scholarly journals An Environmental Assessment of School Shade Tree Canopy and Implications for Sun Safety Policies: The Los Angeles Unified School District

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 607-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
April Moreno ◽  
John Tangenberg ◽  
Brian Hilton ◽  
June Hilton
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Tree Canopy ◽  
Sun Safety ◽  
Shade Tree ◽  
Unified School District

Making the Cut: The Effectiveness of Teacher Screening and Hiring in the Los Angeles Unified School District

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Bruno ◽  
Katharine O. Strunk
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
New Teacher ◽  
Screening System ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Teacher Screening ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Unified School District ◽  
Hiring Teachers ◽  
Using Data

Many schools and districts have considerable discretion when hiring teachers, yet little is known about how that discretion should be used. Using data from a new teacher screening system in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), we find that performance during screening, and especially performance on specific screening assessments, is significantly and meaningfully predictive of hired teachers’ evaluation outcomes, contributions to student achievement, attendance, and mobility. However, applicants’ performance on individual components of the screening process are differentially predictive of different teacher outcomes, highlighting challenges and potential trade-offs faced by districts during screening.

Decentralization at the Los Angeles Unified School District

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
George Beck ◽  
Sharon L. Segrest‐Purkiss
Keyword(s):  
School District ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Unified School District
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