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Unified. As reported by The Oaklandside, the new policy will go into...
- Most LAUSD vendors do not support ICE, early survey results show
Nearly all of the 763 registered vendors surveyed by the Los Angeles Unified School District so far do not support immigration enforcement activities carried out by ICE, according to a district presentation. The...
- How LAUSD Teachers Are Adapting to Accommodate Screen Time Policy
A month into the school year, teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District are still adapting to the district’s new policy that bans screen time for its youngest kids and will soon place significant restrictions...
- LAUSD enrollment drops 4% as district faces fiscal challenges
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s enrollment has fallen 4% this school year, according to preliminary data. Enrollment is also projected to be about 1% below the district’s budget projection for the 2026-27...
- San Francisco Unified parents call for restrictions on AI-based literacy program
San Francisco parents are calling on schools to limit the use of AI in a literacy and reading program, following Los Angeles Unified’s ban on AI use by students, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Nearly 1,000...
- Federal court revives antisemitism lawsuit involving Los Angeles Unified ethnic studies
A federal appeals court ruled that Jewish parents and teachers in Los Angeles Unified can try again to get their day in court with a lawsuit against United Teachers Los Angeles and creators of the “liberated” ethnic...
- How LAUSD teachers are adapting to accommodate screen time policy
Teachers in Los Angeles Unified are struggling to change how they teach and manage their classes to follow the district’s new screen time policy.
- LAUSD satisfies budget revisions in 45-day window, county to continue monitoring
The Los Angeles Unified School District made adequate revisions to its budget and fiscal stabilization plan within the 45-day period outlined in a July 2 letter from the Los Angeles County Office of Education. But it...
- LAUSD students prohibited from using AI under new policy
Los Angeles Unified School District officials announced a moratorium on AI use at its first Generative AI Ad Hoc committee meeting Wednesday. LAUSD’s announcement coincides with New York City Public Schools, which also...
- Family of high school football player who died during game sues LAUSD
The family of Christopher Garcia, a high school football player who died during a game two years ago, has sued Los Angeles Unified. The suit alleges that the district did not provide safe facilities, proper equipment or...
- Former LAUSD Supt. Beutner agrees to compromise Prop. 28 arts education bill
Former Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said Thursday that he will support AB 2440 — the proposal seeking to clarify rules in the Proposition 28 arts education initiative — after agreeing on amendments...
- Thousands of LAUSD Workers Face Layoffs That Didn’t Have to Happen
On the brink of looming insolvency, Los Angeles Unified could have prevented its financial crisis by leaving vacated positions empty, making thousands of district employee layoffs unavoidable to address a $3.6 billion...
- LAUSD’s Youngest Students Will Start a Screen-Free School Year. Here’s What Parents Need to Know
Screen time limits for Los Angeles Unified School District’s youngest students begin in August. “My hope and expectation is that most families will see a dramatic reduction in screen time during the school day, but also...
- LAUSD Could Face Layoffs, Furloughs, Closures Amid Projected $231M Shortfall
Los Angeles Unified School District leaders say they are confident they can persuade county officials that the district can avoid a projected cash shortfall and remain under local control, and are preparing for budget...
- LAUSD placed on increased fiscal oversight with warning of looming financial troubles
The county education office cited the cost of recently approved employee contracts as well as ongoing structural deficits and declining enrollment.
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- LAUSD Board Appoints Longtime Administrator Andres Chait as Next Superintendent
The Los Angeles Unified Board voted unanimously to appoint Andres Chait, a longtime district administrator, as superintendent days after his predecessor resigned.  “This board’s decision reflects the confidence in...
- Hope, Sadness and Uncertainty Follow After Carvalho Resigns as LAUSD Superintendent
With Alberto Carvalho’s resignation now official, Los Angeles Unified faces a new challenge: finding a superintendent to lead the nation’s second-largest school district through mounting budget deficits, declining...
- Alberto Carvalho Resigns as LAUSD Superintendent After Four Months on Leave
Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has resigned as leader of the Los Angeles Unified School District, four months after the FBI searched his home and office. A district spokesperson confirmed a letter of resignation from...
- LAUSD spares cuts to Black Student Achievement Plan, but future uncertain for equity index
The Black Student Achievement plan has been largely spared as a result of two last-minute amendments presented to the school board.
- LAUSD’s proposed screen-time policy will harm students and teachers
Los Angeles Unified's new policy is misguided. Doomscrolling on TikTok and typing an essay are both forms of “screen time” in the same way 3D glasses and prescription lenses are both eyewear.
