107th Street Elementary Joins the Partnership: A Case Study
...assessed the needs of the school, hired a new principal and began supporting 107th Street with its capacity-building and advocacy model. This report details the context for the Partnership’s transformation...
Five Ways That LA Unified Can Ensure New State and Federal School Funding Will Have a Lasting Impact
Teacher PROfile: Keeping rigor and motivation high from a distance wasn’t easy, but these teachers made it work
...six lines, but it took us almost four Zoom meetings to read it and understand it. By the end of it, they knew what it meant and they knew the...
The Partnership Makes the LA School Report’s Top 10 of 2019
To start the new year, the LA School Report created a round-up of its top 2019 articles. The news outlet referenced an article in which the Partnership’s policy paper –...
Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary Students Sing with Kelly Clarkson
On December 19, 2019, students from 99th Street Elementary School joined Kelly Clarkson on The Kelly Clarkson Show. Our scholars sang back up for Kelly’s new song, “Christmas Eve.” See...
The Evolution of “Willful Defiance” in LA Unified Schools
On December 13, 2019, EdSource published an article that discusses the positive impact LA Unified schools have seen after banning “willful defiance” suspensions. After six years of implementing a new...
Partnership Principal featured in ABC7 for Fighting Illegal Sales of Tobacco to Students
Vaping among teenagers continues to skyrocket, and now school administrators are fighting back. On January 28, 2022, ABC7 News featured Santee Education Complex Principal Dr. Violeta Ruiz’s tireless work fighting...
Student Spotlight: Willow Manley explains the art of balancing sports, academics, after-school programs, and family life
...in times of need, a skill she developed with the help of her mom. Willow loves to read and write, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that her favorite...
Parents Unify to Fight for Safe Routes to School
...see traffic jams and impatient drivers. This street also serves as a thoroughfare for commercial trucks due to the freeway exits nearby. Some solutions we’ve discussed as a group include...
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Endorses Measure EE
...baseline investment for all schools. Furthermore, funds raised by Measure EE will be governed by an independent oversight committee which will include representatives of the communities most impacted by our...
Restorative Communities – Third Biennial Convening
On Saturday, October 20, 2018, nearly 300 educators and community members joined us for the Partnership’s third Restorative Communities Biennial Convening, entitled Common Ground, at Jordan High School. Our day...
KPCC Highlights SBAC Growth in ELA and Math at 20th Street Elementary School
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...