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How safe is school?
Does your child feel safe in school? asks Max Eden, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on The 74. A recent poll of first-generation college students found that 1 in 4 did not feel safe in high...
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Raising grad rates, lowering standards
Graduation rates are up in Los Angeles Unified. But standards are down, writes Conor Williams. The LA Unified board lowered graduation requirements, allowing 53 percent of the class of ’16 to graduate...
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Here’s how schools inflate grad rates
Public school officials are “using fraudulent methods to inflate graduation rates,” writes Bernard Gassaway in Education Week. He saw it happen as a New York City teacher, principal and superintendent...
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Reforming school discipline: Too fast?
Is school discipline reform moving too fast? asks Wayne D’Orio in The Atlantic. In the Highline district south of Seattle, suspensions are way down, while the graduation rate is up. But teacher...
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Immigrant parents aren’t keen on bilingual ed
Mural by students at Broadway Elementary School in Los Angeles Los Angeles Unified is tripling the number of dual-immersion bilingual programs, but there’s a catch, reports Kyle Stokes for KPCC....
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Low-scoring school is better — but not good
Locke High has improved in its 10 years as a Green Dot charter school. But it remains a very low-performing school, report Kyle Stokes and Carla Javier for KPCC. In 2007, a majority of teachers voted...
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LA pledges college readiness for all
All Los Angeles Unified students will be prepared for state universities by 2023, proclaims the school board. “Through unanimous approval of the Realizing the Promise for All: Close the Gap by 2023...
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Kids made honor roll, but aren’t at grade level
“It’s no use if my kids are on the school’s honor roll if they are not proficient in reading and math,” a mother tells LA School Report’s Esmeralda Fabián Romero. Lluvia Saenz has three children at...
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Public schools lost 1.3 million students
Nearly 1.3 million students left district-run public schools in the last two years, estimates the Return to Learn tracker. Districts’ pandemic policies were a major factor, says Nat Malkus of the...
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