Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Polaris
LAUSD superintendent Austin Beutner dances with Canterbury Avenue Elementary School first graders on April 20, 2021 in Arleta.
Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/Polaris
LAUSD superintendent Austin Beutner dances with Canterbury Avenue Elementary School first graders on April 20, 2021 in Arleta.
April 22, 2021
The resignation of Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner has raised the specter of whether the pandemic will contribute to an accelerating pace of turnover in the leadership of the state’s and the nation’s school districts.
Superintendent turnover is a fact of life, especially in large urban districts, and especially in L.A. Unified. By the end of this school year, half of California’s 30 largest districts will have new superintendents, compared to those in place in 2017.
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The Los Angeles school district is set to unfold a gradual and partial reopening plan on Tuesday, one that was heavily influenced by teachers union demands that led to a delayed start date and limited live instructional time and also by strict safety imperatives shared by both the district and union.
L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner has hailed the reopening as a nation-leading model for school safety that is sensitive to families in low-income communities hardest hit by illness and death during the pandemic. But the approach has also generated criticism from those who say the quantity and quality of instruction for 465,000 students have been sacrificed this year as a result of union concerns.
StartEd and USC Rossier School of Education Present EDTECH WEEK 2021, April 19-22: A Free Virtual Conference for the Education Technology and Innovation Community
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EDTECH WEEK, Drawing Thousands of Registrants, Will Feature Hundreds of “Faculty” and An Exclusive Interview With U.S. Department of Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona
An exclusive interview and audience Q&A with the U.S. Department of Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona
The pandemic has exponentially accelerated the adoption of technology in teaching and learning. The timing is perfect to assemble innovators and thought leaders from all stages of education: PreK-12, Higher Ed and Workforce Learning to discuss new challenges and opportunities
California’s community colleges face a difficult path forward.
Across the state, from San Diego to counties on the northern border, enrollments at many community colleges have plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic.
Systemwide, more than 260,000 fewer students enrolled in fall 2020 compared to fall 2019, potentially threatening the long-term existence of some colleges unless they can dramatically turn things around, the system’s Board of Governors learned recently.
The largest college system in the nation, California’s community colleges enroll about 2 million full- and part-time students. The head count for those students, already flat for most of the past decade leading up to the pandemic, dropped 16.8% since last fall. Many students chose not to enroll in the fall because they couldn’t take classes online or didn’t like doing so along with other family and financial reasons.