Tag: Los Angeles County Office of Education

August 10, 2017

Inspired by Skid Row, educator opening charter to help LA's homeless children and families

Crete Academy, near South L.A.’s Leimert Park neighborhood, is one of nine new independent charters opening within Los Angeles Unified School District this year, and the only one dedicated to fighting homelessness with an arsenal of social services to help families.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

August 19, 2014

County yet to approve LA Unified's LCAP

The Los Angeles County Office of Education is withholding approval of the Local Control and Accountability Plan drawn up by the LA Unified School District pending clarification of the $700 million the district says it is spending on high-needs students.

Louis Freedberg

August 14, 2013

Head Start limiting enrollment, cutting programs as sequester kicks in

Hundreds of children will be shut out of preschool in September as the federal sequester cuts to Head Start take effect.

Lillian Mongeau