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LAUSD failed students with disabilities during the pandemic: parents, advocates, attorneys on how the district should help them now

Rebecca Katz

Los Angeles Unified agreed to provide compensatory services to more than 66,000 district students with disabilities in a resolution with the federal Office of Civil Rights, after an investigation revealed students were not provided federally-mandated services during the pandemic. Disability rights lawyers, advocates and parents are concerned with how the services will be implemented. They offered ideas on what LAUSD needs to provide to the students now — including mental health services, more special education teachers, more staff training, better transportation to services and a bigger special education budget.

Rebecca Katz has the story.

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Candidates for Los Angeles mayor discuss plans to partner with LAUSD for pandemic recovery phase: poverty, mental health, safety on the agenda

Destiny Torres

Although the Los Angeles mayor does not have direct control over the public school system, L.A. voters want their mayor to have an impact on changing public education. Three mayoral candidates discussed their vision for Los Angeles Unified schools during a recent forum, touching on issues confronting students ranging from poverty, mental health and public safety.

Destiny Torres reports.

Analysis: New politics-of-education poll shows Americans think schools are important & need to be fixed. That, not culture wars, must inform the next election

Emma Bloomberg

Earlier this year, a national Murmuration Politics of Education Benchmark poll gauged where voters stood on critical issues related to education ahead of the 2022 election cycle. The findings present a very different political picture from what culture-war headlines might suggest. A majority of the 1,075 respondents recognize K-12 education as very important, and many believe the system needs to be fixed. With so many voters seeing education as a high-priority issue, asks contributor Emma Bloomberg, Murmuration founder and CEO, what will drive them as they weigh issues and candidates? Education will be a key factor for voters this year; advocates, she says, cannot allow culture wars and partisan politics to distract from efforts to fix equity, quality and access issues that have existed for decades. The nation must be aligned on shared values and invest in the K-12 education system. The future of America, and its children, depends on it.

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What else we’re reading
 

SCOTUS ‘pissed off the wrong generation: Gen Z activists protest threat to abortion rights (The 74)

Challenged by COVID, the Class of 2022 looks ahead to better days (EdSource)

Why this year's LAUSD election isn't the slugfest over charter schools we've come to expect (LAist)
 
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