Districts Compromise To Win Union Support
Lots of school districts besides LAUSD failed to come to agreement with teachers unions about applying for the district version of Race to the Top funding from Washington. However, thanks to an all-out...
View ArticleUnion Representatives Deadline
There’s a Friday deadline for teachers to nominate themselves to become part of the union’s House of Representatives, according to NewTLA, the progressive caucus within UTLA encouraging members to sign...
View ArticleMorning Read: Prop. 30 Afterglow
LAUSD Looks to Restore Some Staff, Programs With Prop. 30 Revenue The passage of Prop. 30 means the district may be able to cancel some of the 10 unpaid furlough days facing teachers and other district...
View ArticleBetsy Butler: Teachers Union Help Not Enough?
Assemblywoman Betsy Butler In a race that is still considered too close to call, Assemblywoman Betsy Butler is trailing her upstart opponent, Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom, by just over 200 votes in...
View ArticleEvent: Meet District 2 Candidates
Several District 2 LAUSD Board Member candidates including Michelle “Hope” Walker, Robert D. Skeels, and Isabel Vazquez are scheduled to convene Thursday, November 15 at 6 p.m. in the Pico Union area...
View ArticleInsurgents Aim for Union Takeover
Jordan Henry (with former school board member and former city councilmember Jackie Goldberg in the background) Today’s deadline for LAUSD teachers to nominate themselves for UTLA’s House of...
View ArticleDems. Joined Attack On Bloom
There were 28 state legislative contests pitting two Democrats against each other this year, according to this October 17 LA Times article. But the still-unresolved contest between incumbent Betsy...
View ArticleInternal Elections for UTLA Leadership
A total of 356 teachers nominated themselves for seats on UTLA’s 350-member House of Representatives, triggering internal elections for UTLA policy-setting body that that have not been required in...
View ArticleElection ’13: Undisclosed Donors?
Independent expenditure (IE) committees are poised to once again spend millions in the upcoming March 2013 LAUSD Board election, but despite city disclosure laws, the information available to the...
View ArticleUTLA’s “Golden Opportunity”
In the latest issue of its “Tuesday Talking Points” newsletter, the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) urges its members to gear up for the upcoming school board race on March 5: “Three seats will...
View ArticleReport: Teacher Dismissals Costly, Lengthy
According to yesterday’s state audit (above), LAUSD has been required to pay $3 million in salaries to 20 teachers who have been ‘housed’ (removed from site) the longest while being investigated for...
View ArticleOne Thing: Where’s UTLA Stand on Teacher Removal?
“Although it wasn’t recommended by the auditor, Deasy wants the Legislature to try again to pass a bill making it easier to suspend teachers accused of child abuse…. LAUSD said it is working with Sen....
View ArticleBreaking News: Test Scores to Be Used in Teacher Evaluations
Supt. John Deasy A tentative but potentially historic agreement was reached late Friday, November 30 between LAUSD and UTLA that will define how teachers are evaluated in the second largest school...
View ArticleCommentary: Union Points Fingers on Sex Abuse
UTLA: Everything to Hinder, Nothing to Help? Lots of blame was dished out last week after a state audit found weak dismissal and reporting practices at LAUSD regarding teachers accused of sexual...
View ArticleOne Thing: Not Just Job Security
“Over the past several years, teachers who have spent 10 years or fewer in the classroom have become the dues-paying majority. These newer teachers, along with many longtime teachers, are looking for...
View ArticleNext Steps to Finalize Teacher Deal
UTLA membership: what will they do? On Friday, LAUSD and UTLA finally came to tentative agreement on a new way to evaluate teachers, just days before the court-imposed December 4 deadline in Doe v....
View ArticleMorning Read: Teacher Dismissal Revived
Bill to Speed up Teacher Dismissals Is Revived Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) acted in the wake of a state audit concluding that current laws added excessive cost and time to the firing process. LA...
View ArticleUTLA Board Keeps Options Open
The 50-member UTLA Board of Directors [BOD] has recommended to the union’s House of Representatives that they endorse school board member Steve Zimmer, according to a teacher speaking to LA School...
View ArticleMorning Read: LAUSD Approves Teacher Grading Deal
L.A. Unified Says Deal on Evaluations Meets Court Order The Los Angeles Unified School District filed court papers Tuesday asserting that a new tentative agreement with the teachers union has satisfied...
View ArticleUTLA-PACE’s Robust Campaign Chest
As the 2013 race for three LAUSD School Board seats heats up, so will the political fundraising that pays for the candidates’ campaigns. Just as they have in recent elections, independent expenditure...
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