For the first time, the Los Angeles Unified School District will open two all-girls’ schools next fall.The Board of Education on Tuesday approved two secondary campuses for girls: one will be overseen directly by L.A. Unified; the other will be an independently operated, district-authorized charter school.In recommending the district-run, science-oriented school, staff cited research indicating that girls move away from math and science as they get older.“Female students perform at the same level or above their male peers in math and science while in elementary school,” according to the...…For the first time, the Los Angeles Unified School District will open two all-girls’ schools next fall.The Board of Education on Tuesday approved two secondary campuses for girls: one will be overseen directly by L.A. Unified; the other will be an independently operated, district-authorized charter school.In recommending the district-run, science-oriented school, staff cited research indicating that girls move away from math and science as they get older.“Female students perform at the same level or above their male peers in math and science while in elementary school,” according to the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement About 20% of Los Angeles parents said they are not ready to send their children back to a campus this fall, and more than a third of employees said they are against returning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results that add to mounting concerns about the hoped-for in the state’s largest school system.L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner said Monday that no decision has yet been made on whether campuses will reopen in the fall for in-person classes but that the district’s recent survey compounded by the ongoing and...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement About 20% of Los Angeles parents said they are not ready to send their children back to a campus this fall, and more than a third of employees said they are against returning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results that add to mounting concerns about the hoped-for in the state’s largest school system.L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner said Monday that no decision has yet been made on whether campuses will reopen in the fall for in-person classes but that the district’s recent survey compounded by the ongoing and...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Leaders of the Los Angeles teachers union on Friday called for campuses to remain closed and for distance learning to continue when the school year begins Aug. 18. Union leaders have concluded it is not safe to bring children back on campus as COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County . The union also for reopening will be difficult to meet any time in the near future, although they are in line with what some health experts are recommending. In an informal poll released Friday night, 83% of union members who responded agreed that Los...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Leaders of the Los Angeles teachers union on Friday called for campuses to remain closed and for distance learning to continue when the school year begins Aug. 18. Union leaders have concluded it is not safe to bring children back on campus as COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County . The union also for reopening will be difficult to meet any time in the near future, although they are in line with what some health experts are recommending. In an informal poll released Friday night, 83% of union members who responded agreed that Los...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement More than 50,000 Black and Latino middle and high school students in Los Angeles did not regularly participate in the school system’s main platform for virtual classrooms after campuses closed in March, a reflection of the deep disparities faced by students of color amid the COVID-19 pandemic and of the difficulties ahead as L.A. Unified prepares for continued online learning.The numbers, reflected by Los Angeles Unified School District analysts examining student engagement during campus closures, paint a stark picture of students in...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement More than 50,000 Black and Latino middle and high school students in Los Angeles did not regularly participate in the school system’s main platform for virtual classrooms after campuses closed in March, a reflection of the deep disparities faced by students of color amid the COVID-19 pandemic and of the difficulties ahead as L.A. Unified prepares for continued online learning.The numbers, reflected by Los Angeles Unified School District analysts examining student engagement during campus closures, paint a stark picture of students in...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement President Trump on Tuesday urged the nation’s public schools to reopen “quickly and beautifully” and jabbed at districts like Los Angeles’ that remain uncertain, again injecting politics into the pandemic response.As the nation’s death toll from COVID-19 this week, cases are rising in 38 states, including an outbreak at childcare facilities in Texas. Teachers are anxious. Parents are confused and divided. And public health experts worry that local officials nationwide haven’t spent the time and money to copy the preliminary successes...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement President Trump on Tuesday urged the nation’s public schools to reopen “quickly and beautifully” and jabbed at districts like Los Angeles’ that remain uncertain, again injecting politics into the pandemic response.As the nation’s death toll from COVID-19 this week, cases are rising in 38 states, including an outbreak at childcare facilities in Texas. Teachers are anxious. Parents are confused and divided. And public health experts worry that local officials nationwide haven’t spent the time and money to copy the preliminary successes...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Trader Joe’s has responded to criticisms about its packaging by announcing that it is in the process of eliminating labels that use ethnic-sounding names intended to be humorous.The offending products bear such labels as Trader Ming’s for foods and condiments related to Chinese cuisine, Trader José's for Mexican-style products and Trader Giotto’s for Italian-themed items.The company has come under fire in part from a petition, posted for about two weeks, on the Change.org website. It had collected more than 2,000 signatures by Sunday...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Trader Joe’s has responded to criticisms about its packaging by announcing that it is in the process of eliminating labels that use ethnic-sounding names intended to be humorous.The offending products bear such labels as Trader Ming’s for foods and condiments related to Chinese cuisine, Trader José's for Mexican-style products and Trader Giotto’s for Italian-themed items.The company has come under fire in part from a petition, posted for about two weeks, on the Change.org website. It had collected more than 2,000 signatures by Sunday...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Brentwood School, the elite K-12 institution in West Los Angeles, has received a Paycheck Protection Program loan, according to an April 24 newsletter it sent to parents, joining a number of exclusive schools throughout the country that have secured government financial aid due to coronavirus disruptions.The private school, which has more than 1,100 students spread across two campuses, said that the loan, approved and funded in mid-April, would “help us enormously as we move forward into a financially ambiguous future” brought on by...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Brentwood School, the elite K-12 institution in West Los Angeles, has received a Paycheck Protection Program loan, according to an April 24 newsletter it sent to parents, joining a number of exclusive schools throughout the country that have secured government financial aid due to coronavirus disruptions.The private school, which has more than 1,100 students spread across two campuses, said that the loan, approved and funded in mid-April, would “help us enormously as we move forward into a financially ambiguous future” brought on by...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The new school year in California will start with students and teachers wearing masks, state officials announced Friday, staking out a cautious position on a day when new federal guidelines stressed the importance of fully reopening schools and recommended masks only for those who are not vaccinated.As part of a multilayered approach to limit the , those should wear masks indoors — and schools, health departments or states may continue to require masks on campus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.California has...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The new school year in California will start with students and teachers wearing masks, state officials announced Friday, staking out a cautious position on a day when new federal guidelines stressed the importance of fully reopening schools and recommended masks only for those who are not vaccinated.As part of a multilayered approach to limit the , those should wear masks indoors — and schools, health departments or states may continue to require masks on campus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.California has...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner, who has guided the nation’s second-largest school district through a tumultuous year of coronavirus-forced campus closures and a disruptive teachers strike, will step down as the district’s leader.Beutner announced his decision in a letter Wednesday to the Board of Education. “As the son of a public-school teacher and the product of a great public education, it has been an honor to serve as Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified for the past three years. It is the most rewarding job I’ve held during...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner, who has guided the nation’s second-largest school district through a tumultuous year of coronavirus-forced campus closures and a disruptive teachers strike, will step down as the district’s leader.Beutner announced his decision in a letter Wednesday to the Board of Education. “As the son of a public-school teacher and the product of a great public education, it has been an honor to serve as Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified for the past three years. It is the most rewarding job I’ve held during...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Students at all levels have suffered academically since the Los Angeles Unified School District closed its campuses more than a year ago, with the greatest harm falling on younger ones and those who were faring worse before the pandemic, a new report has concluded. “We may not know the full impact of this last year on our students for another year or more, but the preliminary data we have paints an alarming picture,” says the report” and released Wednesday by Great Public Schools Now, a local advocacy group.While the report avoids...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Students at all levels have suffered academically since the Los Angeles Unified School District closed its campuses more than a year ago, with the greatest harm falling on younger ones and those who were faring worse before the pandemic, a new report has concluded. “We may not know the full impact of this last year on our students for another year or more, but the preliminary data we have paints an alarming picture,” says the report” and released Wednesday by Great Public Schools Now, a local advocacy group.While the report avoids...WW…