Los Angeles Unified School District had 45,547 sixth grade students during 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education. Los Angeles Unified School District had the highest number of sixth grade students enrolled in California.
According to numbers provided by the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see a decrease of three percent in public elementary and secondary school enrollment from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment is New Mexico with a projected 12 percent decrease, while Washington D.C. is projected to see a 14 percent increase over the same time period.
Los Angeles Unified School District had 45,857 third grade students during 2018-2019 school year, according to the California Department of Education. Los Angeles Unified School District had the highest number of third grade students enrolled in California.
According to numbers provided by the National Center for Education Services, California is expected to see a decrease of three percent in public elementary and secondary school enrollment from 2017-2029. The state expected to see the largest drop in enrollment is New Mexico with a projected 12 percent decrease, while Washington D.C. is projected to see a 14 percent increase over the same time period.
By City News Service
Dec 17, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Unified School District teachers overwhelmingly believe lower-than-ordinary student participation in distance learning is to blame for falling grades, according to results of a survey released this week.
The survey conducted by Educators for Excellence-Los Angeles, a teacher-led organization, and the USC Rossier School of Education found 94% of teachers surveyed said low student engagement has been a serious obstacle to effectively implementing distance learning this school year.
“My colleagues and I have done our best to serve our students during this pandemic, but our students are experiencing the largest disruption to education in generations, said Meghann Seril, a national board certified-third-grade teacher and member of Educators 4 Excellence-Los Angeles.
Anthem Blue Cross fights food insecurity in California Eli Kirshbaum | Dec 15, 2020
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Anthem Blue Cross and Anthem Blue Cross Foundation are strengthening their efforts to combat hunger in California as the state experiences food insecurity levels twice as high as those seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a press release on Tuesday, Anthem announced its involvement with numerous organizations that aim to reduce food insecurity in the state.
These programs include:
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Golden Empire Gleaners
Chinatown YMCA
River City Food Bank (RCFB)
Self-Help for the Elderly
WISE & Healthy Aging
Support from Anthem allows these organizations’ initiatives to increase their distribution capacity and reach more communities, the release said.
LAUSD superintendent calls for Marshall Plan for getting students back in classroom
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LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Unified School District campuses would be an ideal setting for administering COVID-19 vaccines to students and their families, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday, while again imploring elected officials to provide financial support for schools to prepare for an eventual return to in-person instruction.
Noting that more than 230,000 COVID-19 tests have been conducted on school campuses, Beutner said the campuses are geographically positioned to provide access to the vaccine first to essential school workers and eventually to students and families. The country faces an enormous challenge in making sure the vaccine is made available to essential workers, like the staff who work in our schools as well as those who have been most impacted by the virus: low-income communities of color like those served by our schools, Beutner said in an addres