Groundbreaking guide offers roadmap to transforming educational outcomes for African American students
February 25, 2021
Los Angeles County’s 80 K-12 districts serve one-third of California’s more than 324,000 Black students.
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Los Angeles County Office of Education
Lancaster School District Chief Named Los Angeles County Superintendent of the Year
November 19, 2020
School district leadership has been put to the test during one of the most challenging years for educators. Lancaster School District chief, Michele Bowers, stands out as one local education leader rising to the COVID-19 challenge and has been named the 2020 Los Angeles County Superintendent of the Year.
Assemblymember Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. Celebrates the Signing of the “At-Promise Youth” Bill
December 19, 2019
Assemblymember Reginald Bryon Jones-Sawyer, Sr. held a press conference at Thomas Alva Edison Middle School in South Los Angeles where he announced the signing of the Assembly Bill 413 Bill changing the label “at-risk youth” to “at-promise youth.”
Governor Signs Jones-Sawyer’s AB 413 the At-Promise Youth Bill
October 17, 2019
Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer’s AB 413 addresses the stigma associated with the label “at-risk” by changing references of “at-risk youth” to “at-promise youth” in the Penal and Education Code.
LAUSD Superintendent Beutner Meets with Local Black Press to Push for Education Amid Talks of Teacher Strike
January 10, 2019
Winter break is over and school is back in session but this time without teachers? On December 19, 2018, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced that they would be going on strike on during the start of the 2019 school year if the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) superintendent Austin Beutner failed to adhere to the following demands…
Councilman Curren Price to be Honored at ArtworxLA Gala – Thurs., May 10
May 7, 2018
Organization Dedicated to Combatting the High School Dropout Rate to Honor Gensler Co-CEO Andy Cohen, LA City Councilman Curren Price at Annual Gala May 10, 2018.