On Monday, March 4, Education Week highlighted a spot about tech billionaire, Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO and founder of the Ballmer Group. In it, the education news source writes an analyses of where a quarter-billion dollars has been donated by the Ballmer Group – K-12 education organizations and projects. Thanks to the Ballmer Group...
On Saturday, February 23, 2019, nearly 1,000 parents and children from our network of schools in Boyle Heights, South LA, and Watts joined us for our 9th Annual University Day hosted at Cal State University, Northridge. University Day is an event designed to immerse students and parents into the college experience. The day’s activities featured...
In early December, United Parents for Educational Justice (UPEJ) had an Advocacy Day at the LA Unified central offices in Downtown Los Angeles, where they discussed the implementation of the Student Equity Needs Index (SENI) 2.0 in four meetings with district officials. The members of UPEJ led meetings with Elmer Roldan, Director of Civic Engagement,...
Last week, EdSource published comments from several education leaders on Governor Brown’s education legacy. The Partnership’s Chief External Officer, Ryan Smith, provided his thoughts on Brown’s contributions to education in California as well as education priorities that Governor Newsom should focus on. Read the full piece here.
On January 2, 2019, the Mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, wrote an opinion piece in the Houston Chronicle detailing the impact that schools and education have on children. He stresses that every child should have access to high-quality schools and education in their own neighborhoods, which results in thriving communities. In it, Mayor Turner also...
In a recent commentary in the Los Angeles Business Journal, Melanie Lundquist, activist philanthropist, co-founder of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools and vice chair of our board, states that philanthropy plays a vital role in our democracy. She believes that “[…] philanthropists and their foundations can do more by focusing on those hard decisions...
After the results of the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (commonly known as Smarter Balanced) were released on October 2, KPCC reporter Kyle Stokes highlighted one Partnership school – 20th Street Elementary School. After being threatened with a petition for a “parent trigger” in 2015, then new Principal, Mario Garcielita, met with parents...
October 3, 2018 LOS ANGELES –(PR Newswire)– Today’s California Department of Education (CDE) report on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (commonly known as Smarter Balanced) results show that for the 2017-18 school year, the number of students in the Partnership network meeting or exceeding math standards increased by two percentage points and the...
The Los Angeles Rams in partnership with the Anthony Muñoz Foundation, took the NFL PLAY 60 Character Camp to Roosevelt High School on September 18. More than 300 students and principals from Hollenbeck Middle School, Roosevelt High School, and Math Science Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt attended the camp, which was focused on offering youth...
On Saturday, September 15, the Partnership hosted its Parent College program at Santee Education Complex for over 150 parents, students, partners, and school staff. We also had two special guests from LA Unified in attendance – Superintendent Austin Beutner and Board President Mónica García. Both guests delivered inspirational words stating that parent power make schools...
On September 7, LA Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner visited the homes of the Partnership’s Jordan High School students to promote the importance of school attendance as part of his “Attendance Matters Day” initiative. He was able to speak to parents to get a better understanding of the factors that prohibit students to arrive at school...
To mark half of the year, the LA School Report has gathered a list of articles and ranked the most popular nine articles of 2018 (so far). A Partnership for Los Angeles Schools article detailing our model and school transformation efforts was ranked the seventh most popular article this year. Check out others and catch...
