LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy

May 22 2013

Nancy Pearlman re-elected to LACCD board

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — An educator/attorney narrowly defeated a former assistant to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to win a seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District board, according to unofficial election results released today.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Monica Ratliff had 51.9 percent of the vote, giving her a 1,464-vote advantage over former Villaraigosa aide Antonio Sanchez, 31.

May 21 2013

Vela attempts to unseat incumbent Pearlman on LACCD board

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Voters will fill the final seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District board today, choosing between a former assistant to the mayor and an attorney who is also a teacher.

Dec 20 2012

Important questions for the district

Parents of Crenshaw High students are preparing for several meetings with Los Angeles Unified School District officials.

The upcoming meetings will be held Jan. 8 at 9 a.m. and Jan. 10 at 5 p.m. in the school library. For additional information, call (323) 292-2981.

Crenshaw is facing reconstitution because the school has struggled to make academic improvements sufficient to satisfy LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 16 2012

Union hopes to see most Miramonte teachers returned

With the Los Angeles Unified School District reeling from three recent revelations of sexual improprieties with students comes the latest allegations from John C. Fremont High School in South Los Angeles.

Alain Salas, 40, a teacher’s aide and coaching assistant, was arrested on suspicion of three counts of lewd acts and one count of contacting a minor for a sexual offense, according to officials. The arrest was made Monday by members of the FBI’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement team.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Feb 9 2012

Inappropriate contact with students brings educators under fire

A female teacher is now being implicated in the sexual misconduct investigation that surfaced at Miramonte Elementary School last week.

The school made headlines when two male teachers, Mark Berndt and Martin Springer, were arrested; one for allegedly feeding students his semen and the other for fondling students in his second-grade class.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.