Education Headlines

• Pico Rivera parents, students protest principals’ planned reassignments

  Hundreds of parents and students rallied outside several El Rancho Unified schools on Monday to protest the planned reassignment or firing of six administrators — a move parents deride as the latest in a series of shady maneuvers by district officials.

  April 23, 2019

• LAUSD is asking voters for more funding. Outside experts say they could be saving millions

  Outside consultants hired by LAUSD believe a series of steps to streamline or modernize the school system could save tens of millions of dollars over the next three years, according to a document KPCC/LAist has obtained.

  April 23, 2019

• San Marcos teachers protest over contract negotiations

  The union is asking the district to increase pay over the next three years and to reduce class sizes. District officials are proposing to eliminate long-standing language that guarantees that employees receive pay increases that place them fourth in the county.

  April 23, 2019

• The San Diego Unified teachers union also wants Beiser to step down

  The San Diego Unified teachers union is joining the call for School Board Trustee Kevin Beiser to step down amid sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations against him.

  April 23, 2019

• East Bay school board signals intent to switch to by-district elections

  The board approved a resolution Monday asserting its intention to make the switch after facing a potential lawsuit by a civil rights group that contends the at-large approach dilutes the votes of minorities during elections.

  April 23, 2019

• LAUSD wants property owners to give schools $500M a year, but can district spend it wisely?

  Parents and community advocates are divided on L.A. Unified’s Measure EE, a parcel tax on the June ballot that would raise about $500 million a year over a 12-year period for schools.

  April 23, 2019