Topics Los Angeles Unified

June 21, 2017

Reed Hastings backs school board candidates, but opposes elected school boards

The Netflix co-founder who has donated some of the biggest sums to charter school causes in California since 2011 thinks elected school boards are holding back education progress in the United States.

Louis Freedberg and Mikhail Zinshteyn

June 19, 2017

New LA school board member says his election was not about 'the proliferation of charters'

Nick Melvoin says "victory" for him over the next few years would be "across-the-board improvements in the district," not charter growth.

Louis Freedberg

June 18, 2017

New LA school board member says strengthening district schools her first priority

Kelly Gonez was backed by charter school advocates, but says expanding the number of charters is not what she is interested in doing.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

March 5, 2017

Charter groups and unions spend millions for control of LA Unified school board

Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots for three seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education.

Mikhail Zinshteyn

February 5, 2017

School districts step up protections for immigrant students

More school districts vow to protect immigrant students despite threats from the Trump administration.

Carolyn Jones

January 19, 2017

Teachers mount protests against Trump’s education agenda and 'to protect public schools'

“The push is on to protect schools from privatization as well as to create safe spaces for immigrants, women and minorities,” said California Teachers Association President Eric Heins.