Los Angeles Unified School Board Election Has Nation's Attention The race for three Los Angeles
Unified school board seats has drawn more than $ 4 million in donations — as well as the attention of education leaders nationwide — as the district's powerful unions and the reform movement battle for control of public education.
Not exact matches
Nowhere has the battle been more pitched than in Los Angeles
Unified, where candidates funded by wealthy pro-charter advocates like billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad and Netflix founder Reed Hastings won a majority of
school board seats in the 2017
board election.
But charter
school parents and educators are particularly focused on another race - three out of seven seats are up for election on the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
school parents and educators are particularly focused on another race - three out of seven
seats are up for election on the Los Angeles
Unified School District (LAUSD)
School District (LAUSD)
board.
Austin, who has been working in education reform for two decades, said it is a unique time in LA
Unified's history with the election of a pro-reform majority of the
school board who won their
seats without the support of an incumbent mayor.
After days of silence, the California Charter
Schools Association is defending a controversial campaign flyer targeting Bennett Kayser, who is running for reelection for the LA
Unified District 5
board seat.
In a year that has seen a great deal of turnover in San Bernardino City
Unified, there are now 13 candidates looking to take a
seat on the SBCUSD
School Board.
Unlike their peers in most parts of the country,
school reformers in the City of Angels have long understood the importance of backing strong candidates for L.A.
Unified board seats (as well as for
seats on smaller districts throughout L.A. County).
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Charter -
school supporters won two school board seats (there's still some vote counting in one of them) in the massive Los Angeles Unified School District, and handily disposed of the union - allied board pres
school supporters won two
school board seats (there's still some vote counting in one of them) in the massive Los Angeles Unified School District, and handily disposed of the union - allied board pres
school board seats (there's still some vote counting in one of them) in the massive Los Angeles
Unified School District, and handily disposed of the union - allied board pres
School District, and handily disposed of the union - allied
board president.
Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to cast ballots for three
seats on the Los Angeles
Unified School District
Board of Education.
Hannon has served on the IPS
School Board since 2013, but resigned her
seat earlier today to accept the fellowship to work on the
unified enrollment system full - time.
GPSN Chairman Bill Siart and
board member Gregory McGinity attended the event, as well as District 6 candidates in the March 7 primary election for a
seat on the LA
Unified school board Kelly Gonez and Imelda Padilla.
Heins asserted that billionaires just bought two
seats on the elected
board of the Los Angeles
Unified School District (in an election on May 16 — see L.A. Voters Opt for
School Choice).
Despite a successful push by charter
school advocates to win a majority of
seats on the Los Angeles
Unified school board, it's is unlikely that there will be a major expansion of charter
schools in the state's largest
school district within the foreseeable future.
Power Shift on L.A.
School Board Election results for seats on the board of the Los Angeles Unified School District — the largest district in California and second - largest in the nation — will have far - reaching implications for the future of education reform in the Golden S
Board Election results for
seats on the
board of the Los Angeles Unified School District — the largest district in California and second - largest in the nation — will have far - reaching implications for the future of education reform in the Golden S
board of the Los Angeles
Unified School District — the largest district in California and second - largest in the nation — will have far - reaching implications for the future of education reform in the Golden State.