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LAUSD’s Up-Trade Program: "Where Trading Makes Cents"

What happens when one school has too many chairs for its classrooms and another school has too few? LAUSD has an answer. Introducing the Los Angeles Unified School District’s new barter...

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Making Sense of Social Media: LAUSD's New Policy

Have you “liked” LAUSD on Facebook yet?  How about following @LAschools on Twitter?  The District supports continued “retweeting,” “sharing,” and...

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LAUSD Wants Your Bright Ideas

LAUSD is facing a 377-million-dollar deficit in 2012-13, which has created job losses and very hard times at our local schools.  The parcel tax and labor negotiations could make a big...

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LAUSD Property Crimes Drop Significantly in 2011

Los Angeles Unified School District Police Chief Steve Zipperman said better technology, more strategic deployment of officers, and a comprehensive public awareness campaign are the prime reasons...

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LAUSD Saves Trees, Saves Time, and Saves Money With New Paperless Payroll Initiative

LAUSD is getting greener! With the start of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Paperless Payroll Initiative, the District is not only becoming more eco-friendly, but also saving as...

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Video: Everyday Heroes for Feb. 2012

The LAUSD Everyday Heroes Recognition Program honors classified employees who demonstrate excellence in work performance, school and community involvement, and leadership and commitment to our...

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Jodie Newbery Helps Keep LAUSD Reform Efforts on Track

When Jodie Newbery was a senior at the University of Chicago in 2004, she applied with Teach for America (TFA).  The program accepted Newbery, and assigned her to a school in Compton. But...

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Memories of San Pedro

Back in the 1950s and early 1960s, before Rolling Stone and MTV, when only Ed Sullivan, Dick Clark and a few others were tracking rock and roll from above, teen listeners would hear a song by a new...

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Students Walk It Out Over Budget Cuts

The State of California announced mid-year budget cuts, which include $38 million from the District's home-to-school transportation beginning Jan. 1, 2012. More than 100 Bravo Medical Magnet...

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LAUSD Board Adopts UTLA Contract 7-0

With the aim of fostering local control and developing high-quality schools along with services to support teacher and student needs, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted 7-0 to adopt the new...

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