Will Effective K-12 Education Survive Gov. Newsom’s May Revise Budget?
May 28, 2020
The projected drop in revenues significantly impacted how Newsom plans to fund California’s K-12 public education system.
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
- Student Athlete of the Week: Koa Seymour
LCFF
Black Kids Deserve Great Schools, Too
February 13, 2020
Last week, from February 5-7, the California branch of the National Action Network (NAN) met in Sacramento to hold its inaugural Western Regional Conference of chapters in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
Achievement Gap Legislation Introduced: Advocates Welcome Support
April 19, 2018
Legislators and education advocates came together at a press conference Wednesday April 11, to show support for a bill that they believe will help fix how education is funded for one of the lowest performing subgroups.
WHAT DO BLACK PARENTS WANT?
January 31, 2017
Black students remain disproportionately at the lowest achievement levels
Students, Parents and Teachers Protest Conditions at LAUSD Schools
November 26, 2015
Students, parents and teachers from throughout Los Angeles County rallied on the steps of Susan Miller Dorsey High School on Thursday, Nov. 19 to demand that the Los Angeles Unified School District improve conditions impacting Los Angeles schools. Supported by UTLA members, the protestors voiced their concerns to Los Angeles Unified School District’s Office of Government Relations representative Pedro Salcedo, who was present to hear the grievances. The state of California’s new funding process, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which encourages stakeholder participation in the LAUSD’s budget, requires all school districts to have a Local Control and Accountability Plan