Rafe Esquith is an American teacher who taught at Hobart Boulevard Elementary School,in Los Angeles,California,from 1984 until his resignation in 2015 as a settlement with the LAUSD. Many of his students,who were all from a community of poor and immigrant families,started class very early,left late,and typically achieved high scores in standardized tests. Esquith has authored books about teaching and his annual class Shakespeare productions were featured in the 2005 documentary The Hobart Shakespeareans.
Compton Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Compton,California,United States.
John H. Francis Polytechnic High School is a secondary school located in the Sun Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles,California,United States. It serves grades 9 through 12 and is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Despite its name,Polytechnic is a comprehensive high school.
George Washington Preparatory High School is a public four-year high school of Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles County,California,United States. Founded in 1926,the school has a Los Angeles address but is not located in the city limits of Los Angeles. The mascot is the General,a reference to the school's namesake George Washington. The school colors are red and blue. The school serves many areas in South Los Angeles and unincorporated areas around South Los Angeles,including Athens,West Athens and Westmont.
Green Dot Public Schools (GDPS) is a non-profit educational organization charter school district headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles,California,that operates 18 public schools in Greater Los Angeles,including nine charter high schools,five schools in Tennessee,and one middle school in Texas.
Centinela Valley Union High School District, (CVUHSD) is a public union high school district located in southern California that serves about 6,800 students in grades 9–12 from all of Lawndale and Lennox,most of Hawthorne and Alondra Park,and a small portion of Inglewood. The district's three associated elementary feeder school districts are Hawthorne School District,Lawndale Elementary School District,and Lennox School District. Previously Wiseburn Unified School District,now a unified district,fed into CVUSD. The Centinela Valley district also offers adult education classes.
Downtown Magnets High School (DMHS) is an alternate magnet high school located in the Temple-Beaudry neighborhood near Downtown Los Angeles. The school belongs to the Downtown/MacArthur Park Community of Schools and houses three magnet programs:Business (DBM),and Electronic Information (EIM),and the International Baccalaureate (IB). The three magnets combined hold a total student population of approximately 1,000 students.
Ramón Curtis Cortines is an American educator who has served as the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education,and the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles,California. Cortines returned as Los Angeles superintendent in October 2014,and his contract was extended in June 2015 for another year,through June 2016.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles,California,United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States,with only the New York City Department of Education having a larger student population. During the 2022–2023 school year,LAUSD served 565,479 students,including 11,795 early childhood education students and 27,740 adult students. During the same school year,it had 24,769 teachers and 49,231 other employees. It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County after the county government. The school district's budget for the 2021–2022 school year was $10.7 billion,increasing to $12.6 billion for the 2022–2023 school year.
Alberto M. CarvalhoMedM is a Portuguese-American educator and the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District. He previously served as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS),the fourth-largest school district in the United States,with over 346,000 students and 52,000 employees. He was appointed superintendent in September 2008. In February 2014,the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) named Carvalho the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year. On February 28,2018,New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio named Carvalho as the city's next Department of Education Chancellor,but he refused the offer the following day.
A parent trigger is a legal maneuver through which parents can change the administration of a poorly performing public school—most notably,by transforming it into a charter school.
Judy Burton was an important figure within the educational community within Los Angeles. After graduating college at the University of California,Los Angeles,Burton entered the education sector as a teacher at Hyde Park Elementary School. Burton then went on to lead LEARN as the new assistant superintendent of the program. In addition to her participation in LAUSD as a teacher and as an administrator,Burton helped develop one of the largest networks of charter schools in the Southern California Region,The Alliance College-Ready Public Schools,as its CEO.
Michelle King was an American educator. She was the first black woman to serve as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD),the second-largest school district in the United States. She was appointed in January 2016 by the Los Angeles Board of Education.
The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3,2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 3,2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
The Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District is the chief administrative officer of the District selected by the District's Board of Education. Portuguese-American educator and former superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools,Alberto M. Carvalho,has been serving as the District's superintendent since February 14,2022.
John Edward Deasy is an American businessman who served as the superintendent of Stockton Unified School District from June 1,2018 to June 15,2020. Prior to that,Deasy served as the superintendent for Los Angeles Unified School District from 2011 to 2014,Prince George's County Public Schools from 2006 to 2008,Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District from 2001 to 2006,and Coventry Public Schools from 1996 to 2001.
Nicholas James Melvoin is an American attorney,former teacher,and adjunct professor serving as member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 4 since May 16,2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Melvoin is the second youngest member of the board after Kelly Gonez. He is currently a candidate for California's 30th congressional district in the 2024 election to succeed Adam Schiff.
Ted D. Kimbrough was an American educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools,Sacramento Unified School District,and Compton Unified School District.
The 2019 Los Angeles special elections were held on March 5,2019,and June 4,2019. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for May 14,2019 and August 13,2019. One of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while one of the seven seats in the Board of Education were up for election.
