L.A. Unified officials need to explain to parents why they slashed Primary Promise, a program that has helped struggling students improve their reading and math achievement.
Alberto Carvalho enters his second year at the helm of the Los Angeles Unified School District with mixed reviews, but he appears to have the energy and willingness to learn from his mistakes.
L.A. teachers union wants 20% raise over two years, but says it's also committed to a wide range of demands that represent union's social values, including solar panels, electric buses and low income housing for students' families.
Congress should use its lame-duck session to bring back the expanded child tax credit, a groundbreaking policy that immediately cut child poverty in half.