The L.A. Times – Teresa Watanabe
“Los Angeles Unified bucked the statewide decline, recording the second-highest gain in academic performance among the state’s 10 largest school systems. Among them, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino City school districts improved over last year, but the other seven slipped, reflecting a fall that officials attributed to severe budget cuts and to more demanding national learning standards being phased in.” (more)