Kyle Stokes at KPCC/LAist has been keeping a close eye on the school board race. Breaking down who is spending and when they are spending, he shows us that the outside money has been flowing towards a slate of candidates that oppose the pro-public schools majority on the Council.
The Los Angeles Times’ Steve Lopez looks at the mailings against Scott Schmerelson and urges readers to take a shower to clean off the slime after reading about it.
More on spending later today, including nearly $1 million dropped on one-day last week. (Update: here it is.)
Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to address teacher shortages and high poverty schools in his $1.5 billion in his 2020-21 K-12 budget. Details are scant, but you can find out more at Ed Source.
UTLA is tweeting about public school communities beginning to push back on potential charter relocations at Shirley Elementary School and Monte Vista Elementary.
Here’s a new video from the California Teacher’s Association pushing Schools and Communities First :